Christmas Stitching
16 December 2006 11:20 happy dances, round robins, exchanges, & gifts
It isn’t ornamentified yet, but as you can see, the stitching for “Baby’s 1st Christmas” is complete. This was a quick stitch and I should have been done a few days earlier, but between being sick most of last week and spending time with a new friend, I haven’t been stitching as much as I had planned to at the beginning of the month. I am still aiming to do the finishing so I can give it to my sister before Christmas, but we’ll see… I do have some Christmas parties to attend after all!
In other show and tell news, I also received my Stocking Stuffer Exchange piece. This little snowflake ornament was stitched for me by Cathy and is hanging proudly on our otherwise gaudily decorated Christmas tree. (My niece helped me decorate the tree last weekend and we put so many ornaments and lights on the tree I am surprised it hasn’t tipped over yet! :lol:)
After we finished decorating the tree on Sunday, my sister asked me to watch my niece for a few hours so she could wrap presents. Because I am a cool aunt and because I wanted to keep her occupied, I asked her what she wanted to do while we were hanging out. Imagine my delight when she told me “cross stitch!”
I didn’t know how serious she was about “real” stitching, but I pulled out some 14ct Aida and found a beginner pattern anyway. I told her if we were going to stitch we were going to do it the right way and I was very impressed with the results: Not only did she seem to catch on to the proper ex-ing technique very quickly, I also managed to keep her attention for about 2 dozen correctly made stitches (about half the dragonfly’s tail) before she got distracted and rearranged the colors in my bobbin box.
After she went home I decided to take a few hours to finish up the pattern we had started so that I can frame it and give it to her for Christmas.
16 December 2006 at 12:08
What a lovely idea for a Christmas present for your niece! I love the “Baby’s First Christmas” ornament, too. I’ve been thinking I should make one for my friend’s son.
16 December 2006 at 15:00
You are a cool aunt!
17 December 2006 at 13:01
Congrats on finishing your baby ornie. It is just lovely.
17 December 2006 at 17:56
Your neice will love it.
17 December 2006 at 19:15
What great finishes, and doing the dragonfly up for your niece as a present is a great idea. Maybe you have another stitcher in the making.
Sue
18 December 2006 at 10:21
What a great idea for your niece!!!! The chart is very pretty!!! And I like very much your baby’s ornie!!! It’s a wonderful gift!!
Catherine Michèle
19 December 2006 at 08:23
The ornament looks great! I’m sure your neice is going to love it.
22 December 2006 at 14:58
I just have to say that it is a lovely gift for O, and it means so much more since she had a hand in it. Now I am going to go finish crying, and travel home to hug my lad.