A Little More Finishing

A few more Prairie Schooler Year Rounds:  Unless otherwise shown. backing fabrics are solid colors  matching the design.

January: Crescent Moon and Star.  Finished as a round flat ornament with a beaded edge.

February: Heart in Hand.  Finished as a flat ornament trimmed with chenille.

March: Shamrock.  Finished as a flat ornament with a beaded edge..

April: Rabbit and Tulip.Finished as a flat ornament trimmed with home made cord and beaded hanger.

May: Bird on a Branch.  Finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with home made cord .

June: Flower Basket.  Finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with chenille.

July: Patriotic Quilt Star.  Finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with chenille.

September  School House.  Finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with chenille.

October.  See previous post.

November.  Turkey.  Finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with chenille.

December: Santa.  Finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with chenille.

And Homespun Elegance Country Spirits.

And, I prepared the boards for three more ornaments.

Finishing

Gathering all those smalls charts for the giveaway put me in the mood to finish a few of the little suckers.

This is Country Cottage Needleworks Sunflower Sampler finished as a flat ornament trimmed with chenille.

Morning Glory Designs Friendship Tree finished as a flat ornament and trimmed with home made cord.

Crossed Wing Collection Hummingbird finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with dark green and lavender beads.

Prairie Schooler Year Rounds: October finished as a round flat ornament trimmed with dark green ans dark amber beads.

I also prepped enough discs to assemble 6 more Prairie Schooler Year Rounds tomorrow.

Procrastation ...

... is my besetting sin.  I have finally gotten my last two giveaways packed up and ready for mailing and my husband will take them to the post office tomorrow.  So, naturally. I had to fill the void with yet another giveaway.

I often think of winter as the season of smalls.  I am not entirely certain why.  We had our first snow early Monday morning and I was inspired to put together another giveaway: this time all smalls.  Most of these are commercial charts but some are ancient freebies while a few others are exclusive bonus charts from classes I have attended.  To enter, leave a comment explaining why you like smalls. One winner will take the lot, 18 charts in all.

Here's the list:

Beary Merry Christmas 2013

Bent Creek Swirlygig

By the Bay  Slow Down

Country Cottage  Sunflower Sampler

Crossed Wing Collection Sept 1999 free chart: Hummingbird

DMC Valentine Heart

Morning Glory Needleworks Friendship Tree

Morning Glory Needleworks Buttoned Heart Pincushion

Flower Thread Mini Sampler

Jeanette Douglas Christmas Tree

Prairie Schooler American Primitive

Prairie Schooler Prairie Year Rounds

Rosewood Manor Deep Roots

Rosewood Manor  Welcome to Spring

Samplers and Such Bitty Baskets: ABC Sampler

Sue Donnelly The Best Ship

Sue Donnelly Kindred Spirits

Sue Hillis First Steps

Progress

I have been working pretty steadily on Follow Me.  

I will be frogging the first line of text and moving it three stitches to the right.  I realize one doesn't expect symmetry in a primitive design but this is way too off center for me.  I thought I'd leave it while I stitched the wings and seen if I could live with it.  Alas. I can not.

Miscellany

First, the winner is Bea.  She revealed that she has discovered the joys of Halloween stitching only recently.  As a result, I am inclined to legitimize her status as a Halloween lover with a reasonable stash.  I have even thrown in a bonus chart in addition to the 10 listed, Stacy Nash Primitive Hallows Eve.  Enjoy, Bea!

I also need to apologize for not participating in the Halloween Blog Hop as planned.  I spent the morning at the opthamologist's office where I was given a needle in the eye - not quite the Trick or Treat activity I had expected.  The rest of the day was spent in dim light with cold compresses and regular applications of artificial tears.

I started my last Halloween project of the year today: Primitive Needle's Follow Me.  At present I've just stitched the base, one side border and a bit of the inscription..

I did finish Hallows Eve which I stitched on Belfast linen in natural Flax, using Pure Palette silks.