It's been awfully quiet around here recently hasn't it. Day to day happenings have kept me away from my blog. Some personal issues have been causing considerable stress on my part and so I have not been able to relax enough to enjoy any form of sewing or crafting for a couple of months. Thankfully, some of those issues have now been resolved and I have the urge to pick up a needle once again.
Disclaimer
Those of a nervous disposition may want to return to this post after Thanksgiving.
It's all christmas, christmas, christmas from here!
In an effort to try to kick start my stitching mojo, I took part in a christmas ornament exchange on HoE.
This is the wonderful ornament I received from Diana. She designed this herself, and it is beautifully stitched and finished. If you hop on over to her blog, Diana has very kindly offered this chart as a freebie, so you can stitch one too :-)
A few weeks back I asked if anyone wanted to do a magazine swap for the JCS Christmas ornament issue. Syd got in touch and offered to send me the magazine, no swap needed. Wasn't that so kind! Thank you Syd :-) as you will see I have been busy!
First up is Winter Squirrel from Victoria Sampler. In our house he has already been named Nutty, after a soft toy DH bought for DD years ago.
I went with beads from my stash rather than having to order buttons and wait.
I went with beads from my stash rather than having to order buttons and wait.This next one is Merry Christmas by Country Cottage Needleworks. Those of you with a copy of the magazine will notice that I have not followed the colour scheme on this one. In the magazine, the colours are pastel pink, green and aqua, and although very pretty it would not fit in with my red/gold christmas colour scheme. So I changed it to suit me.
* Edited * I've had quite a few requests for my conversion so here is a list of the colours I used.
DMC 304(red) 319(green) 535(grey) 3045(gold) Blanc(white)
and
Crescent Colours Brandied Pears(brown)
Last up is Deer in a Forest by Niky's Creations. I really like this one, although DS Cameron looked at it and said the bit at the bottom looks like a fire and it looks like it is melting the deers legs!
So now I'm calling it Deer in a Fire!Sadie x
16 comments:
I love your choice of ornaments Sally and the one you received is lovely as well!
Lovely ornaments Sadie. A lovely gift received. Could you tell me what thread colours you used for the CCN Merry Christmas ornament?
Nice to see you post :)
I love all of the ornaments you chose to stitch! The color change you made on the CCN ornament is perfect. It really looks Christmasy (is that even a word?? lol)
Great exchange from Diana!
Great ornaments, Sadie! I really like the way you adapted the CCN design, too.
Lovely ornaments! I like pastels but not for anything Christmas so I love the colors you chose for the CCN Merry Christmas. lol
Have a great week!
what beautiful stitching - love them!
Nice to see a post from you Sadie.
You're definitely cracking on with your Christmas ornies - the ones you've chosen to stitch are just lovely.
How amazing that Diana sent you an ornie from a chart she had designed herself - it's so sweet.
Lovely stitching and it's lovely to hear from you again - take care x
I love the colors you chose for the Merry Christmas Design - Just beautiful ;)
Deer in a fire made me chuckle, aren't kids just the sweetest sometimes?
I'm very pleased to see you back to blogging Sadie, and thank you for sharing your wonderful stitching. I'm looking forward to seeing what's being stitched up next.
Best wishes.
Diana happens to be my younger sister, and is extremely talented with just about any type of needle and thread. I am so glad that you like her ornament!!! And I love the ornaments that you are working on---I will have to get my ornament issue out and take a second look.
Great ornament stitching! I like your colour changes in the CCN one. Must make a note of those.
Beautiful stitching, Sadie.
Beautiful ornaments!
Love all of these; especially your color changes on Merry Christmas! :D
I am glad that you are grabbing some crafting time, and hope that all troubles which prevent it will stay far away
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Great stitching, really love the squirrel!
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