Christmas tree --- Ornament for June-July

Here is my SAL Ornament for June-July (I'm on vacances now and will come back only in August). This is the DMC Mini Kit Christmas tree.
Have a good day!
See you on August!

June ornament "Peace" - my first one!

Yes, Pirjo has made her first contribution. I wanted to try something new (my friend loves blue!) and I used DMC 4220 for the hanging ornament (a bellpull?). The other one is more traditional and for a card.

This is a freebie by Lizzie Kate.

June Ornament

I finished my ornament yesterday, but could not get the picture until today.



Designer: Sablaise Freebie
Fibers: 304, 676, 3346
Fabric: 28ct

Gwen

It's Time for Christmas in July!

Greetings fellow Stitchers!

July is upon us, and that means the Featured Stitchers for July have been posted, as well as the new themes for the month. As always, if you have any links for ornament freebies, please sent them my way. Links to finishing tutorials are also appreciated, as are charities to which stitchers can donate ornaments.

I've been working on keeping our blog list updated - there's a few new blogs to check out. If you're not on the Contributor list and would like to be, please send me a link to your personal stitching blog or online stitching album. (Please make sure these blogs and albums contain primarily stitching content.) And each month, contributors are randomly selected from the list to be featured stitchers. By the end of the year, all blog/album owners will be featured.

And on a final administrative note, please remember to label your posts and give credit where credit is due. Labeling helps keep the blog indexed properly so posts can be located quickly. Giving credit to the designer or publisher is extremely important for both free and paid charts. As has been mentioned many, many times, designers work hard to provide great charts to stitch, and it's only fair their creativity and effort is recognized. Please be sure to give proper credit in your posts, and for freebie charts, provide a link back to the designer whenever possible.

Winter's Night

I stitched one yesterday... couldn't get a photo until today due to thunderstorms/very bad lighting!

Winter's Night Ornament
Periphaeria Designs - exclusive complimentary design for customers of Violarium only
Silkweaver 28 ct Intrigue Cashel, DMC B5200, Kreinik #4 Braid 001HL
Stitched by Carol
**Ornament slightly darker than in picture...

June Ornament

Peace by Country Cottage Needleworks from the 2007 Ornament issue of Just Cross Stitch.

Stitched with DMC threads on 28 count mint lugana.

June ornie

This month's ornie is "Winter Love" by SamSarah Design Studio from JCS 2007 Christmas Ornaments. I stitched it on black for the simple reason that it was the only piece I had that was close in count and size to stitch this one on. Because it was stitched on black, I changed the hat on the snowman on the right from DMC 3799 to a dark green so that it would not get lost on the fabric.

Joyful Blessings Ornament

Verona in The Netherlands has received the ornament I made for her this month for the Christmas in July Exchange, so I can show it now...

Joyful Blessings Ornament
Blue Ribbon Designs
Just Cross Stitch Ornament Preview Issue, August 2008
Silkweaver 32 ct Heritage Belfast Linen, WDW Floss
I subbed gold beads for the red beads

Free XS

Hi! this was a freebie I found on line.. I backed it with dark blue velvet to match the sky, added beads and a gold trim hanger.

Another LK Ornament

LK Freebie

Fabric: 28ct white Monaco

Floss: Carrie's Creations Peppermint

Finish: Ornament

Stitched by Angela

This is my second ornament finish for June, details can be found on my blog.

LK Love Ornament

LK-Love

Fabric: 28ct Mushroom Jobelan

Floss: DMC

Stitched by Angela

May/June Ornament & Card

Hi Everyone,

As I was away on holidays the first half of May and sick the second half I am a bit behind with my ornaments. Although I did manage to stitch 2 cards, which are from the Christmas Miniatures Leaflet by The Prairie Schooler, stitched on 25 count Evenweave with DMC threads.

I'm not sure how I will 'ornamentify' the beautiful bird yet, he is from the JCS 2004 Christmas Ornaments issue by Blackbird Designs. Stitched on 32 count ivory Jobelan with DMC threads and Kreinik gold for the stars.

For those of you who have the pattern I left out the Noel (noelle) because my DH asked why the bird's named Noel. Men!!

Happy Stitching, Sue in Australia.

A little late

This was my March ornie, I forgot to post a pic, but better late than never!
This is a free design from Lizzie Kate, stitched on 28 count raw linen with DMC.

