Needlepoint . . . The Ornaments

I'm much more than needlepoint pillows!

I do ornaments as well

In 2013 and 2014, ornaments for Lucy

her gift from "Nana and Poppy"

And this year, ornaments for both Lucy and Piper

But over the years I've done other ornaments as well

One for Daughter Sarah

Alice in Wonderland

And a "handful" for our tree

They go much faster than pillows

That's for sure

But the canvas is expensive

almost as expensive as a pillow

So I've not done that many

And this year two things happened

The Studio

had classes in Santas

How great for the grands I thought

Not this year but the next

and

I got a "stash" of ornament canvases at an estate sale

for

"nothing"!

So this year, needlepoint ornaments for our tree has multiplied!

The finishing done

They're ready to hang!

I think perhaps this may bring me up to an even dozen of my needlepoint ornaments!

Since the canvases were so inexpensive, I decided to use thread I had on hand to do the stitching

An angel on the moon with a gold thread star

A Christmas tree with wool yarn

And the rest of the wool yarn made a pretty green bell

(although the canvas was printed blue!)

with a touch of gold for the clanger

And one of the Santa's

There are five

I think this grey bearded one is perfect for

"Nana's House"!

Two others will be next year's Grands ornaments

(I'm ahead of the game!)

And one more for our tree and one for Daughter Sarah's present

(because, yes, we still give her an ornament each year for Christmas!)

They were fun to stitch and I love the different stitches used to make each Santa.

You'll not see Piper's or Lucy's 2015 ornaments until after Christmas

I've heard their mother reads Lines from Linderhof and I want to surprise her!

Now that they're finished, they're on the tree

Joining the others that I made years and years ago!