April's ornament exchange.....

I hope everyone had a nice Easter celebration.  I enjoyed the weekend visiting with my mom. 

Now...it is time to turn my attention to Christmas!  

 Kincavel Krosses "Holly Jolly Humbug"

freebie

with Victorian Motto & Needle Necessities

Mine on 28ct evenweave & Yours on 25ct evenweave

I really enjoyed this month's ornament!  I
found this freebie design the first of the
month and couldn't wait to stitch it.  This was
also my first time finishing a humbug and I
found it easier than I imagined. 

I stitched the first on 28 count and it
came out much smaller than I anticipated
so the second was stitched on 25 count
making it just a tad bigger.

The "other side"....isn't this the cutest design???

    I found so many wonderful freebies from Kincavel Krosses and I can't wait to stitch

some more.  If you haven't checked out her

site, it is worth your while!

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Hopefully you know the drill....this "exchange" involves me stitching two ornaments:  one for me and one for a lucky follower.   And so....this month's lucky "exchange" partner is......

Carol

Stitching Dreams

It's not too late...if you want to be my "exchange" partner for next month, just make sure you're a follower!

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  Well...I've been happily stitching on one of my Challenge pieces, Goode Huswife's "Peacock Sampler", and hit a snag when I ran out DMC.  As luck would have it, my 10+ year old 610 thread is not the same dye lot as the new one I just purchased. (This was a big lesson learned to start with enough thread to finish.)  So I just moved on for the time being until I decide to frog part of it
or see if I can find another skein that matches.  
Now I am hoping to finish BOAF's "Bitter Flower Sampler" by the end of the week. 

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As always, thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great week with many happy stitches...