I am back from the most wonderful week away. I plan to share all of it this coming week, but tonight I am finally sharing the long awaited Christmas carols that I stitched. I thought it appropriate on this first night of Advent to do something Christmasy.
I am laying aside the weight of perfectionism with these. They are not perfectly finished, but may be perfect in my eyes which is highly unusual for me. Of course, I get better with each finish, but on these stitching them on one piece of linen and then finishing later caused some to be closer therefore smaller than the others. I truly couldn't love them more though.
Hence I am about to overshare pictures of them.
Let's talk about them for a second because that is what stitchers do. I first saw these on Saltbox Stitcher's Instagram feed. She saw them at a show I think. They were finished so simply and the green and the primitive look of them just captured me. I quickly went on the hunt for them and pretty much stitched them right away.
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You may remember that I started finishing them and even shared a picture of that. I got sidetracked and had to put them aside for awhile.
That was truly an inspirational thing. When I went back to them I remembered what I loved about them and quickly set out to change what I had done. I looked to order the original chenille ribbon but LadyDotCreates was out of the country and her Etsy shop was closed. Oh my goodness, when I went to look her site up I noticed she was having a sale. Oh my...
I then went to the conversion chart found here to find the DMC color closest to The Gentle Arts Otter Creek which was the called for color in these patterns. I made my own cording and it all turned out just right. Up close you can see the two colors separately but just looking down in the basket they look very blended and match the color beautifully.
Jeff even got in on the action and painted my very shiny jingle bells to make them look a bit rustic.
I think they would be so pretty done in red and I think that would change the whole feel --- maybe a bit more playful. The patterns also came with berry patterns done in Garnet. Beautiful color.
Like I said though I was so drawn to the primitive green.
I truly love them.
It is just a sampling of the carols I love to sing and remember this time of year.
There are so many that the pattern left off...
Away in a Manger
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Mary, Did You Know
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
and then
Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
and Here Comes Santa Claus.
I mean the list goes on and on.
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| Don't you just love the reins? |
I backed them with velvet also from LadyDotCreates.
One more!
The Christmas decorating began early this week, so I will share all about my most wonderful week of Thanksgiving and then share some of the decorations later.
A peek at one though....
We will talk stockings soon. As you can see the red tartan won out, but we will talk a contender!
Happy first day of December ...
oh and if I may ----War Eagle Baby!
Sandy
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