Yay! I have two ornaments that I finished stitching tonight. And I can actually share a finish for the first time in a while. 😀
The first one I finished tonight was my wildcard pick for October as part of the JCS Ornament SAL with the Chartswappers Yahoo group. It’s called Christmas Poinsettias and comes from Cindy Valentine Designs. Having model stitched for Cindy, I happen to be a little partial to her designs. 😉
The second finish is called Love Heart from Charland Designs. This is one of the ornaments that I liked out of the 2004 JCS Ornament issue that didn’t make it into the SAL.
I also have two new starts this week. Last night, I stitched my first star onto the Pooh Sweet Dreams afghan I’m stitching for friends who are having their first child in February. Normally, I wouldn’t do something this big, but the mother-to-be is a fellow cross stitcher and I didn’t want to do a birth sampler in case she wanted to do one herself. This is my first afghan and will be good practice for the one I want to do for myself at some point.
Tonight, I was hoping to start the Christmas Hearts bellpull, but seeing how it’s after 9:00 PM and I haven’t eaten yet, I don’t think that’s going to happen. 🙂 I’ve also pulled out my Chatelaine Tiny Rose Mandala Garden and attached it to the needlework frame that DH made for me. That needs to start moving, too.
Ahhhh… the sweetness of new and returning projects!
Lovely finishes, Jenna! I love the poinsettias!
Hi there Jenna 🙂
You have been busy! I love your latest ornie finishes 🙂
Love the pics of your stash and stitching space 🙂
hugs my friend 🙂
Beautiful finishes!
Hi – I like Cindy Valentine – your ornament is lovely! I’m curious as to how you are planning to finish it? I just stitched up the Nordic Needle ornament from the 2003 JCS issue – can’t decide how I want to finish it!
Very nice, Jenna! It is so great sharing, isn’t it? It just isn’t the same if you don’t have people from all over ooo-ing and aaa-ing over your work. I love the Cindy Valentine! I have never heard of her designs before – I shall have to go look up her work. Is that a bit of hardanger in the centre of the flowers?
Those are such lovely finishes, congratulations! 🙂 Your stitching is so beautiful.
You sound in such a great mood with those new projects! 😀
Yes! excellent! It is so much fun to launch a new project — what a rush — must be why I start more than I finish ; )
have a great evening. Hey, look, I”m number 888888 — is that lucky?
Hi Jenna, your ornies look great – Congratulations!
I’m planning to do one of those Charland designs ornies – they are really different from what I normally do.
Ooh, I love that Cindy Valentine ornament – looks even better in your piccie than in the magazine … this one’s in my ‘to do’ list at some stage, too – I’m looking forward to the Apricot Elegance stitchalong, my first ever CV design to be stitched. It’s nice to stitch on things you haven’t done for a while, or new ones – keeps a freshness to your stitching 🙂