Stashmas Decoration

Project: Stashmas Decoration
Started: 30.08.09
Finished:31.08.09

Design: (Front) One of the Winter Escape designs by Rhona Norrie from Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 130. (Back) Snowflake design by Kell Smurthwaite© and lettering from 120 Cards for Every Occasion freebie booklet from WOXS magazine issue 153.
Materials: 32 count Dragon Hand Dyed Jobelan in Heavens Above; Anchor 1211 (variegated turquoise) floss (2 over 2); beads from an old necklace

I’m taking part in the Stashmas Exchange on the Cross Stitch Forum – instead of a Christmas gift, we send a Stashmas gift (worth a maximum of £10 or the monetary equivalent) of anything stitchy-related. I decided to include a small stitched gift with mine to commemorate this year’s Stashmas Exchange, so I made this little decoration.

The design for the front came from the latest Cross Stitch Crazy magazine and I added some beads from an old broken necklace that I had, just to add a little sparkle and glamour. For the reverse, I designed a little snowflake and added a commemorative message in lettering that was from a freebie booklet  that came with World of Cross Stitching magazine a while back (120 Cards for Every Occasion). I then made a tassel (to which I added another bead) and a ribbon loop for hanging. It’s all just whip-stitched together and stuffed with regular soft toy stuffing. I think it turned out quite nicely and will be a lovely addition to the Stashmas gift I send out.

Mittens and Stitching Friends SAL Exchanges

As a result of becoming a member of The Cross Stitch Forum, I will be taking part in my first ever Stitch-Along Exchanges – two of them, in fact!

One is the Mittens Exchange, the other is the Stitching Friends Exchange and both are to be exchanged with people later in the year, so I won’t be able to post progress pictures – just finished product photos once I’ve sent them off to my stitching buddies.

Anyway, for anyone else who is interested in joining these exchanges, all you have to do is join the forum and register your interest in the relevant threads (and say I sent you, just so I know who’s there as a result of reading my blog!). And if you want a sneak peak at the designs we’re using you can click on the exchange titles in this post and the links will take you to them.