Heather's Ornaments

San Man Originals With your nose so Bright
Stitched on 14ct green sparkle aida
DMC threads

Stitched by: Heather

I'm on a roll, I just need to make the things into ornaments now.

SAL

Lori's Christmas ornaments

Anne S's ornie

"Christmas Tree" by Twisted Oaks Designs
from 2005 JCS Christmas Ornament issue
Stitched on 28ct opalescent white Cashel linen
Some substituted threads - instead of NN Lemon Delight I used
Carrie's Creation Golden Glow, and instead of DMC 349 for
the hearts I used Carrie's Creation Scarlet

Heather's June Ornament

Brittercup designs poinsettia from the 2007 JCS ornament magazine.

Stitched on 28ct antique white evenweave
stitched with an unknown hand dyed silk and Carrie's Creation Clover
Stitched by: Heather

My blog is one of the monthly featured blogs this month. It cheered me up no end, even though my blog hasn't had much stitching featured for a while.

June ornament

Okay, so I know I've only managed to finish two ornaments so far this year but trust me that's two more than last year!

My June ornament is by Angel Stitchin and is called Christmas Joy. It's from one of the JCS ornament issues. I can't remember which issue right now but if anyone is interested I can look up the year. I'd like to finish it as a pillow ornament.

Angel Stitchin Christmas Joy

Lizzie Kate Ornament finish

I thought I would do another PEACE ornament for June. This is a Lizzie Kate chart. I added white beads between the zig zag at the top. Very hard to see in the picture. I will finish this one like a pinkeep. Have a great day stitching ...laurel

Dutch Tile

Delft Tulips CollectionTextile Heritage

For this ornament I changed the original colors(pinks & greens) to Delft Blue.

June Themes and Featured Stitchers

I'm sorry I am running a little behind. I can't believe it's JUNE already! JUNE!!!! But the June ornament themes are posted and we have a whole new group of featured stitchers, so check them out!

My June´s

I stitch this in 28ct linen, in 1x1 with DMC threads. I love it.

Freebie chart is here

My June Ornament

Christmas is Love pinkeep
Lizzie Kate
Stitched on 32 ct linnen
DMC threads

Stitched by: Mylene

Ornies by Anne S

Now I have my primary blog on Wordpress, I keep forgetting to come over to the Blogger dashboard and upload piccies to the Blogger blogs ... I'm not updating with the latest ornies I've stitched since my last update in January - I have stitched an ornie every month, just keep forgetting to post! All these ornies are from the 2007 JCS Christmas ornament issue.

February ornie - "Joy" by Lizzie*Kate


March ornie - "Poinsettia" by Brittercup Designs


April ornie - "Checking it Twice" by Dragon Dreams


May ornie - "Spool Ornament" by Sue Hillis

Santa Paw

Front

Back


Freebie from Stitchy Kitty. Does this count as two ?!

Noel Ornament

I decided to do a second ornament again this month... stitched this one up last night:

Noel Ornament
Shepherd's Bush - chart found here
32 ct Dirty Belfast Linen, GAST and WDW Floss (modified from the Caron fibers on the chart
Stitched by Carol

Homespun Christmas

A little delayed due to the Memorial Day holiday, but I finally got a half decent photo of my May contribution today:

Homespun Christmas Ornament
Heart in Hand
R&R Reproductions 35 ct Sheeps Straw Linen, GAST and WDW Floss
Stitched by Carol

My May Ornament

Here is my ornament for May.

Designer: Sablaise

Freebie: Wreath here

Fibers: DMC 304,3346, Delica bead for center of flowers

Fabric: ?? 28 ct

May ornament

I didn't realise that this weekend was the SAL but luckily I had already finished this beauty last week. I changed all the colours to make it more tree-like!



Joyeux Noel
The Cat's Whiskers
Thread: DMC
Fabric: Metallic belfast linen
From the 2007 JCS Christmas Ornament edition

Health and Happiness

This is the design that I completed a while ago, but have only been able to finish as an ornament recently.

Designer: Blue Ribbon Designs
Design: A Christmas Wish of Health and Happiness (freebie found here)
Thread: Gentle Arts Sampler Threads
Fabric: 28ct Cashel Linen from Zweigart - Antique Ivory
Finish: Pillow Ornament

new to this blog...

