Come visit with me as I stitch and craft my way from one Christmas to the next - I like to have Christmas projects close by me all year. I have a particular fondness for Santas and Angels. If you have the time, leave a comment so I know you've visited.

Friday, April 19, 2024

Finishes - at last!

 I was shocked when I checked my work basket earlier this month, and found 18 stitched designs waiting to be made up into Christmas ornaments.  I am happy to say now that all have been fully finished.

And here they are:




The gingerbread ornaments are adapted from a design by Barbara Mock ( in Christmas Quickies II).  I omitted the wreath, changed floss colours and made a few other changes.  The teddies with Santa hats are a Dale Burdett design.  I changed some of the floss colours.  The other teddy is an old DMC online freebie.  The small candycanes were the December design in a calendar published in a very old US magazine (possibly Just Cross Stitch, from the 1990s). I changed their orientation, and used the floss I had in my workbasket.  The larger candycane is a Kooler design (in LA's Mini Cross Stitch Ornaments, 2009). The reindeer one is adapted from The Prairie Schooler's design in the 1998 JCS Christmas ornament issue.  The beaded Christmas trees and JOY ornaments are my own designs.