Finishes & a Few More Gifts

Like all of you, I have been busy with Christmas preparations ... baking, cleaning, shopping, & wrapping.  Tomorrow I will be making a ham, turkey breast, & potato salad. John & I will then enjoy the magic of Christmas Eve night & the peace & love of Christmas Day.

Although this past weekend was IHSW, I will post about that later today or tomorrow. For now I would like to share a few more gifts I have sent/received & also some recent ornament finishes that have joined the other ornaments on our tree.  I'll start with these ornaments.  I stitched all 5 of them from designs which have appeared in JCS Christmas Ornament magazines.  Needless to say, they have all been finished by Myra.  I am borrowing her photos.

Designer:  LHN

Design:  Winter Sampler (2009 issue)

Fabric:  As suggested

Floss:  DMC equivalents

Designer:  Milady's Needle

Design:  Regal Red Christmas (2010 issue)

Fabric:  As suggested

Floss:  As suggested

Designer:  Blue Ribbon Designs

Design:  Redbirds Rejoice (2013 issue)

Fabric:  As suggested

Floss:  As suggested

Designer:  Handwork

Design:  Rejoice (2001 issue)

Fabric:  As suggested

Floss:  As suggested

Designer:  My Big Toe Designs

Design:  His Gift (2012 issue)

Fabric:  As suggested

Floss:  As suggested

A few of the gifts I stitched have been received    : )

Designer:  PS

Design:  Cardinal (Book 14)

Fabric:  32 ct Amber/Toasted Almond linen

Floss:  As suggested

Stitched for Vicki

Finished by Myra

Designer:  Foxwood Crossings

Design:  Small & Medium Cardinals

Fabric:  Perforated paper

Floss:  DMC

Stitched for Pam

Finished by me

This Foxwood Crossings design is my first attempt at stitching on perforated paper & I really enjoyed it!  I foresee more perforated paper stitching in my future   : )

John came home from the post office the other day & handed me a package.  The return address indicated it was from Marly. When I opened it, I was thrilled to find one of her handmade sampler boxes!  I have admired these on her blog for a long time & am so happy to now have one!  I opened it to see what the inside was like & found a lovely old fashioned gift tag.  The box was filled with tissue paper which I assumed Marly had put there to help protect the box during shipping.  However, when I started to remove the paper, I found more gifts!  A package of dark green rick rack, beautiful YLI red silk floss, a skein of Caron cotton floss in a gorgeous colorway (Desert Sage), a package of star buttons, & an absolutely wonderful perfect-for-me wooden tag ... another one of her handmade creations! Thank you again my dear friend!

"When we were children we were grateful for who filled our stockings at Christmas time.  Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"

Gilbert K. Chesterton