February and March ornies

Oh dear, I haven't done well at all so far keeping up with the SAL, thanks to some crazy working hours and no stitching mojo.  The last couple of weeks, though, I was determined to get some stitching under my belt, and what perfect way to get back into it than catching up on my Halloween SAL stitching.  I decided to work from a chart from The Prairie Schooler and stitched up the Skeleton and Owl from that pattern ... I think I could stitch from that chart all year long and fill in all the themes, I just love it! :)

I'm struggling to find some fabric for my choice of design for April, but I'd better hurry up and find something soon, or I'll be doing April and May again next month!!

Better Late Than Never?

Hi Everyone,

I've been so delinquent with posts.  I did the stitching, was a little behind in finishing, and way behind in taking pictures and posting.  My January ornament is Boo from Lizzie Kate; February is Bad to the Bone from Sue Hillis, and March is Happy Owl O Ween by Needle Bling Designs. I enjoyed stitching them all!

Noni's February Update

Skeletons.... everywhere I look I see these lovely skeletons, yet when I came to find a design to stitch it took me ages to choose.

Finally I went back to a design that I had put on my "must stitch" list some time ago... I started stitching this last weekend and worked on it until I got to a skeleton!  So here he is.... my skeleton! (I just noticed that I haven't quite finished him... oops for some reason my brain said I had, but I now see I am missing a bit of his tummy....)

"Dancing in the Moonlight"
Designer: Praiseworthy Stitches

The design is from Praiseworthy Stitches and is called "Dancing in the Moonlight".  I am stitching this on a beautiful fabric called "Riders on the Storm" (32ct Belfast Opal) from Colour Cascade Fabrics.  I just love this design.  It has been on my stitching list ever since I saw it in the Just Cross Stitch 2013 Halloween Special Edition magazine.

January and February are now done and dusted... and March's owl is waiting patiently in the Q-snaps for me to get back to him!

See you next month :o)
Til then, Happy Halloween Stitching!

February - Skeletons

Skeleton, Cheryl Smith

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Another Finish!

My MIL showed this to husband when she browsing around the web and he asked me to stitch it for him, I didn't expect it to come out so huge on 18 ct!

I finished this late tonight. It took between 4-5 days to complete it!

It's a freebie from Bracelet Book!

This is my third skeleton this month!

February's Ornie

My Ornie for this month is from JCS Halloween Issue 2013, Trick of Treat by Julia Lucas Designs was stitched on perforated paper with floss and beads. I used fabric and DMC blanc floss. I finished it as a flat ornament.

Trick or Treat

Julia Lucas

JCS Halloween Issue 2013

 

Gwen

Patty's February Ornament

This one loves cats!

"I Love Halloween" by The Drawn Thread.
My stitching blog on Facebook - Stitchy Patty

Lili's February Ornament

 Hello everyone!!
My February ornament!

Design: The Floss Box - A Frightful Night!
Stitched on 40 count Flax Linen.
With DMC floss.

Hugs,
Lili
(my blog: Stitching Basket)

Jo's February Ornament

I found it quite hard to find the perfect skeleton pattern.  There was only one in the JCS issues I have and I stitched that before.  I remembered this chart from browsing the internet and tried to find it with some difficulty,

I could find the picture on Pinterest via Google Images but no-one ever bothers to credit and link the designers there.  So frustrating!  Eventually I found the chart on the Casa Cenina website.  Hooray!

Here is the Dancing Skeleton on his own, this would make a great ornie by itself:

And here is the completed piece:

Cuore di Hallowe'en by Savoir faire Vailly

Stitched over one on 32count Cognac evenweave

DMC B5200, 310 and 740

When I had finished stitching I showed it to my son and said "It's a skeleton, some ghosts and some long legged beasties, I think".  He was the one who realised that the black shape is actually a skeleton cat.  Sometimes you can be too close to a piece to see it!

February's Skeleton

Thank you for letting me join this group (even if it was a little late).

I'll have to go back and stitch a witch, since I missed January, but I have picked my patterns for some of the future months.

Here is my Skeleton for the month of February

This come from th 2011 Easy Cross Stitch Calendar (I miss the calendar).
The designs were by Elizabeth Spurlock.
This appeared on Oct 31/Nov 1 date

The stitch count is 35x35 and I stitched on 14ct Fiddler Aida.
The heart was actual suppose to be DMC603, but I'm not really a pink person so I changed to DMC740.

Creepy pieces/parts for February

My skeleton for February is just a skull.   This is the second time I've stitched this one.  The first time I gave it away to my young nephew but this one is for me.  I think I'll finish it the same way but with a silver spider instead to match the ghostly hue.    It's a freebie from skulladay.com.

Mine !



Gifted

April's February Ornament

This is my little take for a skeleton.  Since I am not a skeleton fan, I decided on this little tombstone with the skeleton head from Notforgotten Farm.! Stitched on scrap fabric from my stash using GAST Blackbird.

Cheryl's February Skelly Ornament

I found this pattern and thought it was just perfect for my February skeleton ornament!

This cute little "Girly Skull" is a freebie pattern, which can be found here: http://crossmenot.blogspot.com/2012/03/girly-skull.html

I stitched her on 14 ct white plastic canvas, added a felt backing and satin ribbon loop for hanging.

Happy Valentine's Day!

February Skeleton: Skeleton Pig

Yet another Etsy pattern. It was such fun to stitch.

February Skeleton: I'd Bone You

This adorable pattern is sold on Etsy. It took all of 20 minutes to stitch on 14 ct Navy Aida.

My Feb. skeleton

I had a little time between projects so I stitched up this skeleton from The Prairie Schooler for my Feb. ornament.