The finishing

I finally managed to mail the Holly Ornament to Marsye Wray and it came back in less than two weeks!  It has a white satin flat back finish with the white edging and a pale blue bow.  How cute!

Another Finish!

The Holly Ornament by Melissa Shirley is finished!  I bought the canvas from Good Harbor Needlepoint along with the stitch guide by Patricia Sone.  I did follow everything she had written for the guide.  This one is ready for finishing.

Working right along!

I finished the bottom bands of colors and have the background almost done!  This is a fast stitch!

So cute!

This little canvas is so cute!  It is stitching up fast too!  The ornament cap is done, the top designs are worked down to the white area.  From the bottom up, two rows are in!

From the work table

I have all the threads pulled and am going to frame this one up.  Another one that will come off the work table to the frame......Melissa Shirley Designs, 1832-D  Holly Ornament with a stitch guide by Patricia Sone.

Santa is done!

I finished all of the Bargello pattern for the beard and have brushed it.  I added the gold bell.  There was a bell painted on the canvas.  I painted over it and then stitched the end of the hat.  I then attached the jingle bell so it will be an ornament that can make noise.

Getting there!

I added the Kreinik  #8 003V in the spaces left by the Flying Crosses.  I am working the beard in Angora white 01 and gray 02 in Bargello Line Pattern A from Ruth Schmuff's book.  I also trimmed the moustache a little closer!

Petite Very Velvet

That hat is all worked in Petite Very Velvet 614 and 613  in Flying Cross stitches.

Holly

The holly leaves are all worked in Basket weave with 3 ply of Splendor 836, 956 and three ply of DMC 3347.  The berries are padded satin stitch with 6 strands of Splendor 820 and DMC 304.  Next up is the hat.

All the turkey work

I finished the eyebrows using the same Impressions 0000 with  3 ply in turkey work.  The hat  band
is stitched with Petite Very Velvet 601, 602 and 615 in Diagonal Hungarian Ground.

Just the moustache

The moustache is 3 ply of Impressions 0000 in turkey work.  I am going to trim just a bit more after I get the eyelashes  done.

Santa's face

Continuing in basketweave, I finished the left cheek with the 3 play of Splendor 1085 and then also did the lips with the same.  The highlight stitches in the center are 3 ply of Splendor 938.  The eyes and shading around the nose and under the cheeks is 3 ply of Splendor 925.  The darker lines around the eyes are 3 ply of DMC 841.  The darker lines around the blue area are 3 ply of DMC 849.  The eye is worked with Splendor 3 ply of 800-white, 86l-light blue, 801 black and 858 dark blue.

Santa ornament

This is Melissa Shirley Designs 247 that is a 4 inch round ornament on 18 count. All in basketweave:
I started with the face using three strands of Splendor 1098.  The shading is done with 3 strands of Splendor--2 of 1131 and 1 of the 1098.  The highlight in the checks and on the nose are worked with 3 strands of Splendor 1084.  The darker areas are Splendor 1085-3 ply, but only the right cheek is worked thus far.

The last petal!

There it is!  The very last petal done with some Impressions, beads and Silk Lame....next and final step is the center of the flower!

Almost!

I finished the far right petal with Silk Lame braid, Panache, Elegance and more beads!  Only two areas left!
I have enough of all most all of the supplies left for another one....anyone have this in their stash?

Front and center

This front and center petal has Impressions, Elegance and 2 different beads.

Starting the bottom petals

The far left petal has Impressions, Panache and two beads--a size 8 and a twisted bugle!

Another large petal

This one is larger than most of the others but the pattern went fairly quickly using Impressions, Flair, Kreinik and yet another kind of beads!

Around the petal turn

I added Frosty Rays and more beads--pale yellow around the turn of the petal.  Just a few more to go!

Overall and

Here is an overall of the progress and I have stitched the "turn" on two petals.