Another dear friend has stitched two ornaments for me as well. It is fun to go back and see from whom I have received ornaments in our yearly exchange. This needleroll is from Ria and I think it is from 1999 or 1998. Also from the JCS Christmas issue and it's from a designer who quit designing a while ago, can't remember the name but I know that I have another needleroll by the same designer somewhere around.
And here are three pictures of the ornament Ria stitched for me this year. I've shown it before, but it was a lousy picture.
It's a threesided ornament by Cherished Stitches and Ria did a wonderful job of putting it all together.
I haven't stitched any ornaments for me this year, I've been busy with other projects. Halloween seems to be growing on me more and more and already I have selected some Halloween designs that I want to stitch in 2008. We did stitch ornaments for the shop and they turned out really cute. Next year I really want to stitch at least one ornament for my tree at home.
Of course that wouldn't be so hard to do if I didn't get sidetracked by other projects . Yesterday I really felt the need to start a Ewe & Eye & Friends (E&E&F) project. I went through my stash and came up with Purple Rosebud Scissor Companion. It's a real quick stitch but I love how it turned out.
It's a bit hard to see but I stitched it on 36 count evenweave. It's a light green fabric that is slightly spotted as in a handdyed fabric. I want to finish this as a little scissor fob (what else could it become) with a beaded edge.
E&E&F have great projects, I love most of their designs. Some of them are a little too whimsical to my taste, but especially the ones that combine whimsical with sampler style appeal to me. I have another E&E&F lined up, Whimsical Heart. Will show y'all more about that once I got started.
Way back in the days when I had lots of stitching time, I used to stitch models for a shop in the US. One of the assignments I got was to stitch quite a few of the scissor companion kits that were put out by E&E&F. I think that's when my interest in these charts started. Of course meeting the designers in 2000 helped as well. I'll see if I can find the models I got back, they are finished really cute.