Cross Stitch Ornaments, Trims, & A Poem : )

Two posts from me within a couple hours.  Not unusual ... lol!

I just got to play around with my camera again.  I discovered that I can download the pictures into my computer & open them up with my old camera software.  This makes things a bit easier since I can use a program that is familiar to me   : )   I did have to take a photo of one of the ornaments at least half a dozen times because I couldn't get it to not be blurry.  Apparently it's something I'm doing & not the camera.  I had no problems with all the others.

This first ornament, as you can see, is 2-sided.  This is the Lizzie*Kate Merry Little Bird I've been asking for help with regarding the finishing.  Help never came, not even from the company, but this morning I tried stuffing it before having a go at the finishing & that did it   : )   One of the reasons I chose to make this ornament was I thought it would be a quick stitch.  Well, the joke was on me.  I actually had to use an entirely different technique of stitching on this ornament & one side had to be stitched upside down!  If that didn't exercise my old brain cells, nothing ever will   : )

This next ornament is also a Lizzie*Kate design.  The pattern is called Cozy Christmas Wishes.  Notice that I got to use my beloved chenille trim on this one   : )

  

And speaking of my beloved chenille trim, here are 2 photos of the order I placed last week with Nancy at Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe.  She sells more than chenille trim & it's definitely worth paying her a visit!  As you can see in the photos below, I purchased a trims grab bag as well as a dozen of the chenille trims.  I couldn't be happier with my purchase & the service I received   : )

And now, begging the pardon of Joyce Kilmer, I will leave you with my ode to chenille trims.

Chenille Trim

I think that I shall never feel

A trim more luscious than chenille.

Chenille, whose fluffy fullness thrills

my heart; the beauty it instills.

Chenille, as soft as a billowy cloud,

Which brings more joy than should be allowed.

Chenille, in gorgeous colors dyed

By hand with loving care & pride.

Chenille, which all of us can use

When we're inspired by our muse.

This poem is wrote by Shirlee Hill

And I thank God for this trim called chenille.