Welcome to the weekly link up for hand stitchers! I hope you will make yourself a cup of tea or coffee, and visit the links below for some creative inspiration.
Do you have a favourite hand stitched Christmas decoration that you get out every year to enjoy again? This is my most treasured cross stitch that I made in 1992. It has symbolic meaning for me and every year when I pull it out of the box of Christmas decorations I am delighted to see it again. So many memories are stitched into our projects.
Are you working on Christmas gifts today?
Link up your blog or instagram post and share what you are hand stitching!
I am longarm quilting customer quilts which are Christmas gifts - eventually I hope to get to mine!
ReplyDeleteI was happily hand quilting this morning when it suddenly struck me that it is SUNDAY... time to blog and link! hahahaha :D I love it when I am enjoying the process and forget the day! Thanks for the linky... love your backing on what you are binding for a lucky recipient... I am hoping this long term hand quilting project will be done in time for Christmas giving!!!
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I have lots of hand mades that come out at Christmas but none I can date back to 1992! But I do have an advent calendar that was made by my step mum for the children and probably is 25+ years old and it comes out every year and I love it. Hope you get your binding finished and the gift in the post soon.
ReplyDeleteYour cross-stitched angel is lovely, Kathy! I have two cross-stitched Christmas ornaments I probably made in the late 80s or early 90s - one for each of my boys - I still get them out each year, too. Enjoy a relaxing Sunday and thanks for hosting this link-up every week for us!
ReplyDeleteI have little quilts that I put on tables and beside the bed. I don't have any ornaments or special wall hangings yet. Yes, our love is stitched into our projects for sure.
ReplyDeleteYEs I am working on Christmas gifts...knitting not quilting! Also have a couple things that should get into the mail as well!!!
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I finished my binding ... I'm happy to help with yours!! :) I have a cross stitched gingerman, circa 1992ish, that comes out every year, even though something got on him and he's a little dingy. But I adore the handcrafted ornaments on my tree -- they're so special!! :)
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of hand mades but the favorite is the nativity stable that my grandpa made back in 1953 from wood
ReplyDeleteQuite a few of my Christmas ornaments/decorations are hand stitched, made. Love getting them out every year. Love your cross-stitch! I'll also be working on gifts today!
ReplyDeleteI no longer put up a tree and the thing I miss the most is seeing all my favorite ornaments. I have table top trees and a few smaller ornaments are used on those, but I haven't been able to figure out a way to display some of the others. I also have a cross-stitched Christmas tree (ornament sized) somewhere upstairs. It never got framed which is crazy because I think all it needs is to be put in a small embroidery hoop. I'll have to look for it. Lots of posters today.
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I make a handmade ornament for each of my kids every year. My oldest daughter is 24 and I love pulling out the very first ornament I ever made for her - it's cross stitched. That brings back so many memories for me.
ReplyDeleteI love revisiting the handmade ornaments I have fashioned each year as it is akin to journeying down memory lane that is filled with lovely reminiscences. Your cross stitch is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good old-fashioned Santa on your backing fabric.
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