Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Team Effort Christmas Ornament Finish

I have been up to some Christmas stitching and finishing since my last post. My mom and I both wanted to stitch Carol R's Sew Noel, so I stitched it in green and she stitched it in red!
It is stitched in DMC stranded cotton, 1 over 1 on a white 22 count Oslo Hardanger fabric.
It is finished as a "double sided" flatfold, so that, when appropriately displayed, both sides can be appreciated. Here I tried to "capture" both sides in one photo:
We also added charms to finish it off - a star charm on the green one and a snowflake charm on the red one.
I stitched Spot of Winter by The Drawn Thread earlier this year and it is now finished as a little pillow and ready to be displayed for Christmas.
I hope to have some more Christmas ornament finishes to show you soon. We will be putting our Christmas tree up this weekend - it is something I always look forward to - I absolutely love Christmas!
Enjoy the rest of the week and Happy Stitching!




9 comments:

Carol R said...

A lovely stitch by you and mum and great finishing idea!

Cute Spot of Winter pillow!

Unknown said...

Oh Michelle, what lovely finishes! I have the Spot of Winter and need to dig it out and stitch it up before the holidays - thanks for the inspiration!

Lois said...

What lovely finishes Michelle! Enjoy putting the tree up this weekend!

Edit said...

Your flatfold is really great. Good that you and your mum are both stitching :)

I like the little pillow is very nice, too.

Post some photos about the Christmas tree. It is always so interesting to see how others decorate it :)

Ronel said...

These are lovely! I like all of them!

Carol said...

How lucky you are to have a mother who stitches, too, Michelle! Both of you created lovely pieces! And that Spot of Winter pillow is so sweet--I may have to purchase that chart myself :)

Mylene said...

Both stiching of you and your Mum turned out great. Great choices of colours, can't decide which i likes best.
The spot of winter pillow looks lovely.

Goodluck on putting up the tree. I am not looking forward to doing ours being hubby away, i have to do it all alone.

Olga said...

What a great idea to finish this wonderful sampler! DT ornament is so charming.

Michelle said...

What wonderful finishes - it looks fantastic. Love Michelle x