'Tis the season...

1. The Mouse King Ornament, 2. hexagon christmas ornament tutorial, 3. Trio of felt portraits, 4. Tiny Snowman Ornament

...to be stitching cute Christmas ornaments! Emily has made a lovely series of patterns inspired by the Nutcracker. You can find a tutorial for Nova's Hexagon ornaments on her blog. The sweet trio is stitched by Lisa from a book called Fa la la la Felt. And I don't know much about this tiny cross stitched snowman made by thehomebird except that I think he's extremely cute..

Happy Christmas Stitching everyone!

Patterns: Nutcracker Sweets

Nutcracker Sweets by Wild Olive

Ok, yes, I know we haven't even passed Halloween yet but this pattern by Wild Olive was too cute not to mention. As of blogging, this pattern is currently not in Wild Olive's shop because *ahem*, I just bought the last copy, but I'm sure it'll be back in soon, so it's definitely worth checking out because it's Christmas-y but not too Christmas-y if you know what I mean. I'm sure there are lots of households (like mine) with little dancers in, who would love a spot of Nutcracker any time of the year! As well as Clara, the pattern sheet also features the Nutcracker himself, a Christmas tree and a Grandfather clock, amongst other things.