Christmas Monthly Ornament - November and Christmas Candlestick

Dear friends and fellow bloggers,

 

I hope you are all well. The weather next week in the UK is supposed to get colder, down in to single figure temperatures. I think the hat and scarf will be coming out of the wardrobe.

 

Thank you for all of your comments of late. I love reading them and do appreciate the time you take to comment.

 

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I have 2 more finishes to show today, the first is my monthly Christmas ornament for November. I chose a fairly quick stitch for this month, Quaker Christmas Holly by The Workbasket. I had this in my pile of freebies. I have found where I printed it from, which is here. There are a few more on that page as well which you may like. I chose to stitch with a couple of silks. Shades of Wine by Dinky Dyes is one of my favourite red colours, the green seemed to work well too. Where I have attached beads, it is charted for French knots. I decided to put gold beads in the centre of the poinsettas and the red at the ends of the holly leaves. I just had enough thread left to do a corded hanger and was fortunate enough that the chenille I had was a good enough match.

 

 

 

Quaker Christmas Holly - The Workbasket.

Freebie found here.

36ct Antique White Edinburgh Linen.

Used Dinky Dye Silk No. 229 Shades of Wine and Belle Soie Creme de Menthe threads.

Mill Hill Petite Seed Bead #40557 Gold.

Mill Hill Petite Seed Bead #42012 Royal Plum.

Lady Dot Creates Chenille - Sequoia.

 

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I have stitched and finished Merry Holly Berries by With Thy Needle and Thread in the same style as Oktober Feast. The candlestick is a different style and a little darker but essentially the same. This is stitched on 40ct Legacy Picture This Plus linen, I had just enough to stitch this as well as Oktober Feast. The only changes I made was to substitute GAST Carriage Black for GAST Wood Trail. I preferred black boots, belt and gloves for Santa rather than brown. Also I used the CC Chilli Pepper as charted and for the Valdani Cinnamon Swirl. There didn't seem much of a colour change on the photo so there wasn't much point buying the Valdani thread, the Chilli Pepper worked just as well.

 

 

Merry Holly Berries - With Thy Needle and Thread / Brenda Gervais.

40ct Legacy Picture This Plus linen.

Used recommended threads except,

Gentle Art Carriage Black instead of Gentle Art Wood Trail.

Used Classic Colorworks Chili Pepper as charted and instead of the Valdani Cinnamon Swirl.

 

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Until next time ……..