If it hadn't been so fiddly, and taken so much time, I may have titled this post "A tiny finish". I stitched this for a cousin, who spent hours taking photographs of my Christmas decorations, and last year made me an incredible DVD of my Christmas house, set to my favourite Christmas music (Elvis singing Christmas songs). She expressed an interest in having a pendant to wear during the Christmas season. I found this double-sided pendant at a market in Brisbane in January, and it inspired me to stitch this double-sided pendant. Santa is stitched over 1 with one thread on 28 count Jobelan. The Christmas tree is stitched over 2 with 2 threads on 28 count Jobelan, and decorated with DMC Fil Or and colonial knots. I mounted each design on card (I used the 10c coin as a pattern) and stitched them together with a buttonhole stitch.
Front
Santa is adapted from a rag rug Santa chart
in LA's Celebrations magazine, Premier edition
Back
No designer to credit for this one -
it just grew as I stitched.
Front
Back
That's one more off my stitching list.
Susan at
Super Mom-No Cape invited me to join her Stitchery Link Party, and I was pleased to accept the invitation. Pop across to her blog to see what some other needleworkers are making.
11 comments:
Both the Santa and Christmas tree are amazing! I can't imagine working on something that tiny! She is going to love the pendant you made for her.
I've started a new weekly Stitchery Link Party and I would love to have you come link up this post so that my readers can see it too. http://www.supermomnocape.com/2015/04/27/vintage-embroidery-monday-and-stitchery-link-party/
Wow! That is so awesome:)
This pendant is fantastic. Such tiny stitches. Your cousin will love it.
A very wonderful idea and will make a super gift. Very clever!
This pendant is so beautiful... what a fabulous gift it will make! :) x
Your pieces are wonderful and such a special gift for someone special..
Oh, my gosh! That is SO tiny! And so cute! Thanks for not having an embedded comment box, since I can't comment on those.
What a clever idea! Your stitching is so neat even though it's tiny. Your cousin will love this, I'm sure.
I'm just popping back to thank you for accepting my invitation to link up to my Stitchery Link Party. I'm so glad you decided to join in. Thanks so for linking back and helping to get the word out about the party.
what a lovely pendent! I love that Santa and the tree looks fab!
Gorgeous, I just love tiny stitching!
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