Odd

• Odd that I am stitching this particular design at all.
• Odd that I am stitching this design, and am not sure I like it.
• Odd colors for a Christmas tree ~ red ornaments, yes....red tree....hmmmm
• Odd, but as an avid collector of Mirabilia Designs, only bought this to put in my collection, and now I am stitching it.
• Odd that is has less actual stitching on it, compared to the ton of beads, larger beads, marguerites, teardrops and braid.
• Odd, but it did not receive the rave reviews that Nora's designs usually do.
• Odd, but can you tell I am having fun with these little "bullets?"

OK, OK, enough with the "oddness"....:)) Here it is, my progress on Mirabilia's 2009 Christmas Tree(the urn below the tree is also finished, just not pictured):

Ornaments

First, let me apologize to Anne Marieke. She sent me this gorgeous ornament as a Christmas present. Beautiful, isn't it? I totally forgot to post a picture of it when I got it, as I wanted to hang it up where I could see it right away. Thank you, thank you so much,
Anne Marieke!








Second, my first ornament of the SAL with Anne Marieke, Ineke, Isabelle and Giovanna is from Little House Needleworks. It is the first in their yearly series, called Fa La La. I have to find some nice red beads to attach, which are the final touch for this one. :)
(Plus, I may take out the red French knots for the mouths....as I am really not happy with the clowny look they give the little girls faces.)

Done!

My Vintage Christmas quilt top is done! I'm pretty pleased with how it all came together.
Here are a couple of views:
It is quite difficult to get a picture of the entire thing....
But you get the general idea. :) Time for a Happy Dance!

Thanks for coming by and having a look!

Fused

OK ~ I thought it might be fun (for me at least) to try and come up with one word titles for my posts....Let's see how long I can last.;^}

The reindeer border for my Vintage Christmas quilt is "fused." Now all I have to do is attach everything permanently! The border is quite long, so here are a few little pictures of the different sections...each a bit bunched up, so as not to show all the fabric between each reindeer.

You can also see where I will have to embroider the antlers and the ribbons. Once all the embroidering and attaching are done, this is the last part to be attached to the quilt!

The star blocks are the top corners.

Fairies

My cross stitch "fix" ~ I worked on my Fairy Garden Mandala for a while the past two days. Made a little progress on one corner. No dragonflies yet..;) But if you look carefully....you can see where one is getting ready to "hatch."

Yes!

Almost there! Here's a shot or two of my Vintage Christmas quilt. The top border and the bottom borders are not attached just yet. The top one will have three reindeer and a sleigh with presents appliqued. The bottom has to be sewn together with the star corner blocks, then attached to the main portion of the quilt.
Thanks for coming by!

Vintage Christmas

Yeah!! The final block is done! Now it is onto the borders and corners. There is some applique in the border, as well.