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Hearts Come Home at Christmas

October 12, 2020 By patgeary

Hearts Come Home for Christmas is a SAL being offered by Jean Farish Needleworks. The chart is available as a digital download (pdf) in her Etsy shop. Once I saw it posted, I knew I wanted to add it to my Christmas collection.

Hearts Come Home at Christmas by Jean Farish

The chart is on sale thru October 20th for $5.90 but will return to the regular price of $10 after that date. It has no backstitching and no half or quarter stitches and no specialty stitches which is good for me since I normally stitch on 16ct aida because of poor eyesight.

The stitch count is 114w by 113 high so almost a perfect square. Two color schemes are included: All DMC or Cosmo floss. Jean also suggests two variegated flosses in the Cosmo Seasons line which I chose to order. #8061 for the verse and #5012 for the vine.

I thought about using 28ct cream Monaco but decided on 16ct Colonial Parchment from Fabrics by Stephanie. I will use some of the recommended DMC thread colors but will switch most of them out for Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe threads.

Jean has set up a Facebook group for the SAL – JFN SAL – and she will be doing a series of Flosstube videos with stitching tips.

My color selection for floss. May make more changes as I stitch.

DMCCosmoVictorian Motto Sampler Shoppe
939169Darkest Midnight Blue
224222Prairie Stitching
223223Victoriana Pink
37212223Hearthside Stitching
2212224True Red
732685 
730686Olive Branch
840716 
3782365 
613366 
612367 
372822Sagebrush
370823Dried Spice
420576 
4702631Stitching Parlor
936635ARipe Avocado
934637Mountain Pines
927981A 
926983 
834573 
Hearts Come Home at Christmas

While I love how this turned out, if I stitch it again, I will use a darker floss for the lettering. Now to finish it.

September 2021 – While I was in Hobby Lobby this morning, I found a round board that I thought would work for finishing this project. It was on sale for half price which made it $4. Now to repaint it to cover up the wording and what color – black or a shade of green?

Hearts Come Home for Christmas with mounting board

Well as you can tell from the final photo, I decided on black. I sanded the board to remove the word and repainted it with Licorice folk art paint. Since I do not have a circle cutter, I ordered some 8″ thin wooden discs from Amazon. My last time trying to cut a circle was not very successful so these worked well. I did add a layer of batting to the top. I may decide to add some trim but since it will be displayed on a wall with other Christmas stitching, I probably will leave it plain.

Hearts Come Home at Christmas

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  1. Judy says

    October 12, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    I love this sweet stitch! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have joined the SAL.

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