FOs: Happy Santas

Pattern: Fluffy Santa

Designer: Lucie Heaton Cross Stitch Designs

Magazine: Just Cross Stitch 2019 Holiday Ornaments issue

Fabric: 16 ct "Dusk" aida from Picture This Plus, stitched 2/1

Floss: DMC stash dive (see below)

Started on December 15, 2019. Finished on February 7, 2020.

I started these Santas with the intention of sending one to each of my best friends as Christmas presents. That clearly didn't happen, but now I'm way ahead for Christmas 2020! And no, these won't be FFO'd until December 😂

Colour conversion:

wool thread --> Blanc

S321 --> 321 or 817 (Each Santa is a different red.)

3799 --> 317

754 --> 3778

948 --> 938

3846 --> 517

FOs: 2019 Christmas Ornaments

Original chart:

Pattern: Holly Jolly Peppermint Wreath

Designer: Luhu Stitches
Magazine: Just Cross Stitch 2019 Christmas Ornaments issue

Fabric: 32 ct Pearl Gray Belfast linen

Floss: DMC B5200, 911, 700, 321, 986, 415, 729, 676, 310

Started on December 11, 2019. Finished on December 15, 2019.

My mom decided we were definitely celebrating Christmas this year: gifts to each other, the tree, all of it. We haven't done that in a really long time, and not yet since my brother and I have moved out, so it kind of felt like a big deal. I figured to remember it I should stitch up a family ornament to hang on the tree (spoiler alert: it never hung there haha). I changed the colours a bit to reflect the red/gold/silver theme my mom decorated with.

Enjoy this picture of our tree set up :)

I also decided that I could stitch personal ornaments for each of the people in my immediate family. I stitched them all 2/1 on white 16 ct aida with DMC. They were stitched between December 20th to 25th, 2019, and also never made it to the tree LOL. So here are those:

This is my ornament, a butterfly motif from Mexicanita by YanyStitcher. (Contact her to buy one of her designs.)

This is my brother's, a poro, which is a League of Legends video game reference. The designer is FreeBeadsPatterns.

This is my mom's, both the University of Alabama symbol and her initial. I took this from the Alabama pattern I stitched in 2018, which was from a stitcher from a Facebook group.

Last but not least, my dad's ornament is one that I charted myself. I looked at some other charts, but didn't see one that was the size I wanted.