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december 2008 happiness is cross stitching search this blog privacy policy cookie policy home about me the absolute beginner s guide to cross stitch in 2026 everything you need to start today free mini cat and other cross stitch patterns _ calendar mini cat 2018 free patterns more free patterns finishing ideas for cross stitching ffo my first cross stitched biscornu finished 10 comments i am so excited because i have just finished my first cross stitched biscornu here are the pictures i just love the little father christmas don t you i will probably stitch lots of biscornus for a while the pattern is from just cross stitch ornament magazine 2008 designed by louise henderson of cherished stitches stitched on 32 count belfast linen colour light mocha dmc threads mill hill beads swarovski crystal in the centre share 10 comments prairie schooler ornament 5 comments i finished this prairie schooler ornament it is from the just cross stitch ornament magazine 2008 i sooooo loved making this one i used dmc threads stitched on linen topped off with swarovski crystals click here i just love pink you can get the letter l here materials used 25 count dublin lugana linen dinky dyes silk thread stitched 1 over 1 mother of pearl thread ring swarovski crystals share 5 comments materials used for blog giveaway and more stitching news 2 comments as promised i have listed the materials i used to make the blog giveaway christmas ornament fabric zweigart 32 count brittney lurex silver flecked white flowers dinky dyes silk thread lilac number 111 but any dmc color would look the same centre of flower kreinik metallics fine 8 braid colour number 9300 merry stitched in dmc number 210 and backstitched in dark purple dmc purple trim on outside edge madeira glissen gloss estaz colour number 19 mill hill antique glass beads colour number 03053 metal ornament for the back i hope you enjoy stitching this as much as a i did my first biscornu and stitching news i am currently stitching my first biscornu it is a christmas design and i have finished stitching the priarie schooler christmas ornament i will post pictures shortly the christmas noel design at the top of the page was completed a number of years ago it is celtic christmas by lavender and lace i though it would be a good idea to show it to celebrate the season thankyou for looking merry christmas everyone share 2 comments blog giveaway we have a winner 3 comments congratulations the winner is barb aka omashee barb leave a comment with your email and i shall send you an email with the details of when i shall post it to you thankyou so much for all the lovely comments i was inspired to stitch more of these in other colours i was also surprised how many of you love purple i wish i had the time to stitch you all one but i am going to put the list of materials i used so that you can at least copy the colour scheme i shall post them over the next few days i will be doing more blog giveaways in the future so keep watching happy stitching share 3 comments cross stitched purple ornament blog give away 25 comments click on the pictures for a closer look these are the cross stitch ornaments i promised to show the one on the left is similar to one that i made for a recent ornament exchange and the purple one was an experiment with colour and texture i wanted to know how different they would look i was really pleased with the result and i hope you are too because i have decided to give away the purple christmas ornament as a blog giveaway in celebration of christmas all you need to do is leave a comment and say why you would love to receive it when it is drawn i will then invite the winner to leave another comment on the post with the email address and i shall send it to the lucky person the draw will take place on saturday 20th december at 6 00pm gmt good luck everyone i look forward to reading your comments share 25 comments finished cross stitch 4 comments share 4 comments miniature stitched piece 7 comments hi everyone i thought i would show a picture of something not connected to christmas in this post i have stitched 1 over 1 on 25 cream dublin lugana linen using dmc thread number 115 it is a mon ami pierre free pattern unfortunately it is no longer available i am unsure what to make with it yet maybe a tin topper or a mini pin keep i am currently working on some more ornaments i have just started on my first prairie schooler christmas ornament and i was looking at one of my paula vaughan work in progress the porch swing it looks really nice i shall post a picture later i have shown here the stitching lamp i use when stitching on linen because quite a few people have commented that they find the holes too small i could not stitch on linen if i did not use this magnifying lamp what a difference it makes you can clip it on your stitching hoop however i do not always use a hoop so i clip mine to a folder placed on my knee happy stitching share 7 comments newer posts older posts 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project bags 22 scissor fobs 15 socks 1 featured post freebie friday valentine cross stitch pattern hello everyone here is another free pattern a day later than i anticipated i think i may start calling this freebie saturday a quick vale powered by blogger happiness is cross stitching blogger template created by pipdig