First Finish of 2021

This is the Blue Ornament that was a favor at our ANG Chapter Holiday Party.  It took way longer to stitch than it should have, but it is now done.  It was designed by Marguerite Harrington.  

Ornament Finish

I stitched this ornament by Debby Rowley  The only change I made was adding gold beads instead of gold french knots.  
 

Ornamentified!

This evening, at our ANG Chapter meeting, we ornamentified an ornament!  The technique we did was different from the way I had learned, but it works, and it is good to know more than one way to ornamentify and ornament!

One More February Finish

I finished Circle of Hearts by Margaret Bendig this evening.  It truly was a fun stitch!  I just loved doin those hearts!

This will be an ornament some day.

Another Stitching Finish

This is the beaded sampler I was working on, but I ran out of beads, so I had to wait until I picked up some more....then I spilled them all....then I had to gather them up off the floor....and it is finally stitched.

Our ANG Chapter is giving incentive point and a charm for doing some beading.  I needed 5 more stitches to earn the charm so I finished them in the knick of time.

This will become an ornament someday.....

Finally finished

When you lasts saw this piece I was waiting for the fibres to finish the stitching.....that was Sunday.  I ordered the fibres on Monday morning and asked that they be mailed out to me right away.  I should have them by Wednesday at the latest...right?   Well, I found out Wednesday that they hadn't been mailed yet.  I don't know why.  I jumped in the car and drove the 45 minutes in each direction to pick them up myself.

And when I got home, I saw down and finished the stitching.

Ornamentification will happen at a later date.

Beaded Christmas Present Ornament Finish

Finished this beaded and stitched ornament late last night.  It was given to us at our Needlepoint guild Holiday Party, and we get credit for two beaded stitches for our yearly challenge.   It was designed by Handblessings Designs.  Ornamentification will happen at a later date.

Another Finish

Tonight I finished the stitching on this Candy Corn ornament.  It is the second one I have done.  Ornamentifying will commence at a later date.  I am now down to 16 works in progress.

Christmas Ornaments for the Grandchildren

 Here are this year's ornaments:  a hockey player for Peter

A Ballerina (in pink) for Natalie.

    A Baseball player for Logan

A Cook for Justin

 

And a Drummer Boy for Owen.

Super Secret Project Revealed!

 Here they are!  54 snowflake ornaments finished inside of canning rings!  These were a gift to the members of the Needle's Nest EGA Chapter, where I am currently the outgoing president.

And here are the ladies and gentlemen at our annual Holiday Party!  What a great looking group!

Crazy January Challenge Day 13

Day 13 is another Handblessing Design, Smyrna Snowflake Ornament.  I started and finished this one all in the same day.  I received this kit at our ANG Holiday party, and used the center motif for all of those canning jar lid ornaments I did for Christmas.

One More Christmas Gift

 Even though it was after Christmas, it is still appreciated!  Marguerite stitched and finished this Little House Needleworks ornament, it is so cute and will look great on my tree!

The package also contained some hot chocolate mix and some Pfeffernuess cookies!  I will be sure and have the hot chocolate   and cookies now!  I will not save them for next Christmas !

This Year's Ornaments

It has been my tradition to give each of my children and grandchildren an ornament each year.  It began before there were any grandchildren with purchased Hallmark Ornaments, but soon turned into stitched ornaments.  This year's ornaments are snowflakes on canvas, finished inside mason jar rings.

A friend asked how I finished the ornament, so here is a picture of the back.  Since the ornaments were stitched on canvas, I just cut them out into a round circle, glued them to the inside of the lid with white glue, then ran a bead of E6000 blue all along the edge and pushed it into the ring.  Probably the easiest ornament finish I have ever done!

Happy Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve!  Today I show you my tree.  I need to add more ornaments if I have time.  All the ornaments are stitched or otherwise handmade by myself or friends and relatives.  When I was younger and had more energy and teenagers at home to help, I used to put up lots more trees, but old age has crept in, and I barely have enough energy to do one tree now!  

Every year I vow to get me tree up earlier in the season, and every year I don't get it finished until right before Christmas Eve.  This is an old German Tradition, the tree is usually revealed to the children in the evening on Christmas Eve.  This was the practice all throughout my childhood, so perhaps that is why I wait so long!

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Another Model Finished

 
Finished this wagon for Sue Hillis today.  It is off in the mail to her so she can ornamentify it.

Another Model Finished

Finished another model for Sue Hillis.  This is part of the ornament series, all red vehicle.  I am getting a little tired of stitching red.....

I have one more to go!

A Model Stitching Finish

I dropped everything to stitch this model for Sue Hillis.  Didn't get it done as quickly as I would have liked, but it has been a busy time.  I have two more in this ornament series to stitch, hopefully I will get them done faster.

Another Ornament Exchange

 Our EGA chapter held our annual Holiday Dinner this evening.  Part of that event is an ornament exchange.   I received this sparkly beaded snowman from Jan.  He is so cute!

This is the ornament that I contributed to the exchange.  It is a Val's Stuff ornament that I stitched a few years ago.  I had made extras for exchanges and ran across it recently, so I didn't have to stitch anything this year!  Carol received it and I hope she likes it.

Ornament Exchange at ANG

 We held our annual holiday party for the Fox chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild this evening.  It was a lovely dinner with great conversation.  Unfortunately I didn't win a door prize.....but then I really didn't need a door anyway....

The highlight of the evening was our ornament exchange.  I received this lovely ornament stitched and finished by Reena.  It is lovely and I will treasure it.

I forgot to take a picture of the ornament that I stitched, but it looks just like this one.  Jeannie received my ornament and I hope she liked it.

Retreat Stitching

 This is the front of Louie the Lucky Reindeer ornament that was in our goodie box at the retreat this past weekend.  I did stitch on it a bit on Saturday, but finished it up today.

This is the back!