Saturday, November 10, 2012
Happy Holidays Mitten Ornament
Did the finishing on another Christmas ornament today. I received the chart for this one from my friend Marie shortly after Celebration of Needlework in April.... every year, I ogle JBW's miniature Christmas tree that they bring to their booth. It is loaded with little over one ornaments of Judith's designs. Marie heard me say I am going to make one (or more of them) someday, and she threw down the gauntlet by sending me the Red Mittens I leaflet... I stitched it up quickly, but then... hemmed and hawed over finishing it. Today I was looking at a scrapbooking template I often use for finishing and thought... "hmmmm, maybe this tiny oval work for that mitten??" - so I gave it a go.... I kept struggling, wanting to center it, only to finally realize... duh... the thumb on the left side of the mitten throws the design off center. OK, I am cool with it! Here is my effort!!
Happy Holidays Mitten Ornament
JBW Designs
32 ct Purely Primitive Belfast Linen, Home Sweet Home hand dyed floss in Ruby
Stitched one over one
OK, Marie.... challenge accepted :-) Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. We are expecting a warm up tomorrow and a bigger one on Monday - woo hoo! Yard work - lol!
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14 comments:
What a gorgeous ornament. I love the look of over one stitching. Good on Marie to have challenged you...lol. The result is just great
Lovely piece! Will have to find that one myself!! I like red in ornaments :)
Very sweet! My LNS just got the JBW trunk show and now I want to do so many!!!!
Very pretty ornament, and great stitching!
I think it is perfect. You did a wonderful job.
You have done a wonderful job! X
Good for you! The mitten ornament looks beautiful.
Thanks for the suggestion to use scrapbook templates for finishing. I always struggle to make my own and stress that the template is not perfect. ;D
I have 7 ornaments in my finishing basket....I feel so much like YOU. Seems like I stitch only ornaments, but I love them. I think I will stitch a JBW design next.
Looks great Carol! You're on your way to having a tree that rivals the JBW one at Celebrations every year!
I like the oval finish - it shows off the stitching better than having a mitten shaped finish.
What a great collection of ornaments you have! Great Job on finishing!
Very sweet! I have these same charts and just never thought of stitching them over one. It turned out great!
Beautiful tiny stitching!
Carol - I have been trying to email you but appear to have two addresses and do not know which one to use. Can you email me please?
Look how tiny! That is so sweet :D
Gorgeous ornament, congratulations
Such a lovely Christmas ornament! So cute!
Hugs,
Tatyana
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