Ornament Finishing

I'm definitely a slow poke finisher.  One day spent finishing these 3 ornaments.  Sheesh.  Guess I need more practice. 

Anyway, first up, Little Flake Tree.  I was going through my ric rac from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe
and this turned out to be the perfect match.  A turquoise gray color.  Going through my blue buttons I found a cute little one just right for the top. BTW, get yourself over to the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe to sign up for her giveaways.  She is very generous.

The back is nice and sparkly.

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This is the iStitch piece.  I used a thin chenille trim from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe that was the perfect red.

And the back, all ready for the recipient to remember who, what and when. The colors look washed out in this picture but they are really nice and vibrant and the gold in the fabric shines.

This was by far the easiest to put together. (I'll have to remember that for next year.)

This was the most difficult to figure out.  36" pieces of floss are not going to make cording long enough to go through 2 little cushions and then loop through a scissor handle as a fob.  Just sayin'.  Directions for putting this together were seriously lacking.  Clear directions are worth their weight in gold, aren't they?

You HAVE to try your hand at one of these button tassels.  This was the easiest part of the whole thing.

I'll show you the back of the larger cushion after Saturday's Christmas party.  This is for my secret stitcher and has our initials on it.

I finished the Merry Christmas bird in a whole different way.  Not an ornament at all.  Nan's Needlework Notions  taught me a finishing technique this past summer and I'll show you that soon.  I love it.

Marsha

BAP etc.

I sure hope Becky hasn't been checking my blog too often to be sure I started my BAP.  I started on the Stitchaway weekend but didn't like the pictures I took.  I picked Aqua Sampler by the Workbasket.  I love the colors, some of my favorites.  I'm using the silks called for which are Kreinik milkpaint colors and the linen is sand or sand dune, I'll check on that.

Note: The linen for this project is Lakeside
Linen's 'Dark Dune' in 36 ct. Over 2.

I'm not very far yet but it's moving along well.

I received this amazing hand knit felted bowl from one of my stitching peeps.  Ms. Adele.  Thank you so much.  I love it.

We all did a little stash enhancement on the weekend.  Barb brings along part of her shop and trunk shows. SEVEN trunk shows this year.  WOW.  Makes it hard to keep any change in your pocket.  So here are my wonderful buys. More of my favorite colors.

I had never heard of this designer but I loved this chart.  So cheery and happy.

I love to garden and feed the birds and flowers are my favorite mood brightener.  What's not to like from Shakespeare's Peddler.

Gee, more Workbasket.  The smalls that were on display were simply adorable and amazing. Love them.

And I've been wanting this chart since it very first came out.  Got the 1 inch linen banding from Violorium, now sadly out of business. Cute, cute ornaments.

Another of my favorite designers & buttons.  What's not to like?

Mary Kathryn eHandcrafts Stitching Room had a sale in her web shop last week so I had to pick some more of my favorites. 

Now for more real stitching. I have a FINISH!  Yeah, it's a little late but it will be gorgeous when it's framed. The frame is picked but while studying it in that process the framer said it needed extra leaves and snowflakes.  Because,,,,, when it was half stitched I saw the angel in the fabric above the house. She's right on the top edge of the fabric and I agreed it needed those touches.  So 4 more leaves on the top of the vines, 3 more snowflakes to round it out on top and initials and year in the wreath.  Just wait, it's going to the framer tomorrow and it's going to be gorgeous.

That's a lot of pictures!  Whew!

Marsha