Hi everyone, I have finished this little ornament for a little Christmas gift for a family member.
But before I talk about that, I would just like to say thankyou to everyone who left a comment on The Old Navy Man post, it was lovely to read all of your generous, kind comments, I am sure it made Pat’s day too!
I replied to everyone who I could, but some emails are set as “no reply” which means I cannot reply to you, so, here is a thankyou to those people.
Thanks to Donna P, Donna Sue, Kari and Shirley, sorry I could not reply personally, I hope I did not miss anyone out.
Stitching news
I have been doing some more Christmas stitching and also stitching on my Heaven and Earth design and the free Jardin Prive free pattern.
I made a small mistake on the beading edge of the Christmas Sleigh, I did not quite get the stitching lined up on the edge and it puckered slightly, I think I managed to iron most of it away so it is not as bad as I first thought.
I have a beading edge tutorial on my cross stitch finishing blog here if you would like to finish an ornament like this
I used 32 count linen, DMC threads and Mill Hill gold beads
I back stitched the design and it really made a difference.
This is the second hand book I purchased from Amazon UK and is in really good condition, it was 1p plus postage and packing!
There are some nice patterns in here.
I am undecided how to finish this design, I may make it into a project bag or just frame it.
You can get the free pattern from Jardin Prive
Here is some more progress on the heaven and earth design I am stitching.
It is stitched on 18 count fabric, 2 over 1.
There is still time to vote for the Craft Awards,
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Until next time – happy stitching!
Best Wishes and Happy Stitching.
Lynn B
Lynn B
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- Free pattern
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- Love to Sew in my Etsy shop, Pumpkin pattern free from the freebies section at the top of the website
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- Summer Strawberries Pattern available in my Etsy shop
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- If you are struggling to find a pattern do not hesitate to contact me, I will be happy to help.
Lynn, your sleigh ornament is beautiful and will be a wonderful keepsake for the recipient. I like how you finished it and thank you for the how-to. I look forward to seeing how you finish your lovely sheep. Good luck with the Craft Awards – you deserve to win.
Beautiful Christmas projects – I think your beading looks perfect!! You are such a perfectionist – your work is always so perfect and so beautiful.
Hi, Lynn….I posted a comment earlier, I think I messed up so it didn't post. Anyway, love your finish…and the sheep is so cute. I can hardly wait to see how you finish it.
Hugs
xxx
This is such a cute ornament – I love how you finished it. I've never tried finishing like this before so I'm going to head over to your post on how to do it.
Lovely finish, Lynn. And love the sheep. You always do such wonderful finishes, I can hardly wait to see what you do.
Hugs
xxx
Now this is what I call pretty♥
Love your finish , beautiful stitched .
I have this book yes there are some nice charts inside hugs.
Oh un ricamo meraviglioso rifinito alla perfezione come solo tu sai fare, ciao MGrazia
So many hours of patient stitching. Lovely, absolutely lovely. Do you adopt people ;}?
It is a really nice christmas ornament, I love it !
Your ornament is adorable and I love the beaded finish. I should learn how to do it as it is one of my favorites. I'm sure the recipient will be very happy to have that in her tree.
A lovely finish on the sleight ornament.
I think the ornament is finished to perfection!
I have stitched from that exact book from our library. I stitched up the lamb from the cover. I changed it and the other one like it into poodles! 😉 They are ornaments on my tree.
Such lovely stitching as always and great progress made. Xx
What a truly lovely finish! Thank you for the link for the sweet little sheep. Yours are so cute. I think it would make a beautiful project bag. 🙂 Your HAE is coming along nicely. 🙂 I look forward to reading and seeing more of your projects in the future. Wishing you a most lovely day. 🙂
Love the beaded edge of the ornament!
Such a pretty Christmas ornament. The beaded edging is lovely!
A lovely little ornament beautifully finished Lynn. Glad you have done some more of your HAED. I have just ordered an HAED chart, it will be reasonably large I think. It is winging it's way from the UK and will be in sepia tones. I look forward to it but feel nervous as it will be quite a "thing" for some time.Have to decide on fabric.Always love seeing what you are making, you finish your projects so beautifully.
Que bonitos detalles!!!!
Beautiful stitching Lynn. Your ornaments are so pretty. I'm glad you went back to your HAED too.
Beautiful Christmas projects,
And have a nice weekend.
Lovely Christmas ornament Lynn your beading looks very neat.
julie.C xx
Wow beautiful finish
As always, I'm really impressed with your beautiful stitching and finishes!
Lovely stitching as always 😀
Simply amazing! I love these sleigh!
Beautiful finishing job on the ornament 🙂
I love the sleigh ornament. Is it from the Sam Hawkins book? The sheep one is so cute also!