Friday, January 4, 2013

The Last Stitches of 2012 and the First Stitches of 2013!

Hello dear stitching friends - I hope you have been enjoying the first few days of 2013!  I would like to share the last stitchy finishes of 2012 with you.  My mom and I finished our stitching on The Fairytale Advent Calender by The Little Stitcher before the end of the year!  This was such a fun stitch - here are some pics:


The backstitching is also complete and they are now ready to be finished into little hanging pillow ornaments.


They are stitched on self-dyed 28ct evenweave in the recommended DMC threads.


Such a lovely quick stitch - I have been trying to decide which one is my favourite - I do love the reindeer and sleigh motif (23)!


I have really been enjoying the Christmas stitching (I have a few stitched ornaments from last year that still need finishing!) and decided to kick the year off with an 'Ornament for January'.  Here is a pic of my first few stitches of 2013 - hopefully I will be able to share the finish soon :)


That's my update for today - enjoy the weekend and Happy Stitching!

Michelle

15 comments:

Grit said...

Your stitching is so lovely.
Liebe Grüße Grit

Annie said...

I'll say it again. Such a cool Mother/Daughter thing to do! The stitching is beautiful. What a fun way to start the New Year with such great work.

Fünfzigerjahremädel said...

That's more than one eyecatcher,Michelle!
Happy new year,Ulla

Dani - tkdchick said...

Wow! Those advent pieces are fantastic!!! Congrats to you and your Mom for getting them finished up!!!

Michelle said...

Oh they look beautiful Michelle - well done to you and your Mom x

butterfly said...

beautiful stitching for your advent, thanks for sharing.

Palkó said...

Lovely mini pictures!!! :)

Erna said...

Happy New Year Michelle,love all your ornaments ..
Erna x

Mii Stitch said...

Lovely stitching! Well done :)

Cole said...

The advent pieces look like fun!

Siobhán said...

What a wonderful mother/daughter project! Definitely an heirloom! Lovely work. Happy new year to you and yours! :)

Carol said...

Your advent calendar mini-finishes are so adorable, Michelle!! You and your mom make a wonderful team... I just love the fact that you two share such a wonderful craft :)

Wishing you and your family every happiness in this New Year!

Wendy said...

your ornaments look lovely, can´t wait to see them when they´re finished !

nice stiching on your januari piece, and wauw, nice scissors !
happy new year !

Edit said...

I love this advent calendar Michelle, you really make a great team with your Mum. So nice you share this hobby with her, I also enjoy stitching with my Mum :)

Tatkis said...

Lovely ornaments! You've done so many!

Hugs,
Tatyana