Sue Hillis Cross-Stitch Designs Blog

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Sue
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Sue
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TaDa!!  Here is my living room tree…this one is the favorite because every ornament has a special mean to our family.  However, as we were decorating this tree this year, we realized that even though we KNOW there is history behind each ornament, our memory takes a bit longer to recall the connection!  For instance, [...]

Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Sue
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We have a landing which is really the grandchildren’s playroom…at least that is what we built it to be.  It overlooks the living area and who knew the acoustics would magnify every laugh and scream to 5000 decibels?  Anyway, as long as there are not more than 3 of them together at a time, the [...]

Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Sue
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This is the tree in the master bedroom…these are the kind of ornaments that we used on our tree when I was a child.  They were magical then for me, and they are still magical. 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
These are not my actual ornaments which is a shame because we had some that came from my Dad’s family that [...]

Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Sue
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This is more of a “boy’s room” than the girly guestroom downstairs.  The tree here is decorated with a group of teddy bears that used to be a serious collection.  We had a German exchange student many years ago and many of the teddy bears were sitting in a wagon wearing Halloween costumes that I [...]

Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Sue
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This tree is in the family room in the area where we watch tv.  I have always been drawn to arks…I love old toys and animals!  And over the years, I have had a lot of arks…some of which were played with too hard and so the animals ended up on this tree.  Those two [...]

Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Sue
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I really have to work to squeeze this tree into my kitchen…which is small but efficient.
I bend the back branches to the sides so the tree can scoot up to the wall as closely as possible.  I used to have a tree on the island counter top instead of this one but I would rather [...]

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Sue
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This one is one of my favorites! 
The stockings were cut from an old “cutter” quilt.  That is one so full of holes—or mouse bites—that it is really not salvageable except maybe a small portion.  So I cut them into stocking and mitten shapes, worked a blanket stitch on the edges to finish them off a [...]

Posted on December 19th, 2009 by Sue
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This tree was so fun to put together…I made the pears from a pattern from the Need’l Love Company by Renee Nanneman…I love her designs…crafty and classy, not to mention easy to execute.  The pears are made from yellow velveteen, stuffed with fiberfill, then I used blush (from my make-up drawer!) to create a rosy [...]

Posted on December 19th, 2009 by Sue
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