Gifted Gorgeousness December 2024

 

Gifted Gorgeousness is hosted each month by the lovely Jo at Serendipitous Stitching. GG, on the 15th of each month, is when we share our latest gifts. These can be gifts given or received, or any item made using fabric, threads, buttons, ribbon, chart, backing fabric that has been gifted. Thank you Jo for hosting GG in 2024.

December 1st of our Christmas Exchange at Needlecraft Haven. My parcel arrived from Mary, the card is beautiful (the photo doesn't do it justice). 

Mary stitched me a gorgeous ornament themed on decorating a tree, perfect for me. Thank you Mary, and for the candy cane thread.

My exchange gift was to Christine and I stitched one of Durene Jone's lovely Christmas designs. I used some chenille wool to edge it which I thought looked very snowy.

I have been upcycling last year's Christmas cards so included one in Christine's exchange along with Irish Cream and Wintermint threads. Christine is our Christmas Exchange every year, thank you Christine for another great exchange.

I have made two Christmas humbugs, one for our daughter and her hubby, the other for our son and his girlfriend. They are designed by Faby Reilly and there are four in the series. Our daughter keeps her's on show all year round, I think she knows what is being stitched next year.... or maybe not hee hee 

The tree at church looks lovely, a real Santa Tree. Thank you to everyone who stitched and sent a Santa, you can read about the festival on my St Laurence's Christmas Tree Festival post.

As I mentioned I have been upcycling Christmas cards, I have some other cards to do too which I'd like to do in the calm between Christmas and New Year. I know the cards can be recycled but I think it's a shame to waste the beautiful designs and I have so many stickers sheets from Mum's (and many other craft bits I need to use up). It's fun too thinking which design to give to who.

Here's my upcycled Christmas cards:

It's been another fun year of crafts and stitching, I wonder what 2025 will bring. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with busy needles in 2025