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

Are you ready for Fall?

I'm getting there.  I found small baskets at The Flower Factory (I knew I would.), just right for making a pin cushion out of my retreat exchange stitching.  I weighted the bottom with a small bag of plastic beads, then topped it off with fiber fill.  I feel like I'm all thumbs making these kinds of things.  I used some of my chenille trim from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe around the rim.

The little black bird is so cute.  What a cute idea to use a snap.

This is for an exchange in October and will be put in a gift bag. Everyone that wants to participate will bring a smalls exchange in a gift bag too.  Then you'll get to pick one when your number/ticket is pulled.  So it will be a surprise unless you figure out which bag is mine, and I'll try hard to keep that a secret.

I got out my fall table runner to take these pictures. 

My Mystery SAL is coming along very nicely.

The little trims will be sewn on at the end right after all that 'river rock' satin stitching is completed.  But first, part 3 must be stitched.

I didn't use the linen suggested in the chart.  This is 32 ct. Illusion from Silkweaver Cross Stitch Fabrics. I LOVE it.  The touch of sparkle is like a starry Halloween night.

 

I got a package in the mail yesterday.  I did a little on line stitching at Stitching Bits and Bobs' recent sale.  One day I'll stitch all PS's different bee skeps. 

This is a huge sampler but I really like the simplicity of it.  The picture is deceiving.

Diane of  Nan's Needlework Notions started this with blue thread when we got together for our mini stitch retreat.  I had never seen it before and it's really cute. 

Part 2 of the Mystery SAL gave me fits.  I ripped the left hand border, I ripped the third line of words and I ripped 4 of the 5 squares at the bottom.  So what better tool than a boo boo stick to get all those pesky loose threads.  Hopefully, this will give me good luck so I won't have to rip anything on part 3.

I would love to collect one of every color of this thread.  This one is Crown Jewels.

Are you tired of pictures yet?  One more.  I got my part 3 today of the Mystery SAL.  I had some purple Picture this Plus Fabric from their fabric of the month club. Just right for the extra small chart included with part 2.  It's 32 count.  My LNS had some Weeks lime green and orange that I'll use for the other two bonus charts.  It's 30 count and I wish you could see that green.  It's practically neon.

Aaaannnnnnddddd, that's it.  Hope you have a great Labor Day weekend if you're in the US.  I'm looking forward to some R and R.  Thanks for visiting and leaving me a comment.  I really appreciate the time you take to do that.

Marsha