Bleary-eyed finish

I’ve been stitching madly over the last two nights trying to meet the deadline for the monthly ornie challenge on XSers Yahoo Group - unfortunately I missed the deadline by 1 hour, but it still felt good to get another ornie finished.  I’ve been stitching until 12.30pm and 1.00am respectively the last two nights - the amount of stitching in those one was quite deceiving, especially all the backstitching!

April-ornie

“Checking It Twice” by Dragon Dreams, Inc
from 2007 Just Cross Stitch Ornament magazine
stitched on 28ct hand-dyed Dried Thyme Jobelan
using DMC only (substituted RG Fuzzy Stuff with white DMC)
(sorry for the poor photo, but it was taken at 1.00am - the
colours look so much richer in real life!)

Next month I think I’ll start my ornie stitching much earlier to save the sleepless nights!  My May ornie choice is Spool Ornament by Sue Hillis Designs.

16 Responses to “Bleary-eyed finish”

  1. Susan Says:

    It’s very pretty, Anne! Sorry you missed the deadline; you could fudge and say you were in Perth :)

  2. michelle Says:

    That came out very nice! Good job!

  3. Monique Says:

    Nice finish! And that’s about how close I meet my deadlines, too LOL

  4. Dawn Says:

    It looks great!!

  5. Isa Says:

    A very nice Santa ornie :-)

  6. Barbara Says:

    This looks great, Anne! And isn’t backstitching deceiving? I swear it takes me longer than full cross stitching!

  7. Jenna Says:

    Beautiful ornament, Anne. I love the dragon on Santa’s shoulder, helping him check his list. I also love the color of the fabric that you chose to stitch it on. Very nice!

  8. Carol Says:

    What a graet ornament - just love those Dragon Dreams designs

  9. Karoline Says:

    Cute ornie Anne, congratulations

  10. Jinger Says:

    Looks great! The fabric color is lovely. Great choice.

  11. Myrna Says:

    It looks great! Thanks for stopping by….

  12. Leslie Says:

    What a cute santa. Congrats on the finish.

  13. Giovanna Says:

    Very cute ornament, Anne - it’s on my list too, thanks for the inspiration!

  14. Sharon Says:

    Cute ornament! congrats!

  15. Michelle Says:

    Beautiful ornament - congrats on getting it finished!

  16. Zeb Says:

    Lovely! Sorry about the not meeting the deadline bit, but really the end product is gorgeous regardless :)

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