Needlework christmas

Do you ever make a decision to do something and then wonder, What the heck was I thinking?!? I do that with embroidery projects all the time (if you hadn’t noticed). More to the point, I do it with embroidery deadlines. After all, it’s one thing to say, on a day like January 12th, For ...

It is a sound like no other. The bugle of an elk. A majestic animal that can weigh 700 pounds and stand nearly 9 feet tall, a bull elk is a imposing, scary, really unbelievable sight. During the ru…

Finished examples of Kate Dickerson (KSH) Needlepoint designs

Well, it's December 23rd - two days before Christmas, and time to hang a new hand embroidered ornament on the tree! So far in this mini series, we've set up the Christmas ornament and started embroidering it, we finished the embroidery on the first side of the ornament, we finished embroidering t

December 31, 2019--It's been a busy year, but I still managed to complete the stitching on 20 needlepoint projects. Here they are from most recent (December) to oldest (January). Many have not yet been finished into ornaments, etc.--I'm waiting to stitch all the projects in the collections before working them up into ornaments (e.g., Janet Zickler Casey's santa collection, Susan Portra's holiday ornament collection). Also included in this list are the projects stitched in prior years and…

It’s time for a Cookies and Cocoa Nutcracker update. We have had three lessons with one more to go! There’s still a lot of details. If you know me, you know I have a thing for polka dots. I don’t know why, but I do. I also have a thing for Jessicas and big beads. […]

I love the big fluffy bow on Santa’s Books by Melissa Shirley. I made it from WireLace which is one of my favorite things to work with. WireLace comes in several sizes. I primarily use 6mm and 12mm. 6mm comes in more colors so YAY! 6mm is easier to pull through the canvas so YAY! […]

Judy (our very special needlepoint instructor) recently completed these two beautiful ornaments from Whimsy & Grace. She stitched them using a variety of sparkly threads as well as several dif…

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I've started a new Amanda Lawford Santa; the theme of this guy is The Nutcracker. He's a handsome fellow and his buddy the big nutcracker is really cute too. I've been enjoying stitching this piece and it is going faster than I anticipated.He is 15" (38 cm) tall and is painted on 18 mesh mono canvas. I mounted him on the mini stretcher bars because I like the lighter weight of these bars and it needs to be portable; otherwise it will take me years to stitch. Most of my stitching is done…

March 5, 2021--Finally finished this project into a stocking ornament. This is the second stocking made using a technique I wrote about here. It's definitely a learning process and some of what I learned can be transferred to flat ornaments. For example, finger pressing the canvas seam allowance into place, then ironing it flat so it can be used as a mounting board template is a great technique for odd shaped ornaments. I'm still on the fence about hand sewing together the canvas front to…

Needlepoint Study Hall I would love to make this stocking-it is my absolute favorite!

Learn how to finish a needlepoint ornament the easy way. Here are 9 easy steps for finishing a needlepoint ornament:1. Cut around the design approximately one half inch away from the stitches.2. Cut notches all the way around, close together, and taking care to avoid snipping the stitches.3. Use a steam iron on low to

As we finish up all our sample embroidery projects for the next Stitch Snippet - and for a new Christmas ornament PDF that we'll be releasing next month (oh, and for a kit!) - it occurred to me that this is an ideal time to reiterate one of the most important steps that you don't want to skip when y

If you are looking for a fun little project to keep your hands busy during the holidays, look at these 9 patterns we have found. They are all simply beautiful and are sure to put you in the holida…

Best embroidery patterns for your Christmas stitching. Thread your needle and start creating something extra cute for your dear ones!

Wintergreen House from Melissa Shirley Designs Touching Earth by Linda Carter Holman/Melissa Shirley Designs CH223 Santa's sleigh by Raymond Crawford Melissa Shirley 1841 Santa with Packages from Raymond Crawford Garden Bunny from Melissa Shirley Designs/Mary Lake Thompson White House Cove from Melissa Shirley Designs Apples #1920 from Melissa Shirley Desings Melissa Shirley Red Bird Santa #1989 Curtis Boehringer Girls Rule from Fleur de Paris Melissa Shirley Woodsy Santa MLT333 Mary…

Christmas Decor