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Monday, June 9, 2014

Five ornaments finished, but they don't reduce my stitching list at all, as they weren't on it.  A friend asked me to stitch these for her five American great-nieces and great-nephews.


I stitched these ornaments on 26 count Dublin linen.  The fronts are mostly stitched over two, except for the koala, which is stitched over 1. The backs are stitched over 1.  The koala and kangaroo designs are by Di Noyce, published in Jill Oxton' s Cross Stitch Australia magazine.  The stocking design is adapted from a chart in LA's Christmas Caboodle leaflet, though I have changed all the colours, and the pattern and contents of the stockings.

3 comments:

Shebafudge said...

They are absolutely beautiful! I love your ornaments they are just so perfectly finished. Do you have a tutorial at all?

Marcy said...

These are so nicely done ... so beautiful.

Julie said...

A very beautiful collection and finished to lovely with the beads.