Hey Blog Buddies,
It's a lovely, if somewhat brisk, day here in Northern Illinois. Our embroidery guild hosted its annual Christmas party last night, and everyone had a grand time. One of the things we do each year is an ornament exchange. Those who want to participate bring a wrapped ornament that they made and get to pick another ornament sight unseen. Here is the beautiful ornament that I unwittingly chose:
It's a lovely, if somewhat brisk, day here in Northern Illinois. Our embroidery guild hosted its annual Christmas party last night, and everyone had a grand time. One of the things we do each year is an ornament exchange. Those who want to participate bring a wrapped ornament that they made and get to pick another ornament sight unseen. Here is the beautiful ornament that I unwittingly chose:
This was made by my friend averyclaire,
it's a Little House Needleworks design
and I absolutely love it!
You should check out her blog--
she is not only an embroiderer but she also does
beautiful hand quilting, too.
Here is what I made for the exchange...
This is from the 2011 JCS Christmas Ornament issue
and the designer is Casey Buonaugurio.
I liked the design so much I made one for myself.
The first one I did is on the left.
While sewing it together,
I forgot the cording for the hanger,
so I just used a piece of #16 Kreinik.
I also sewed it really close to the embroidered design
which made the finished product even tinier.
I learned from my mistakes on the second one,
which is the one that I brought for the exchange.
But I'm quite happy with the somewhat flawed one that I kept--
it has character. heheh
The tree trunks are pieces of one of "Molly's sticks"
from our backyard.
The weird thing is that averyclaire chose my ornament!
This was just a happy coincidence, not planned.
That's it for now.
Hope you are having a wonderful December day.
Thanks for visiting!
