I Think I Might Be On a Roll

Seriously, I think I might just be on a roll here, not just from a blogging standpoint, but from a stitching one, as well. I pulled out a little kit two nights ago that literally had 2/3 of the stitching completed on it and had been languishing somewhere in a ziploc bag for years.

So, I present to you Friendly Frosty. He’s from a Mill Hill Tiny Treasured Diamonds ornament kit. I have a thing about Mill Hill beaded ornaments. I mean, really, a very serious thing. Some might call it an obsession. You should see my collection. But, here’s one of them stitched up at least.

Sorry, the image is a little wonky. It’s been stretched in a hoop for years, so the fabric wanted nothing to do with laying down flat on the scanner. 😉 He’s not exactly stitched as charted. They had all of the black french knots for his facial features bumped down a row from where they are and it looked ridiculous to have his mouth up again his scarf. Oh, and stitching french knots over top of beads? Yeah, not so much fun. Thankfully, the straight stitch (that is also on top of the beads) seems to be staying put just fine. We’ll see how they hold up to years of use on my Christmas tree.

I also have another finish, though it’s not really a stitching finish. Whilst digging through the basket sitting next to my stitching area that contains a bunch of completely abandoned and forgotten projects projects quietly waiting their turn in the spotlight, I found yet another Mill Hill Tiny Treasured Diamonds ornament kit. Except, to my incredulity (I actually had to check a dictionary to make sure I wasn’t just making that word up, BTW), it was actually almost completely finished. And I don’t just mean that it was almost completely stitched. No, it was not only completely stitched, but 3 of the 4 sides were stitched together and the tassel and hanger had been added. All I had to do was stuff it and sew the last part closed. Honestly. What is wrong with me that I never managed to get that done? It probably took me all of 10 minutes. Sheesh!

So, here’s another TTD named Ruby Heart, but in its completely finished state:

If you’re curious as to the actual depth of my Mill Hill ornament obsession, you can check out some of my previous finishes. I have at least 5 out of the 6 of each of the series spanning, oh let’s see, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 years so far. And I have two more years that I’m thinking of buying, as well. I’ve actually finished the first year of Tiny Treasured Diamonds, am more than half way through the second year of TTDs, and more than halfway through the first year of Charmed Santa Faces. Hmmm… looking the collections up on Wichelt/Mill Hill’s website, I might actually be missing at least one collection of TTDs (at least that I’m interested in; the ones they’ve put out in the past few years hold no interest for me). Now I have to go home and take an inventory of what I have to see what I’m missing. See, I told you I had a problem!