Ornaments Received This Season

These three ornaments are ones I got in exchange or as gifts this year. Aren't they pretty? The gold one is from Karen W. of Cyberstitchers; the mitten is by Agnes W. of Pocono Mountain; and the cross was done by Dotti O., president of Pocono Mountain. The gold and mitten were exchange ornaments, while the cross was a gift. Dotti did a cross for each of us who hold some kind of officership in the organization. Since I am newsletter editor, I got one! Imagine, though... she did at least ten of those for people. Lots and lots of beautiful work. All three are on my tree and will be for years to come.

Two Done

Yesterday, I spent an hour making this little flower design for the president of my local Blue Star Mothers chapter. Her house burned down this August and she lost pretty much everything. Insurance is paying for it all, including, rebuilding her house, but it can't replace small things. So I started her on her collection. Also, the round robin is now all packaged up and in the mail. I honly got the sun done, but I think it looks good and fits the theme. No idea what Muriel will think when she gets it back in four more months. Two things done, though, is a good feeling ... and having the round robin done in time is excellent. Now to start the next one ... capital letter L's.

The Needlepoint Pieces

Not much work done on either of these this week. I just am too busy and not enjoying it. Maybe next week things will calm down.

Ribbons and Roses

Halfway done on the second of five lines of feather stitched beads. And another couple of inches on the strap. It's getting there.

Midi Mystery and Mini Mandala

Almost the whole upper left quadrant of the mini mandala is done - at least cross stitch wise. I've put in some of the Rhodes stitches in there. There are quite a few more and some back stitching. I think it's looking pretty good. The background is a really white white, unlike what the picture shows. On the Midi Mystery, I've gotten more of the arches done. This week was supposed to be less busy than last, but it's not really working out that way. Maybe I'll get more done.

Exchange Ornament

This is the ornament I'm exchanging tonight. I do a LOT better when I stitch finish ornaments than when I glue, for some reason. Anyway, I had time to do the stitching on this one. My husband wants me to do this again but increase the contrast between the thread color and the fabric. I like this one, though.

Goldwork Leaf Done

I finished couching the leaf this week. The next thing to do is the circular berries in the upper left. They also get couched -in a circle from the inside out. It'll look neat, I'm sure.