Heart Ornament

I wouldn't be surprised if this little heart started singing "Adeste Fideles" all of a sudden, so many times I hummed the song while working on it.

Just like the bell ornament, the heart is lined with red satin and has different designs on both sides. 

Now on to working on the snowflake. Lining that one will be a little bit trickier, can't wait to see how that goes. 

Wishing you all the best,

Hardanger Ornament Pattern no.4

While I am about to sew together my heart ornament and looking forward to start working on the snowflake ornament, I am presenting to you the fourth pattern in the series of my hardanger Christmas tree ornaments.

Enjoy! And remember, it would make me really happy to receive photos of your work.

Should you like to receive the patterns in a PDF format please let me know, I will be happy to email them to you and answer any questions you might have, just make sure that your comment links back to a working email address. 

Have a lovely weekend, Everyone!

Snowflake Ornament Pattern

Thank you all so much, dear friends, for the kind comments and emails about my ornament patterns! I really appreciate your feedback and I would be very happy to receive photos of your work if you stitch any of the ornaments. 

Today I am continuing the series of hardanger Christmas tree ornaments with a snowflake, I hope you will like this one, too. 

Again, to be finished with the same technique and lined with red satin.

My new hardanger scissors have finally arrived (still no sign of the old ones) so in a few days, if all goes well and the flu decides to give me a break, I will be able to post pictures of the finished ornaments, too.

Should you like to receive the pattern in a PDF format, please let me know, I will be happy to email it to you, just make sure that your comment links back to a working email address. 

Have a lovely day, Everyone!

Christmas Heart Ornament Pattern

Sara's little bell called for some company so I continued playing with the same poinsettia motif and golden tendrils, designing a few more ornaments. Today I am sharing with you the pattern of a heart. 

It is going to be finished with the same technique I used for the bell, and will also be lined with red satin. 

If you would like to receive this pattern in a PDF file, please do not hesitate to ask, I will be happy to email it to you.

To view all the patterns in this series please follow this link: Hardanger Christmas Ornaments.

Enjoy!

Christmas Bell Ornament & Pattern

It has now become our tradition to give my daughter each Christmas an ornament made by me, for her to use on the Christmas tree she will decorate for her children...

For this year's ornament I designed a hardanger bell, lined with red satin, with the year 2012 stitched on the back. The golden beads seam to be camera shy, but they do have a nice glow in reality.

There's really no need for me to tell you how much love and wishes for the best and dreams are stitched into these ornaments, is there?

And if you liked our little bell, here is my gift to you, the pattern to stitch your own Christmas tree ornament.

 Front:

Back version 1:

 Back version 2:

In case you would like to have the pattern in a PDF file, please do not hesitate to email me.

To view all the patterns in this series please follow this link: Hardanger Christmas Ornaments.

Enjoy!

Eyeglass Case in Progress

To take my mind off the wait, I started another crazy quilted eyeglass case and made some really good progress on it.

I love the two lace motifs so much that I think I will just leave them as they are, without further embellishments. But I'm leaving that decision for tomorrow. Now it is time to get busy making dinner for tonight and lunch for tomorrow. Rolling sleeves up and off to the kitchen.

Have a lovely afternoon, Everyone!

Hardanger Ring Pillow on Hold

After finishing the rose wreath, I found that my hardanger scissors went MIA. I turned the entire studio upside down and also gave it a good shake, but the scissors are nowhere to be found, so I ordered new ones. 

As I wanted them here as soon as possible, I ordered them from Italy instead of the USA.

Big mistake... the store doesn't have them in stock and it will take about three weeks to receive my new scissors.

So this project is on hold until the new scissors arrive or the old ones come out from their hiding place. Whichever happens sooner. 

In the meantime, if you see my scissors, please tell them to come home. Thank you :)

Wishing you all a lovely week,

Hardanger Ring Pillow in Progress

For the last few weeks I have been playing with the idea of designing a hardanger ring pillow encrusted with ribbon embroidery and beads.

As the idea went on paper, the encrusted part became more delicate and discreet than planned and that is fine. At the moment I am in the process of adding the ribbon embroidery rose and beaded rose garland and hope to do all the cutting, wrapping and weaving next week.

There is quite a bit of "agony and ecstasy" going on with this piece, more than with any other project I have ever worked on, but we will sort it out somehow, this ring pillow and I, won't we? 

Wishing you all a beautiful day,

Silk'n Roses

This little heart is again one of those things that just happened.

It all started with a heart shaped cardboard tag from my daughter's new dress, that I liked and kept to use as a pattern, and a piece of cream silk satin cut too small for another project 

(I know, measure twice... believe me, I did.)

I stitched the outline of the heart with Portuguese stem stitch using ecru DMC perle cotton no.8 

and from there on roses started blooming... 

I am sooo happy to be stitching again!

Giveaway winners - A smile for...

... James Dean... 

His photo on a café named after him, actually, and to tell you the truth, I am not quite sure how much of my smile was for him and how much for the prospect of having a cup of much needed coffee.
Now don't be too disappointed in me, I do smile at my husband a lot, too :)
But the One who gets most of my smiles is none other than my darling little daughter, who turned 4 yesterday and also helped me with drawing the winners of this giveaway.

There was only one person who guessed the right answer to my question, so the winner of the Rose Garden Moment pendant is

Martina

And the name drawn by my daughter from the hat containing the names of all those who left a comment on the giveaway post, the winner of the Ivory Rose pendant, is

Katrina

Congratulations, ladies and thank you all for playing this little game with me!

Have a lovely weekend, Everyone!