58. Margaret Sherry Two Mice Bearing a Gift

Two Mice Bearing a Gift by Margaret Sherry

The chart was a cover gift from Cross Stitch Crazy magazine (issue 184).

Stitched on 28 count evenweave as a Birthday card for Mouse.

57. Jacquie My Journey Silhouette Owl

This freebie design comes from Jacquie and is available from her blog My Journey.  

I stitched it on 28 count black evenweave using a GAST thread appropriately called Harvest Moon. 

56. Acorn House Designs Poinsettia Merry Christmas

Poinsettia Christmas by Acorn House Designs

stitched on 28 count sparkle evenweave using WDW and GAST

The clay poinsettia is available direct from AHD

The chart was in JCS Christmas Ornie Special 2013

Finished into a cube finish in January 2016

55. Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas Day of Tradition

Day of Tradition
From The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas booklet.

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

54. Little Stitcher Miss Santa

Miss Santa from Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornie Preview 2014

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

Amended the words to co-ordinate with 12 Days of Christmas series.

53. Tempting Tangles Jack-A-Rachnid

From JCS Sep/Oct 2013

Stitched on a random piece of fabric from a Crafty Kitten grab bag

52. Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas Day of Finishing

Day of Finishing
From The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas booklet.

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

51. Joan Elliott Green Goddess

Stitching information:

Fabric - 32 count Murano Sunlit Heath by Crafty Kitten

Threads - as charted in DMC and Kreinik

Beads - Mill Hill as charted

Changes - I smoothed her jawline as my Mum prefers that to the "stepped" look.  I left off the large square border as we preferred her as a circle.

Chart - originally in the Ultimate JE Collection and now available as a chart from Joan Elliott or her suppliers (JE039)

Trivia Fact - the fabric was a Ltd Edition which Dawn decided to add to the collection after I kept asking for pieces of it.  She named it after part of my address.

50. A Mon Ami Pierre Noel Blanc

Stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue Belfast linen.

Using DMC Blanc.  

I changed the greens so they would show up better against the blue fabric.

I started this in December 2013 and worked on it each evening for the short time the Small Boy was in the bath.  Some evenings I barely managed half a length of thread, others I stitched two lengths!

49. Val's Stuff Tricks or Treats

Stitched on 32 count twilight blue linen.

From JCS Sep/Oct 2010 Hallowe'en Ornie feature.

48. Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas Day of Tea

Day of Tea
From The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas booklet.

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

47. Blackbird Designs Spell of the Moon

Stitched on 32count Cognac linen using DMC threads.

The moon is stitched using variegatedDMC 4090.

Mounted on a canvas upon an easel.

The easel was raw wood which I coloured black using a marker pen.

The whole piece was sent to Jacquie for winning the Hallowe'en Mystery Phrase Blog Hop.

46. Primitive Hare Spooky Countdown

I decided to make this design into a Hallowe'en Countdown Tree rather than a sampler.

I amended block 21 to reflect two local witches.

Days 1 to 8

Days 9 to 16

Days 17 to 23

Days 24 to 30

45. Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas Day of Playing

Day of Playing
From The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas booklet.

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

44. Val's Stuff Boo Moon

From Just Cross Stitch magazine Sept/Oct 2009

I stitched this on the same 32count evenweave as Boo and changed the border colours to co-ordinate with Boo too.

I found the perfect button for the star but couldn't find a blue moon so I made a beaded moon instead.

43. Just Nan Moon Riders Jinx

I stitched her using the DMC conversion supplied 

but changed the moon to DMC 4090 which is a variegated thread.

I stitched a stripy border to match the first two designs, seen here

Moon Rider Jack  and Moon Rider Jasper

42. San Man Originals Band Sampler Round Robin

For Kathy's San Man Sampler

The whole piece as it left me:

41. Automne Scissor Fob

Freebie chart called Automne 2009 by Tara.
Unfortunately the link no longer works

Stitched on 32 count linen and finished as a scissor fob for Karen.

40. Stitcher's Hideaway Oh Glorious Fall

Sue Donnelly from Stitcher's Hideaway designed this as a companion piece 
to Hear the Sea Call which I stitched last year.  

I used the supplied 3371 for the verse and Threadworx Chilli Peppers 
which is a great variegated green, orange and red colour.

The fabric is 32 count Belfast Linen in Tobacco, the same fabric I used for Just Nan's Autumn Typography.

39. Blue Tit from World of Cross Stitch 204

Cover gift from WOCS issue 204

Based on artwork by Madeleine Floyd

Stitched on 32 count Antique White linen

I stitched the words freehand

Backing fabric

Made into a little bag to hold a teabag

38. The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas Day of Folly

Day of Folly
From The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas booklet.

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

37. Just Nan Moon Riders Jasper

I stitched him using the DMC conversion supplied 

but changed the moon to DMC 4090 which is a variegated thread.

I also used the darker green for his scarf as the light didn't show up.

I stitched a stripy border to match the first design, seen here

Moon Rider Jack  

36. Just Nan Round Robin Band Sampler

For Linda's Band Sampler Round Robin.

My bands came from Nan's Garden.  

I stitched almost exactly as charted, the colours fitted perfectly.  

I did change the satin stitched fence to ecru because the white didn't show up too well.

34. Emily Peacock Circus Font C

Emily Peacock Circus Font C

stitched on 32 count white evenweave 

for my cousin's baby daughter.

This design was stitched for her son - RJ

34. The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas Day of Stories

Day of Stories
From The Little Stitcher 12 Days of Christmas booklet.

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain Linen

33. Just Nan Moon Rider Jack

I used a piece of my favourite 32 count lavender evenweave for this and the recommended DMC, 

except for the moon which I changed to DMC 4090, a variegated thread.  

I also changed the plain border to a stripy one.

32. Teresa Wenztler Futurecast Dragon

Teresa Wenzler Futurecast conversion

I wanted a dragon and I wanted books, maybe a little dragon sitting on a pile of books?  So I googled around and found this conversion on Deviant Art.  She took the standard Futurecast chart and changed the crystal ball to a book!  Perfect.

Teresa Wentzler designed this dragon to be easily converted into any colour scheme you like.  There is an ornate border and she recommends choosing a variegated thread for it then matching the colours for the dragon.  I left the border off and chose a scheme based on one in the Gallery.  Here are my colours:

A - 3817

B - 3816

C - 3815

D - 501

BS - 3818

1 - 745

2 - 743

BS - an orange, didn't note number!

+  927

BS - 924

Book - 919

Pages - white

Gold - 5282

Green Metallic - E703

Beads - 10023 green

02011 gold