Melitastitches4fun's Blog

It’s snowing here today and across a large part of the US according to the news. Luckily, we can stay indoors – no appointments ot plans this week except for a friend’s birthday dinner on Thursday. Fingers crossed we’ll make it there. In the meantime, football, TV, reading, and needlepoint will keep me happily occupied. In honor of our snow . . .

Here I used a wintery fabric with white, silver, and gold snowflakes for this Christmas Ball. I centered a large white snowflake on the back.

Working on a smaller piece isn’t easier! The ornament wasn’t exactly round to start with. I’d basketweaved aound the outer edge and had already stitched the outer gold ring thinking the cording would cover any irregularities but the cording is thin. One pucker is showing. I do like the loop which was stitched through the basketweave. I like the basketweave showing around the edge. But, the edges are a tad wavy. Overall, this one is ok but not as good as others. From the front, to most people, it’ll look just fine!

Stay safe all and hope you enjoy some time for stitching.