Thursday, May 23, 2019

Birds and Bees

Hello Friends!

Yesterday I mailed off this "Stitching Bird" to my new stitchy friend, Lori, who trusted me with her beautiful stitching. This was the second flatfold I finished this week using this pattern and seeing it all stitched up and finished made me rush out and buy the pattern myself. It's so cute!




Because of the gray tones in the stitching, I decided to use black and white gingham for the backing fabric, and white trim to edge the sides of the stitching to bring in some contrast. Then I added a black and white gingham ribbon with a cute scissor button for the center. I really hope Lori likes it when it arrives! It's always nerve-wracking to finish for other stitchers.



I also finished this little bee design into a mounted ornament. The design is from one of the patterns from Lizzie Kate's Summer Smalls. I used black and tan homespun fabric for the backing and twine cording for the edging. Just a quick, fun stitch.



STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Summer Smalls
Designer: Lizzie Kate
Summer Smalls - Cross Stitch Pattern
Fabric: 28 ct Lambswool Jobelan
Colors Used: DMC 676, 729, 420, 730, 3012, 3781 and White

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Friday, May 17, 2019

Old Glory



Hello Friends!

Finished up this Old Glory piece into a flatfold this morning after it sat for a few days on the "I don't know what to do with you" table. 



I used faux denim for the back and red and cream gingham homespun for the front to try to pull all the colors out. Then I added twine around all the edges and made a bow out of some patriotic ribbon with more twine. The cover button center is also made with the faux denim.

I changed a lot of the color, and turned my flower into sunflowers. 

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Old Glory
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Old Glory - Cross Stitch Pattern
Fabric: 28 ct tea-dyed evenweave Monaco
Colors Used: DMC 355, 3768, 731, 435, 3781, 729, 801, White

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Monday, May 13, 2019

Liberty and Justice Mini Easel



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I am absolutely in love with how this patriotic mini easel came out. It makes me want to make a dozen of them.



Because of its size, I planned to just FFO this as a mounted ornament. But then I remembered I had these little easels in my stash, and plans changed. I think I got these easels at Michaels, and they're perfect for small designs like this. All I did was mat the stitched piece to some faux-denim and then mounted both to the front. I edged the stitched piece with white cording to give it a little pop, and then once again made a bow out of that red and white gingham ribbon before adding a blue-gray flower to the center. This is definitely one of my favorite pieces.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Liberty and Justice (All Dolled Up)
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Fabric: 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha Lugana
Colors Used: DMC 3777, 3768, 356, 435, 3781, 3031, 951, 3012, 3051, White

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Friday, May 10, 2019

Summer Whirligig



Hello Friends!

It's been a busy so far, but I have a lot of progress to show for it!

First, I FFOed my Summer Whirligig stitched piece into another farmhouse tart. It's the perfect size and shape so it was a no-brainer. 



Because the size of the piece was sufficient enough for the tart's size, I left the stitching on it's own and just did my basic finishing with some padded batting behind the stitching. Then I edged it with white twist cord and made of a bow from more of that fabulous red and white gingham ribbon. For the center, I just made another cover button from my tan and black homespun fabric to bring out some of the dark brown in the pattern and then glued that to the center. Super cute summer piece!

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Summer Whirligig
Designer: Heart in Hand
Summer Whirligig - Cross Stitch Pattern
Fabric: 28 ct tea-dyed evenweave Monaco
Colors Used: DMC 3777, 3371, 729, 356, 3781, 647, 422, 469, White

I also worked on a number of custom requests this week including finishing up these lovelies stitched up by one of my favorite people, Robin and her mom. 


I can't tell you how many pieces they send me that I really struggle to send back. I just love the pieces they send. It's like Christmas morning when I open their packages.



 "Merry" by Lizzie Kate
Stitched on  32 ct. Dirty Linen
DMC 304, 367, 500






"You Hold My Heart" and "Let It Snow" by Hands on Design
Stitched on 28 ct. Antique White Lugana
DMC 3688, 3799 and 926, 3799



"Deer Pair in Heart" by Luli (complimentary chart on her blog)
Stitched on 28 ct Cornflower Jobelan
Gentle Arts "Picnic Basket"



"Stork Scissor Monogram (P)" by Sharon Manspeaker (XStitch Happy Blog)
Stitched on 32 ct. linen
DMC 310, 415, 469, 676


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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Stars and Stripes x 2


Hello Friends!

This week I stitched up Stars and Stripes from Little House Needleworks not once, but twice. I wanted to see what the pattern would look like on different color fabrics, and in similar-but-different style of finishing, so I stitched it first on some 28 ct Monaco I hand-dyed gray, and then stitched it again on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha lugana -- and since I had all the colors out already, it made it that much easier.

I finished the gray piece in a Vonna-inspired flatfold using black and tan homespun fabric. I mounted the stitching to the front and added some coordinating ribbons and bows and a cover button center.







For the Vintage Country Mocha piece, I mounted the stitching to some navy and tan gingham homespun, and then mounted both to the front of this dark gray pre-bought easel. For the top, I added some more ribbon, bows an a cover button. 

Still not sure which one of these is my favorite, but I'm definitely happy with how they both came out!

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Stars and Stripes
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Stars & Stripes - Cross Stitch Pattern
Fabric: 28 ct evenweave Monaco dyed gray (flatfold)
32 ct Vintage Country Mocha lugana (easel)
Colors Used: DMC 355, 3781, 924, 3031, 3051, 3012, 3777, White

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Thursday, May 2, 2019

Hello Summer and Featured Shop


Hello Friends!

I finally got around to FFOing "Hello Summer" by Plum Street Samplers. Because of it's size, I had to use one of the large rustic plaques I bought at Michaels as the base, especially since I wanted to add some coordinating fabric as a background. The backing fabric I chose is a remnant I found at Hobby Lobby that reminded me of denim and I liked it for this piece because it complimented the piece without being too busy.



Both the stitched piece and the fabric are mounted to this plaque and then I just made some bows out of patriotic ribbon and twine and made a cover button center out of the faux denim fabric. I didn't stitch the words at the bottom of the chart because I didn't want to limit this piece to summer. This piece is large (over 12 inches wide) but it was a joy to stitch.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Hello Summer
Designer: Plum Street Samplers
Hello Summer - Cross Stitch Pattern

Fabric: 32 ct Platinum Lugana
Colors Used: DMC 3721, 931, 422, 3781, 3021, 3011, 224, White


I also finished these butterfly gift tags as part of a custom order from Shelly over at Shelly MARIPOSA Design.





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https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShellyMariposaDesign


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