Just Cross Stitch Magazine Christmas Ornaments 2014

I have just downloaded my copy of this year's Christmas Ornaments magazine by Just Cross Stitch.  I adore these magazines and have everyone although this is the first one I have in digital rather than print format.   As always I will spend many a happy hour going through and picking out designs I would love to stitch.   I am doing a Christmas card/ornament/coaster exchange again this year and will probably choose a design from here which will be my Smalls piece for November.

The recipes by the designers are also fabulous though I don't actually use many of them.

World of Cross Stitching magazine

It doesn't seem like 4 weeks since the last issue of WOCS dropped onto my mat but it must be.

It isn't my favourite magazine as many of the designs are too "cutesy" for my taste but I still enjoying looking through it.

The free gift this month is 3 Christmas (!) designs by Margaret Sherry which I like and would consider stitching for an ornament or a coaster or as a card for a fellow stitcher that I knew would appreciate it and not discard it with the rest of the Christmas cards.  I've done a Christmas card exchange the past couple of years so these designs could be considered for this year as there are quite a few Margaret Sherry fans in the group.

The only other design I earmarked for possible future stitching was an Assisi alphabet using variegated thread (lovely).  I like the font used so I could see lots of possibilities for this - personalised coasters, scissor fobs, needlecases, fragrance sachets etc.