This has been feeling not so much like a needlework blog lately, so let’s rectify that!
I have some gotta-take-care-of-it deadlines on a few things right now, so have temporarily backed off on some needlework challenges in which I’d planned to unofficially participate, specifically TAST2012 and Embroidery Journal Project, and also a Color Theory Class on StitchMAP from which I opted to withdraw.
But I still have the itch to stitch something, but something without a deadline, so I decided to start on this cross-stitched-n-beaded ornament project from the July 2011 issue of Cross-Stitch & Needlework magazine.
I’m stitching it over-two on 28-ct. “Antique White” Monaco, and it’ll only be a bit over 2″ in diameter when complete.
Here’s a closer-up picture — this is a photo of the magazine page, so the detail’s not quite like it’d be if this was a photo of the actual ornament.
First I’ll do the base design in DMC stranded cotton, then next month I’ll order the various Kreinik braid and Mill Hill beads needed to complete the ornament and the tassel.
This ornament is one in a series of four seasonal ornaments. If I like how this turns out, I’ll get my hands on the other three issues of Cross-Stitch & Needlework that contain the patterns for those three ornaments. I’m making these to keep, to use as Christmas tree ornaments :-).
Looks like a very pretty project, and right up your alley!
Small projects are the way to go when one is busy. That pattern will also look lovely on a needlebook.