Do your Christmas ornaments multiply by themselves???

Years ago when I was first married, my husband and I very little in the way of Christmas ornaments.  As the children came along, I would visit the Hallmark store, and they would select a few they liked.  That started a family tradition. These little red boxes have grown and multiplied.  When my Granddaughter arrived, I gladly passed many of those ornaments to my daughter.

However, I can't seem to reduce the amount of ornaments I have.   However, here are some that are real treasures.

This was handmade by my dear friend Marilyn, who is retired to Georgia.  She was a cross stitch fanatic!

My last conversation with her was all about her new love, wool hooking  and Halloween.  I must get her email, so I can get in touch again.

 Oh why didn't she sign or date these...My memory is so bad.

 This is the sweetest Victorian street scene done by my friend Priscilla W. in 1997.  I love and cherish it.

 These are two of the sweetest ornaments that my friend Sylvia made for me.  So simple and elegant!  I rarely get to see her even tho she lives a short distance away.  She is one busy lady.

This is a sweet quilt that my dearest friend Louise did for me.  She passed away years ago, and I still miss her.
So do you have any treasures tucked away in your Christmas ornament box?   More to come, Kathy

Black Friday...

I am going to post one of my oldest, most wanted, coolest, 1988 patterns that I never gave up on starting.  It is called Pumpkins at Dawn, and had so many 3/4 and 1/4 stitches with mixed thread ever!!  Only 3"x 4" mounted on foamcore paper, I display it on an tiny easel.  Why didn't I use overdyed thread?  I just didn't think about it at the time.  Next time, oh yes.  Anyway, I finished it, and still love it.  So it will be my Black Friday contribution. The magazine was The Country Stitch monthly Oct. 1988 and does not give a designer's name for this pattern.
Now I actually did purchase a few pieces of floss today, but mainly visited with my girlfriend and baked a few goodies.  I want to show you my new Christmas ornaments that are cross stitched themed.  They are empty plastic pieces, that you can fill with anything that fits.  I am putting my ORTS (old ragged threads) and some other sewing bits.

 I also collect vintage salt cellers, so this is where some of my threads end....

That's all for today, will chat more later.  Off to stitch again, Kathy