Sometime just after Thanksgiving I found several ball ornaments with Styrofoam centers that are covered with red thread. I had been thinking about trying to decorate balls like this for awhile so I purchased the ornaments to give it a try.
Wanda Salmans 2014
They turned out well but only one was finished by Christmas.
There were too many other things going on.
Wanda Salmans 2014
This one took the longest. I completed the first two rounds then it languished, hanging from the lamp shade, half done. I pinned it to the ball to entice me to finish it.
While watching football this Sunday I was finally able to finish it.
Wanda Salmans 2014
For this one I cut a plastic card to make a thread gauge and didn’t notice that it wasn’t a straight cut until I went to finish it off. I obviously used both ends of the gauge, which were not the same width. It is much less even than I thought it was.
The completed ornament still looked good on the tree. The tree was a small one, too small, really, for this big of an ornament, but the grandchildren just knew it needed to be there.
Now I need to put them away, somewhere that I don’t loose them, so they can go on the Christmas tree next year.
“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
They look really good, I have been wanting to try this, but did not get around to it this year at all, so you are doing better than me 🙂 I love this dainty look you gave them.
They are beautiful, next year your tree will look beauitful with them on
Margaret
It seems like I buy ornaments to decorate every year at the after-Christmas sales. I have yet to try one, though! All of my ornaments are in a safe place, just waiting for embellishment! Would you like to come over and tat with me? It might take a month or so! 😉
Both ornaments look wonderful!!! 🙂
Very nice!
How cute !