Hi,
I am new to this blog, thanks Jennifer for letting me join;-))
I often visited this blog, I am a christmas lover and I also like it to stitch small christmas things...well, finishing is another thing, I don´t like this part sooo much...
Here you can see two ornies from TPS I stitched for Jodi for our Smalls RR, it was a lot of fun.

A second May ornie

I stitched a second ornie because I had enough left over fabric after stitching the first one this month. This one is "Snowflake Heart" from Wild Heart Designs in JCS 2006 Christmas Ornaments. Once again, mystery cloth and mystery threads as I continue to shrink my stash. To give the design more depth, I used one strand each of two different colours.

This weekend is our Stitch-A-Long Weekend!

Don't forget this weekend is our Stitch-A-Long weekend for the month of May. Here in the US, it's also the unofficial start of summer with the Memorial Day Weekend, and many lucky stitchers will have Monday off as well.

Have a great weekend and a Happy Memorial Day!

May ornie

Here is my May ornie. I think that I may have missed the month of April SAL because I was busier than all get out at the time. This one is called "Emblem of Friendship" and I found it in JCS 2006 Christmas Ornaments.

May ornament

Snowman

Joan Elliott's, featured at Quick and Easy Cross stitch magazine

14 ct aida, DMC floss

Stitched by: Mylene



A couple of cards from U.K. Cross Stitcher magazine.

My blog is one of the featured sticthers for the month of May! Thanks so much, Jennifer.

Trying to catch up......

I finished another Christmas ornament. I am trying to catch up on my ornaments so I can start my Christmas Stockings! I found this free chart by Eterna Silk. I used a DMC green for the leaves and the "Poinsettia" color floss from Sampler Threads. I also used an Aida fabric that had flecks of gold in it. I think this is my Jan ornament. Have a great day stitching Laurel

April Ornament finish

Last night and today I focused on stitching my APRIL Christmas Ornament for the Stitch-a-long. Here is my Angel for April. She is a Told In A Garden free chart from 1986 called "Amish Angel". I did one of these way back in the day for my daughter Bethannie and she still hangs on my tree at Christmas. I need to get caught up on my ornaments! I still have several to do. I am going to take a few days to do finishing later this year. Have a great day stitching. huggerz and prayers wrapped up in sitches. laurel

My April Ornament

Finally here is a picture of my April Ornament. It is Cozy Christmas Wishes by Lizzie Kate. I stitched it on 28 count Permin Natural Lite Linen with GAST Fibers. It is backed with red felt. I have already mailed this off to a friend.

Merry Mooseness

Christmas in July!!!
Lori , Love2Quilt22002

May Ornament

"Quiet Night" by Erica Michaels Designs
JCS 2007 Ornament Issue
Stitched on Polstitches "Welsh Mist" (Dragon Shades) 28 count Jazlyn with DMC threads. Subbed the called for Rainbow Splendor with two strands of Dinky Dyes' "Icicle" stranded cotton (I'm pretty sure this was from a collaboration pack) and one strand of Petite Treasure Braid.

Lizzie*Kate Santa Claws

Santa Claws

Lizzie*Kate Tiny Tidings 7

Stitched on 28ct antique white Jobelan

with DMC and Sampler floss

This is my first finish for the ornament SAL, I finished this one for April.

Angel on tree

My ornament in april, going on with the TPS trees. I finished stitching eight of them up to now.Saludos

Birgit in Spain

Christmas Joy Finished

Started in March,
stitched in April,
finished in May.

Just Cross Stitch Ornaments 2006
Angel Stitchin
Christmas Joy

Substitutions
documented here.

New Featured Stitchers, New Themes!

I was a little startled when I realized this was the first day of May and I had to update the themes and the featured stitchers on the blog. I've gotten the list of featured stitchers up, so feel free to check out their blogs and stitching albums.

Don't forget - if you have an online stitching album or stitching blog that you'd like to list in our contributors section, please let me know. I'll make sure I get a link up so we can come and check out your work. As usual, I try to keep the list of blogs updated, so if you haven't updated your blog in four or more months, it will be removed from the list. It's not much fun for your fellow stitchers to check out an abandoned or empty blog. And if you switch blogging platforms, be sure to let me know the new address and I'll make the change. All active blogs (and stitching albums) are eligible for the Stitchers of the Month.

The May Themes will be up a little later. It takes me some extra time to set that up, so I'm working on that now.

Pins for pinkeeps...question

Where does everyone get those beautiful huge pins for their pinkeeps? laurel