Wednesday, January 27, 2010

January Ornament Swap received...now I get to show you the finish :)


I found out that my ornament I sent to Sharon for our 2010 Ornament Swap was received, so I get to share with you another finish - yahoo! I am so glad that she received it and likes it. Sharon now has 5 new ornaments to adorn her Christmas tree in 11 months (didn't we just take down the tree?).

The ornament was a design from the 2009 JCS Ornament issue. In the magazine, it was stitched all in white, but I decided to use some hand dyed fabric (I used blue food coloring and it turned a pinky/lavendar...go figure) and stitch it in a red theme. I used varigated reds as well as adding some Krenik blending filament in red. It was a fun stitch!

Looking at the calendar it is hard to believe that January is just about over. Next month both boys have a hockey tournament...in two different places during the same weekend. DH will be travelling with Matthew (younger son) to Phoenix and I will be travelling with Robert (older son) to Pittsburgh. It has been a while since we all have had to travel at one time - but that is the life of our hockey family. Any readers in Pittsburgh? When I travel for these activities, it is fun to see if there are any blog friends in the cities we visit for hockey tournaments.

Well...not much else going on...so I will end this posting for now. Hope everyone is having a good week!
Remember to Live, Love, Laugh and Stitch often! Lisa


9 comments:

valerie said...

Great ornie Lisa...I loved seeing this one on Sharon's blog!

Karen said...

Very pretty. Love the way you finished it.

Lainey said...

Really pretty ornie, love the finish.

Catherine said...

Lovely ornament!

Holy cow! I thought we traveled a lot with baseball! I'm not near Pittsburgh, but if you ever get close to Philly, I'm there!

Anonymous said...

Love that ornament! You did a great job on it and the LK from the previous post. Both are super cute!

Rachel S-H said...

Pretty ornament. Great job!

Natasha said...

Great job on the ornament Lisa.You did a great job finsihing it...Have safe travels with the boys and have fun :)

Take Care

jayne@~an eye for threads~ said...

How pretty is that? wow very nice. Be always in stitches.

Daffycat said...

Thank you so much Lisa! The ornament you stitched for me is so wonderful! I tried to find your email but I guess I don't have it ~ sorry!