Round Robin Ornament

This year I'm hoping to finish up at least 12 stitching UFOs. My UnFinished Objects are items I've stitched, but haven't done the finishing work so that they are ready for display. In December I finished Just Nan's Snow Forest as an ornament and Santa Peeking by Designs for the Needle as a tote bag. In January I finished Just Nan's Love and Roses as a journal cover.

My February UFO finish is called Round Robin by The Trilogy. I finished the stitching on this in 2001, so I thought it might be time to do the finishing work.

I stitched this piece twice. First "2 over 2" on 32ct clay linen (16 stitches per inch). And then this piece stitched on the same linen as petit point - 32 stitches per inch.

I used a Finishing Form as the base of this ornament. Finishing Forms are a lot like covered buttons. You cover the metal form with a lining and the stitched piece on half the form, and lining and a coordinating fabric for the back.

The two pieces are sewn (or glued) together, then the cording added. I made this cording out of the same fibers used in the piece.