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  1. I think we were slaves to the fabric available to us so much of the time! Things are much better now because the selection is broader, don’t you think? Very nice to pull out the old projects though because they unlock such sweet memories! Nice ornament–I will do doing them, I haven’t started yet, unfortunately!

  2. Joy as always your designs are so sweet and so full of true feelings of Christmas. I love how your choices have evolved over the years. Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us by giving us your patterns to use.

  3. Your stitcheries are just so sweet. I love how you used them in the placemat too. What a fun way to spice up the holidays!

  4. Your stitching is beautiful in these. I love all the little details…so sweet! The place mat is adorable with that sweet new ornament on it. Thank you so much for the patterns and for sharing your then and now!

  5. My “style” has changed over time as well. I don’t care for muted colors that much any more. Thanks for the lovely ornament patterns. I look forward to stitching them some day.

  6. I think our styles do evolve over the years. Remember when folk art was ‘the thing’…and macrame? Favoured colours seem to come and go too. Yay – another blog hop and fun places to visit.

  7. You do such beautiful embroidery. This is just a lovely pattern. Thank you for the free download. This will make beautiful gifts for the holidays.

  8. I am in love with the fabrics in your placemats. They are gorgeous and so are your stitcheries. Thanks for taking time to share inspiration with us.

  9. Joy, your projects are beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing them. I am going to download and maybe give some handstitching a try. I usually just machine embroider, but your stitching is lovely. Thanks for the patterns. Love, hope and joy – perfect for Christmas – and all year! Blessings!

  10. I’m always on the look-out for hand stitchery motifs. Thank you. Great ideas and very sweet projects. Christmas may be 5 months away but it’ll be here before we know it.

  11. Hi Joy, Thank you for the heart stitcheries. Even though it was long I ran it off as that is how I operate best and who knows when I will get to it. I seem to be able to mostly only get the necessities done lately with this CFS. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing! Nancy

  12. Joy your Christmas stitcheries are so sweet. I agree that our tastes do change and love seeing how other people notic and comment on their changing tastes. I think then and now designs are both fabulous. Thank you for sharing with all of us.

  13. Your embroidery is so pretty and the patterns are sweet. Thanks for sharing them all with us!

  14. How did I miss your post on Monday??? I love what you did with these designs. Thanks for the new block ornament. The original hearts and joy wall hanging almost looks like you stitched on hanky material. I love the look of that golden Christmas.

  15. A great project, it is very interesting looking back on our older projects and seeing what we liked then compared to what we would select now if we were to remake a project.

  16. This is so beautiful Joy. Your stitchery and your stipple quilting is just perfect. I truly hope I can become as good as that someday. I’ve been practicing my FMQ more and more these days as I’m working on a project where I’m painting on the fabric and then doing FMQ over it to finish it with the details and such. Thus I showed off traced patterns with FMQ for my bh project, but I need to get better at the just think and stitch it type. You are obviously there and it’s beautiful.

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