Thursday, December 22, 2022

Gifted Gorgeousness - December 2022

Hello Dear Readers

Just a little post before Christmas! Probably not the best time to post ….. I know we are all so very busy!

So sorry if I haven’t been able to comment on your post. Blogger changed a little while ago, and I’m not sure if my old blogging friends will all see my posts as Blogger stopped sending notification emails to followers, so I hope you will have found me via my blogging friends Blog Lists. Google now asks one to sign in on some blogs, so, as I am not very computer orientated it makes it impossible for me to comment …..



Anyway, I digress, back to the subject - Gifted Gorgeousness is where we share photos of gifts received and given. See who is joining in, and maybe you’d like to join in too, over at Serendipidous Stitching


Firstly, I can show you the completed alphabet letters I sent to Clare of Ametu’s Stitching for her church’s Annual Christmas Tree festival (read about the festival here).  The “B” is stitched on pale green which, sadly, is so hard to photograph, and the “E” on tea dyed fabric. (Clare’s photos are much better than mine!!!)




All of us who sent letters of the alphabet to Clare left them unfinished so she was able to finish them in one style before they went on the tree. I do hope you will pop over to see everyone’s stitching. The Trees all look magnificent. 

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Also this month, I finished stitching a second “Bees” by Melisa - forgot to take a photo, if you need a reminder you can see the first one I stitched on this previous GG post and then gifted this month’s “bees” to a friend at my handicraft group along with the yellow check fabric I used for the first finish (as my friend wanted to make “bees” into a gift for a friend of hers). 

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I’ve encouraged a few ladies at my handicraft group to try cross stitching this year and one of them gave me this cute card, saying she was thinking of me as she stitched it.  Thank you so much, Peggy, if you’re looking in. 


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Another friend at Handicrafts bought in some fabrics she wasn’t going to use, and I thought they might be useful in finishing one of my Christmas decorations:



This same lady decided cross stitch isn’t for her, sadly, and so kindly gave me this kit ….. although stitching with gold is not my favourite, so I will have to see whether I will actually stitch these.  However our club has a big anniversary next March and if I don’t use it it might be a little something for the sales table.  



Anyway, I must go now. I’m off to see whose blogs I can comment on!

I’ll be back before long with my post about tea dying. Oh, and I’m going to try changing my header photo too. I might not be able to because I’m using my iPad mostly now and I’m not sure it will accept my edited photo. 

If I don’t return before Christmas do have a super one and I look forward to hearing from you and seeing your blogs too in the New Year. 

So,

Here’s wishing you a

Very Happy Christmas,

and

A Peaceful 2023


Hugs,

Barbara xxx



14 comments:

https://Joysjotsshotsblogspot.com said...

Great idea for Christmas cards

diamondc said...

I am looking forward to seeing the tea dying.
Nice alphabet letters, love the little heart, that bird is so cute.
Lovely card.
Merry Christmas

Catherine

Queeniepatch said...

The very best of everything this Christmas. Thank you for your support, inspiration and good cheer during this year.

jocondine said...

The alphabet you chose for Clare's letters is so cute, I love it! The fabrics look great, very nice colors. Thanks for your comments, I'm glad to see you visiting me. Joyeux Noël ! Love. xxx

Isabel para ALROMASAR said...

Some lovely embroideries!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Hugs from Spain

Lin said...

I love the alphabet idea for the tree - very pretty. I follow all my favourite blogs now using the reading list on the blogger dashboard. Bloglovin was good for some years but has become very unreliable and long ago I lost all the 'follow by email' blogs. Anyway, I hope you have a lovely Christmas Barbara. xx

Magpie's Mumblings said...

What a great idea to do letters for a tree - so many beautiful ones and I love that it was a cooperative effort.
Re the blog issue - have a peek at Inoreader, which is the list I use (the free version). There is the occasional glitch with them but it mainly happens when someone I'm following doesn't post for quite awhile - I guess it's their way of letting me know.
Re - the cross stitch designs using gold - what if you stitched them in regular floss and then just added little touches of metallic here and there?
Merry Christmas wishes to you and yours Barbara!

Clare-Aimetu said...

Thank you for stitching for the Alphabet Tree, your letters are beautiful. Wishing you a Merry Christmas 🎄

Diana Moriel said...

Your embroidery works are always beautiful. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas time and I wish to you and your family the very best for 2023!
Hugs

Benta AtSLIKstitches said...

Happy Christmas, wishing you all the very best for the new year. Xxx

Astrids dragon said...

You stitched sweet letters for Clare and she finished them beautifully.
What a sweet card, especially with the kitty on it. You received some nice fabric, I'm sure you'll put it to good use.

Christine B said...

Lots of fabulous stitching Barbara! Hope you had a very happy Christmas. Hugs Christine xx

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

I use the Feedly reader for blogs and find it very easy to use. I have the same problem commenting on blogs where the comment field is embedded and not a pop-up like yours is. I have to switch to my laptop for those.

Love the letters you made for Claire’s tree, it really was a beauty.

Faith... said...

Love your header picture Barbara! And your initials look great. Clare does an amazing job with them. If I don't talk to you again before New Years, have a great and safe one!