May and July Ornaments

I am afraid I am a bit behind on my ornament SALs, but I finally have a few finishes to share...

(The patterns for both ornaments were designed by Durene Jones for The World of Cross Stitching magazine.)

May's Ornament...

(theme spiders/bugs)

 A tiny, purple spider!

July's Ornament...

(theme witches' accessories)

A cute and colorful witches' hat!

Now, to figure out what to do for my "free choice" from June...

Hope everyone has a week full of stitching!

Carrie

The May Spiders!

Hi there blog friends!  Here is my May Spider.  It is from Prairie Schooler Book No. 165 "Sweeping Cobwebs". I can't wait to get this one finished.  I found this wonderful fabric in my stash!  It will be the perfect thing to finish this design.   I bought that spider charm several years ago.  I'm not quite sure but I will most likely use it on this design.  I do love spiders by the way.  They are very helpful insects.  It blows my DH's mind but in this house, we don't kill them we gently put them outside or in the basemant.  I love photographing them in the Fall.

Noni's Spider

Incy wincy spider went up the web to the trick or treat bag......

A very quick stitch... two colours! Stitched on plain 28ct linen with DMC - nothing too fancy!  The chart was featured in the Just Cross Stitch Halloween 2015 issue.

Now next month is free choice.... and I have no idea what to stitch!  Actually I have lots of ideas just can't make up my mind :o)

Til then... happy Halloween stitching
Hugs xx

Cheryl's May Spider

Jack-A-Rachnid by Deborah Dick

I have wanted to stitch this spider ever since I first laid eyes on him!  When I saw that the theme for May was spiders, I pulled out my old magazines to find the chart.  I finally found it in the Just Cross Stitch September/October 2013 issue (Volume 31 Issue 5).

Enjoy!

Jo's May Finish - Spiders

I am now over half way through my band sampler; 5 bands done, 4 to go!

Here is this month's band for the Spiders theme, seems like the spider that the ghost was scaring the froggie with last month has grown in size and turned on the ghosts!  Or maybe that's Mumma Spider come for her baby?

stitched on 32 count lilac linen

Here is the whole piece so far, along with my special spooky scissors and my new scissor charm:

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I did email everyone to tell them about a new blog party I discovered - the May Monster Madness on 28th May.  I'll be signing the group up for it and will write a blog post on the day featuring some of the monsters we have stitched over the last 2.5 years.  If you have a suitable photo you have never shown here, please email it to me and I'll include it too.  All photos will of course be credited to you as part of this group.

Loretta's March, April and May Ornies

I got kind of sidetracked but made up for it this week.  The following are my ornies for March, April & May.

All three are from the 2015 JCS Special Collector's Issue Halloween.  The Pumpkin and Ghost are by Belinda Karls-Nace of Blue Ribbon Designs and the Trick or Treat is by Nancy Greenberg of Pickle Barrel Designs.

Thanks for looking!

Loretta

Determined ...

... not to be scraping in by the skin of my teeth for my May ornament, I stitched like a crazy witch all day yesterday (1st May) to get the next band finished in Counting Bats by Just Nan for the theme of "Spiders".

(the fabbie is so much prettier than I can get my camera to show - it is a pretty lilac and blue)

Phew!  Feeling so good about my monthly goals right about now.

hugs, Kaye