Two Card Insearts and a question

I complete two card inserts for my mom over the past couple of days. Each of them took me approximately 5 hours to complete. I am stitching the first 6 inserts on 14ct Sea Green Aida using assorted DMC floss. The designs are from a booklet that came with one of the Cross Stitch Crazy magazines in 2009 called "126 Xmas Designs". Here are the pictures:


I plan to complete 2 each month until November. I am storing them in a Glad storage bag to keep them clean.

Now for my question. I recently asked which way is better when making ornaments. I now would like to know if anyone has, or has seen on another blog, any tutorials on how to make ornaments? In all of the magazines and books I have I cannot find anything the shows the steps clearly enough. For a firmer ornament, what type of backing is used? For a filled, what type of filling is used? I was also wondering if there are any tutorials for biscornus, pin cushions, etc that just gives basic instructions.

Thanks for your help!


Comments

Cindy's Stitching said…
Here is a great site which give many finishing instructions.http://www.needlepointers.com/ShowArticles.aspx?NavID=1564
January 28, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Annie Bee said…
Lovely finishes. I can't help with the tutorials and would be interested in seeing what other people post.
January 28, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Yoyo said…
There are hundreds of tutorials for both ornaments and biscornu. Many of them are in French...but the pictures show everything in great detail. I don't speak a word of French but have done really good with their tutorials. But also, Vonna at the Twisted Stitcher's Tutorials has some excellent tutorials, can't remember off hand if she has a biscornu but I'm pretty sure she has a couple of ornament finishes. Focus on Finishing has links to lots and lots of tutorials.

I use anything I can find at the moment for 'stuffing': quilt batting, rice, cotton balls by the ton, foam and styrofoam. You can get regular "stuffing" at most any craft store that sells multi-crafting items.

Hope you get all the info you need. Drop me an e-mail if you'd like more help.
January 28, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Lorilee said…
I recently used this website for a biscornu. http://www.nordicneedle.net/guides/stitching-techniques/biscornu/
I agree with Yoyo, Vonna also has great tutorials.
Those card inserts are going to be great!
January 28, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Jules said…
Thanks everyone! I have a few places to look now for tutorials.

Yoyo - thanks for the heads up about the French language. I have several years of studying that language, so hopefully it won't be too overwhelming.
January 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Carol said…
Here is another site for you, Julie: http://pinwheelponders.blogspot.com/.
The others that were mentioned above are great, too!

Cute card inserts by the way :)
January 29, 2010 at 7:10 PM
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