Monday, August 19, 2013

Prairie Schooler Ornament for Nicole

I heard from Nicole today that she received the ornament I stitched for her for the HoE Prairie Schooler Exchange.  It was really fun to stitch this Santa from an "ancient" leaflet (copyright 1988) - I truly like their older designs better than their newer ones, in many cases.  So glad Nicole says she likes this one.  Sadly, I realized after I took the pic of the ornament hanging from a huge honeysuckle bush/tree that is against my back porch that some bits from the honeysuckle are on his face in two areas...  if you see them, they are not boo boos - lol.  I just hope I didn't send the ornament to her with those bits of dried honeysuckle plant on it!
  St. Nicholas Ornament
Prairie Schooler
28 ct Riviera French Country Linen, DMC Floss
I also personalized the back a bit for her. The dove and mistletoe are from a different Santa in the leaflet...

Hope everyone is having a lovely late summer (or spring in the 'other' hemisphere) - happy stitching to all... I best get started on more of SV part 9, as I see part 10 is about to be released.... I am lagging behind...lol

13 comments:

Catherine said...

Fab finish ~ I love the back!!!

Brigitte said...

Great ornament. I think I'll have to pull out a PS Santa book and stitch one or two of them, too.

Lillie said...

Both the Bat and PS ornament look fabulous.

Chris said...

Beautiful ornament finish. I am sure that Nicole will treasure it!

Carla said...

Beautiful!!!

Karoline said...

Lovely finish, congratulations

butterfly said...

Lovely stitching and love the back, hugs.

Marie said...

Awesome. I too have a fondness for the older designs.

I love, love, love your personalization.

I knew I would regret not joining in on this one ~ UGH.

Mylene said...

A lovely ornament and love the back of it.
Happy stitching.

Dani - tkdchick said...

Beautiful job Carol!

Cole said...

Love, love, love this fella! Thank you Carol :) As for the mystery dot ~ I'll have a look... my eyeballs must not be working properly, I didn't even notice!

Kay said...

Beautiful job!!! Love it!

Anonymous said...

Lovely ornament. Can you tell us the book number for this Prairie Schooler chart?