September 2016 Pattern of the Month "Jolly Snowman"

We stitched the Jolly Snowman portion by itself on a pre-finished Christmas Trim Banded Ornament and also stitched all three designs together for display as a banner on 14ct Metallic Silver/White Aida. For display purposes we used raw wood 5" bellpulls and painted them gloss black. Another elegant display option would be 4" wrought iron bellpulls. Stitch count for each design in this series is 55w x 55h (35h x 35w for ornament portion), approximately 4" x 4" on 14ct. DMC colors used in "Holly Jolly" are B5200, 304, 310, 321, 498, 666, 699, 700, 702, 704, 741, 762, 801, 839 and 3713. Specialty threads used are Glissen Gloss Rainbow Blending Thread 617 Red, Threadworx 1090 Lipstick (DMC sub 321) and Weeks Dye Works 1276 Blue Spruce (DMC sub 3362). The design is embellished with 03049 Rich Red Seed Beads. Optional embellishments are a jingle bell charm along with handmade carrot nose and heart with holly buttons.