JCS 2007 Ornie Issue Review

04 October 2007 20:13 Renée 1001 days, coming soon, stashed away

As I have no stitching progress to show at the moment, I thought I would take the opportunity to do my personal assessment of the issue that Dawn so kindly sent me (along with a too cute and too tiny scissor fob)!

I haven’t read any of the articles or tried any of the recipes yet, so this isn’t a review of that, rather just the patterns… Which is all we are really interested in anyway, right? ;)

I have three categories and if the pattern isn’t mentioned here that means I am not even considering stitching it. Therefore, my categories are 1.) Must Stitch, 2.) Might Stitch, and 3.) Like, but probably won’t stitch.

Here is the breakdown by category:

  1. Must Stitch – 5
  2. Might Stitch – 17
  3. Like, but probably won’t stitch – 4

Total – 26 out of 75 or 35%

The five that I must stitch are:

“Noel Christmas Bellpull” by The Sweetheart Tree
One of my 101 Things is that I want to stitch something for myself for each of my favorite holidays during its season. I would like this one to be the one I stitch for Christmas.
“The Decorator” by Full Circle Designs
I can’t help it, I am in love with this little guy!
“Jingles the Penguin” by The Stitchworks
I have decided to make it a yearly tradition to make my niece and nephew stitched things for Christmas, so I could stitch this cute little penguin for either one of them.
“A Merry Kitty Klaus” by Val’s Stuff
It’s a cat! Need I say more? :lol:
“Snow Bunnies” by LHN
Because I love Little House Needleworks!

OK, now I am off to stitch! :)

2 Responses

  1. Barbara Says:
    05 October 2007 at 12:55

    Don’t forget to post pictures of your must-stitch projects!!

  2. Lori Thornton Says:
    05 October 2007 at 21:01

    I was a little disappointed in this year’s issue. There were a lot more “must stitch” ornaments last year for me. I do like your selections, especially the Kitty Claus. (I, too, have a weakness of cats.)