January, February, March

 January - Protection
The house pattern comes from Better Homes and Gardens 2001 Cross Stitch Designs. So does the pattern for the writing. The ornament is stitched on 14-count Darice white plastic canvas.

February - Love
This Valentine-style heart pattern comes from Better Homes and Gardens 2001 Cross Stitch Designs. So does the pattern for the writing. The ornament is stitched on 14-count Darice white plastic canvas.

March - Good Wishes
This is a little bigger than some of my other ornaments, but the new bride went to Hawaii on her honeymoon so I thought it was just perfect. The hibiscus pattern comes from Tropical Flowers: A Designing Workbook (from the Hawaiian Designing Collection). The pattern for the writing comes from Better Homes and Gardens 2001 Cross Stitch Designs. The ornament is stitched on 14-count Darice white plastic canvas.

January Finish

Hello. This is Amy from Houston, TX. Here is my first post. I got this freebie from The Floss Box. I used floss that I had on hand.

I really enjoy looking at everyone's post and getting ideas. This has been fun and it is nice to have a quick finish.

I have started the February post. I am using a freebie from aury. I am using 28 ct Monanco for all my projects. I have picked a varigated DMC for the February project.

See you in February.

My January Ornament

Hi!
My name is Sara, I'm 30 and I'm from Italy.
I am happy to show you my January Ornament. The chart is a free chart from Diane of Little House Needleworks. This is a free chart available only for members of Little House Country Cottage Needleworks Yahoo! group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/littlehousecountrycottagestitchers/

I am enjoying this SAL so much!
See you at the end of February...I am still undecided about the chart to choose, who knows!

In stitches,
Sara

First Ornament Finished!!

This is my first post. I'm so glad to join you all. Here is my January Ornie "Noel" from Bent Creek. I know I'm one day late, but better late than never. I have not ironed it yet so there is a crease in the middle. Please excuse my sloppiness.

Thanks for looking,

Can't wait for the next post. I have a few ideas in mind.

Happy Stitching,

Hillery

North Country Samplings

My introduction and January ornament

Hello, I'm Yasuko from Kobe, Japan. "yskmtmr" is my nickname on the net.
I'm very glad to join here, thank you for letting me take part in!
I am a stay-at-home mother of 4 kids and love cross stitching.


Here is my January ornament "Gingerbread house". The design is from Les chroniques de Frimousse. I stitched on 16ct Nutmeg aida with my chosen DMC threads.
Doesn't it look yummy? :)

Happy stitching and see you next time...

Yasuko (yskmtmr)

My intro and first ornament

Hi! I stumbled onto this blog recently and fell in love with the idea immediately. Thanks for including me in the SAL. I've enjoyed seeing everyone's beautiful ornaments and look forward to seeing many more.

I'm a married mom or 4 kids, 3 of whom have left the nest. I've been stitching for about 30 years with my favorite "genre" being samplers. I'm from Ohio but have lived in SE TX since 2001.

I chose a BBD freebie called Spring's Notcie for my January ornament. It's sitched on 32 ct. over 2 lambswool linen by Wichelt and uses most of the recommended flosses. (I subbed out a different chestnut since I didn't have the right one in my stash.) I also didn't stitch the satin stitches in the border since I like it just fine without.

The design can be found here: http://dashdist.com/blackbird_backup/birdbrainedideasold.html

Now on to February!

My January House is Finished

Howdy everyone!  I'm Vicki in CO and it's great to be a part of this group; great fun to see what others choose for their design.  I love the tradition of the Bride's Tree; particularly because I am of German heritage. 

For January, I chose 'Heart & Home Sampler' by Little House Needleworks.  I finished it a few days ago, but finally have a chance to post it.  This one is not finished as an ornament; it is framed in a Mill Hill frame.

Now it's time to decide on a heart for February....hmmmm...decisions, decisions.

Until next time...Happy Stitching!

Vicki in CO

My January House

Here is my house for January. It is a Hardanger design from "Christmas Trimmings" by Rosalyn Wanemo. It is available from http://www.nordicneedle.com/ I changed some of the stitching on the inside of the house. I do enjoy doing Hardanger.

Hello!

Tiny House

Little House Needleworks

16 ct. aida in Citrus by Sassy's Fabbys

This is my first post, so thanks for letting me participate. Stitching a house was just in time since I had this wonderful little freebie I wanted to do. Look forward to sharing and seeing what other stitchers do for this SAL.

January House

Hi,

Here is my January ornament, photo is not very good, I'll see if I can repeat it and make it better.This is one of the 2 I'll do as I do this Sal duplicate for me and my sister.The design is a free from Pinta-pinta

see you soon

January House

Home freebie

Primitive Bettys

Stitched on 40 ct vintage light exemplar with really, really (really) old Anchor-Bates floss from stash

Stitched by Diane

January's House

I have finished my January ornament.



Freebie from [The Floss Box] House no.20

January's House

Hello,
Here is my January's House.  I've selected again (my second attempt at The Bride's Tree SAL) something in the red, white, and blue theme.  

Little House Needleworks, Stars and Stripes

Please enjoi,

Jackie

January House

I have been a member of this SAL for a while, but never posted a photo of this finish. This is a Julia Lucas ornament from a JCS issue. I stitched it two summers ago, finished it in July. It hung on our tree this year for the first time.

MY JANUARY HOUSE.

Hi Everyone,
Here is my January Ornament, I have stitched the cottage where I live.
Stitched on 40 count Permin Linen with DMC threads and using a variety of embroidery stitches.
The design size is 6 x 4.5cm
Am going to wait till I have stitched several more before I finish the mounting as I want them all to look a set.

Lee in New Zealand.

Over one year later

Here is how Home of the Brave turned out.

The start of my second set.

I may have mentioned that I am doing a second set for my nephew's wedding next year. Here are the first two for him.

For January:

Title: Home for Christmas (only part of design) by Brightneedle - in the JCS magazine ornament issue 2005 (I stitched the tree differently than how they had it in the pattern.)
Fabric: 28 ct. ivory linen
Threads used: Sampler, WDW & DMC






For February:

Title: Couer (only part of design) freebie
Fabric: 28 ct. Opalescent
Thread used: Warratah by Dinky Dyes

June's January Ornament

I got a very, very late start on my ornaments but am hoping to catch up by the end of April! :) Here is my first one:

January - Protection

(Rosewood Manor - Best Wishes Ornaments)

Stitched with DMC on 32ct Antique White Murano

June

First Finish: January House Ornament

Hi, As I just joined this group last month, I'm rather behind! I decided to start with January and try to catch up. Here are the front and back pictures of my first ornament. The design is a freebie from The Prairie Schooler called "Welcome." It is done on 28 ct. antique white Jobelan.

My son, Matt became engaged to Amy on Valentine's Day, with an intended wedding date next Spring, 2009. So I am creating these ornaments for them as a wedding present.

Louise

Finally! A Photo!

Finally, a picture of my little ornie for January. (See my entry of a few weeks ago about the broken camera!) I enjoyed stitching this one:

Prairie Schooler: "ButtonUp"

Lambswool 32 ct. linen

DMC threads

I changed the colors of the house to reflect the colors of our Yankee Barn house in Hanover, NH. This little boy reminds me so much of my Jason when he was young and just learning to skate for hockey practice. He was always so eager and energetic to do well! He still is! :)

Hugs, Deb/Lavender Rose