XmasTreeDecorations

These four decorations are stitched using free hand method. I designed them at the same time when stitching. I used Framecrafts ready-to-stitch frames. I stitched them on plastic canvas and used Madeira Metallic thread (No 10) and beads for the decoration.

Christmas Is Back!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

❤

I wish you peace, joy, warmth and good future!

(The cross stitch Xmas tree decoration is stitched on plastic canvas. It is not my own design. It is from a magazine but right now I can not check it out because my Xmas tree stands front of the bookshelf right by the corner where are all my craft magazines and books. I will tell it to you right in January when I will take the tree out.)

(Updated: Designed by Maria Diaz, CrossStitcher, October 2005, p. 59. Instead of aida fabric I used Plastic Canvas to create the Christmas decoration.)

Second day of December

This cute reindeer is from Cross Stitch Favourites magazine. It is a special issue and I was not able to find the year or any date from it but I foud advert of The Stitch and Creative Crafts Shows for the autumn 2007 from it. So, it has to be published before that.

This reindeer is one of three reindeers designed by Jenny Barton and you can find the charts for each from the page 78. In the magazine the reindeers are stitched for mounting them in the same frame. I decided to stitch them on palstic canvas to get cute Christmas tree decorations. I used loose end threads instead of the ones marked with the chart. But the basic idea with the colours is the same. (I have added some metallic thread to the wrapping paper.)

In the magazine is also other series of designs that fit well together. I noticed it is a good idea to stitch one at every Christmas for yourself or to give at someone special. It is also a proper small gift to be sent away with a Christmas card. Postages are low but the gift itself is valuable because stitched with love.