YOP Week #22

We're almost 1/2 way through this Year of Projects!  Whoa Nellie!  Plus, it's Christmas now and since I didn't get started on my Christmas making in July I am way behind!  Plus, my daughter and I do the 12 days of Christmas Advent calendar for each other and I need to hit the stores tomorrow!  Usually I make everything but not this year and we start opening on the 12th so I had best bust a move!
I did get a finish accomplished though!  The first of the 2019 Annual Collectible (tee hee) Christmas Ornaments.............too cute!  I love him but the instructions said to use 4 strands of floss for this 10 count Aida....well....see below his face....that is 4 strands and I didn't care for the look so I used all 6 strands and I like it better but I was not going to rip it out...if I have time I will make 4 which will be one for me and that way I will keep this one and send the other 3 to the grands..  The 10 count fabric is very soft and not stiff like Aida can be.  Plus, it is fast not having to split strands at all and the Floss Away  bags are great!      Lori Holt, the designer, has a video tutorial on You Tube on how to make little stuffed pillows and make the cross stitch piece part of an envelope pillow case.  I will be doing that for these ornaments.

I started on the next one..........they are quick to work up.....I did the one above in 1 day..........just on breaks..........okay....so I took a lot of breaks and there were football games............

The pattern is from Lori Holt.............I got it because there were multiple ornaments in one pattern and I thought I would make different ones but then I decided I would make them all the same and that way I wouldn't get confused next year as to who got what.  Oh, there are buttons too!  I forgot to order them! 

  I chose my Christmas xs pattern.......the free Chicken Joy pattern from The Real Housewives of Cross Stitch....Priscilla and Chelsea.  I was going to use some fabric I had until I realized it was cream and there was a white chicken and snow which would not show up.  I thought I would dye some fabric but then a little voice said...."are you nuts?" Just order some and be done with it!  You see what I have to deal with?  My evil twin who gets me in more trouble than you can imagine and makes a lot of work for me!  So, I ordered a mint green piece of fabric for it.

   I still need to order yarn for my Christmas Eve sock cast on.
I did work on the Blaithin CAL a tiny bit but not enough worth mentioning or showing..........I did work on my xs days though...........
Santa Sunday from last Sunday.........this pattern was gifted to me probably from Joanie.  I ran out of the red floss on this one too so I had to order along with the Stars And Stripes xs that I ran out of floss on.  Both were fancy floss.......Ribbon Red and Cherry Cobbler from Classic Colorworks.

then there was Monthly Monday..............

Witchy Wednesday...........

and Fall Friday.............

That about does it for this week and now for your Christmas Tidbits for today.............I laughed out loud at this one.....so true!

and these recipes won't help either but it's only Christmas once a year!  These recipes can be found on Taste of Home website..........

I thought this was a great idea especially for those people who have an abundance of ornaments to display......yes, Connie, I'm talking to you! LOL!

That's all for today folks......be sure and stop by the other YOPers and see what they've been up to this past week.
Happy Trails!!!