Ornaments stitched

Hello my friends.

 Here are two ornaments I have finished.

From the 2011 JCS Christmas Ornament magazine.

Christmas Tree Cat,

by Briittercup Designs.

For the trim it`s Moda Vera Yoyo yarn.

Kath has this now.:)

Merry Christmas Drum.

By Wendy Peatross.

JCS Christmas Ornaments 2018 issue.

Once I had stitched design I counted 6 threads from the bottom 

and back stitched over 2 in green across. At the top I counted 10 threads

back stitching again. This helped with the button hole stitch I used to

join the top and bottom pieces which are plastic circles covered with wool felt.

The top circle has a hole in it so the ribbon could come through for hanging.

The drum sticks are burnt match sticks,washed,with beads attached with sticky glue.

I am so pleased with this.

Well back on with my day, part of which is carrying on wallpapering.

Still haven`t found the first lot so with a few dollars off we paid $600 for more!

Happy Stitching, 

Clare.