Exchanging with....

My hubby was nice enough to draw and 
this month's ornament goes to ....

Lany

Lanybleu

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Thanks to all of you who commented...

so wish I could send you all an ornament.  

P.S.    Hope to be back soon with pics of my
newest members of the family!

An Ornament Giveaway.....

Want to me my last
"Ornament Exchange" partner?  

I just couldn't wait until the 25th to
do my December ornament "exchange" so I
decided to mix it up and make it a giveaway!  

Just in time to adorn this year's tree!

"Snowflake" freebie
http://madetotreasure.blogspot.com/
Stitched on 32 ct. blue lugana
w/Victorian Motto

I decided to do the other two snowflakes

from this freebie and love how these

turned out too!   I just had to use the scallop
finish again so I added the border.

So.....want to "exchange" with me this month?
Best part is you don't have to stitch anything.
  

Just leave a comment on this post and I will

draw a winner on Monday, December 5th!

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Guess I better get busy and get that tree!

Goodness...how quickly these months went by!  

I truly enjoyed doing this and I plus 12 of
my stitching buddies now have these
new beauties to add to my tree. 

All of your lovely comments
certainly gave me that push to keep going.

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Hope your holiday season has gotten off

to a good start and your needles are

enjoying some holiday stitching.

Joy.....

I have been stitching away on CHS "Frederick"

but couldn't resist the urge to stitch this

ornament after seeing  Lee's (Lake Stitcher)

wonderful adaptation, which I just loved by the

way.   Yes, I just had to order the PTP Phoenix fabric to "borrow" Lee's colorway, but I

decided to play with this brown linen

while I waiting on my order.

Little by Little "Joy in the Snowflake"

2011 JCS Ornament issue

32 ct. brown linen w/ Victorian Motto threads

This has to be one of my favorite designs in

the new JCS ornament issue.  Although I love

the suggested thread colors, I am very pleased

with the look of the red and cream on the

brown linen.  Too large to be an ornament,

this will become a little pillow to tuck

away in a basket this holiday.

Yummy blue from Victorian Motto!

This was a pretty quick stitch and since I

love the original blue/brown combo, I now

want to stitch it again with blue on the brown

linen.  I also got my red fabric so I will be

stitching it using Lee's green/creme colorway! 

Good thing I like this ornament!

These will have to wait though.....

I am determined to finish Frederick first!

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As always....thanks for visiting and I hope

you have a great stitchy week!

Is it really the 25th again????

Fa la la.....it's the 25th again and time for

this month's "You & I" Ornament exchange.

Not quite sure where this month went....

feels like I settled in for a long winter's nap!

(well...maybe a summer's thanks to the heat)

The Workbasket "Quaker Christmas Holly"

Freebie

Stitched on 36ct.linen w/Victorian Motto

I found this freebie in my stash and
decided it needed to be stitched this month. 
My first one was stitched with one thread
over two and the coverage was a little suspect
so I stitched the next one two threads over two.  

Much better...

I decided to leave the middle blank and not

add the year....just didn't like the look of "11".

After looking at the design again to

give credit to the designer I also

realized I forgot to add the beads....

oops!

I like it though and I hope this month's

receipient will like it too.  

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And  this month's exchange partner is......

Julie

Julie's and Yes Dear's Ravings

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This month has been crazy with
work and football games each weekend. 
Sure hope it slows down some so I can
get some more stitching done. 

Well....I'm off to the beach for work!   

Life can be so hard sometimes. 

Hope you have a great day....

happy stitching.

Beautiful surprise from Amy.....

Waiting in my mailbox tonight was this beautiful ornament from Amy and my heart is smiling.....


I love the color, fabric and finishing! She is a beautiful stitcher and always does such a great job finishing so it is a treat to have one her pieces.

Amy has become a great friend this year and I definitely consider myself lucky! She (and her nice hubby) are so gracious to open their house often for Saturday stitch-alongs. I will truly treasure this ornament for years to come.

Merry Christmas and merry stitches....

Some finishes & TUSAL...

First...thanks for all of your wonderful comments on the LK pillow. I really do appreciate them and they made my heart smile! Gotta love stitching friends.
Now... on to the important stuff!

La D Da "Merry Christmas"
JCS 2009 Ornament issue
Stitched on 32 ct. linen

My first ornament from this year's issue. I loved this design...it has such a "vintage postcard" look. I did change the colors since I wanted to stitch it on white linen. I did have a little boo boo while pressing it. I used a little too much steam trying to get the hoop marks out. The end result....my thread bleed. I still love it, though, and the best part, it is for me so it's just fine! Don't know if you have seen Corinna's version on chocolate linen, but I love it! I dug out a piece of chocolate linen from my stash so I am stealing her color scheme and stitching it again.

BBD "Sweet Heart" from "Joyeux Noel"
25 ct. light green linen w/misc Valdani threads

I also stitched this sweet design a couple of weeks ago and plan on finishing it into a small heart shaped pillow . I love their model using overdyed chenille trim and think I will give it a try. I just love this book and hope to stitch a few more of the smaller designs before Christmas. It has some great non-stitching projects in it so I suggest you check this one out if you haven't already!

Lastly.....

Again, I am late on posting my monthly progress for the TUSAL. Can't really tell but the top is full of little fuzzies from my latest night of frogging. I have been working on one of SB stocking designs and I just couldn't decide if I liked a top row of swirls. After stitching and frogging twice, I decided I would leave them off. Hopefully I will be adding some more ornament threads soon!

Happy stitches....

February ornament finished....

Mary Garry's Sewing Cabin-"Christmas Heart"

18 ct aida coffe-dyed w/ DMC

2000 JCS Ornament magazine

I finished this month's ornament for the 2009 Christmas Challenge earlier this week. I had hoped to stitch two each month so I'm already behind so maybe I can finish three in March to get back on track! Happy stitches.....