"Scrap"py Projects

 Hi friends!

Ever since I started offering premade wood items in my Etsy shop, I've had random sized scrap wood filling up a bin in my studio and it makes me nuts. It seems like such a waste to just throw it away, so little by little I've been making "scrap"py projects that includes paddles, hornbooks and slatted frames to cut down on some of the bulk.

"HIPPITY HOP"

Primrose Cottages Stitches

"AMERICANA PETITES"

Little House Needleworks

"THE ROBINS ARE HERE"

Brenda Gervais, With Thy Needle and Thread

I'm really enjoying firing up my scrollsaw and coming up with these finishing boards for my pieces. It allows me another creative outlet when I need to do something a little different. It also helps when I have those randomly sized stitched projects I don't know what to do with!

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Thanksgiving Petites

The newest release from the "Cross Stitch Petites" series from Little House Needleworks has been released, and once again, I had the honor of finishing the models shown on the chart cover. 

I stitched my own set on 28 ct Mushroom Lugana using the called-for threads and finished them on the same whitewashed wood tag boards (in my Etsy shop) complete with the Harvest Plaid fabric mats. And then I just added some cording, a bow, button centers.

Diane had the vision of setting these wood tags up in tiered tray vignettes, and I have to say, she's a genius for it. 

SHOP LINK FOR WOOD TAGS

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Autumn Petites Tiered Tray Stand-ups

I finished my own set of "Autumn Petites" from Little House Needleworks as these cute little Tiered Tray Stand-ups. These "Petites" are such a quick stitch and so perfect for tiered tray vignettes.

Tiered Tray Stand-ups are available in my shop and come in multiple sizes

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

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Autumn Petites

I had the honor and privilege of finishing Little House Needlework's latest release, "Autumn Petites." Little House Needleworks is one of my most favorite cross stitch designers, so to get this opportunity is a dream come true! 

Diane from Little House had a vision of having her lovely pieces finished on wood tags and it just came together so perfectly!

The whitewashed wood tags shown on the chart are available for purchase in my shop and come with the fall orange gingham fabric mat shown in the models.

*Bow and cording is not included.* 

**Tags are made to order and ship within 7 business days.**

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Client Finishes

 

PATTERN:

"Cosmic Dreams"

DESIGNER:

Barbara Ana Designs

FINISH:

Mounted flat with hanger and bow

PATTERN:

"Needle and Thread"

DESIGNER:

Heart in Hand

FINISH:

Basic tart with bow

PATTERN:

"Hometown Holiday - Firehouse"

DESIGNER:

Little House Needleworks

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel with bow

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Client Finishes

 

PATTERN:

"To Bee Or Not to Bee"

DESIGNER:

Little House Needleworks

FINISH:

Double-matted mounted fabric easel with bow

PATTERN:

"And To All A Good Night"

DESIGNER:

Lizzie Kate

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel

PATTERN:

"Hometown Holidays - Diner"

DESIGNER:

Little House Needleworks

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel with bow

PATTERN:

"Hometown Holidays - Firehouse"

DESIGNER:

Little House Needleworks

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel with bow

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Ladybug Ladybug

PATTERN:

"Ladybug Ladybug:

DESIGNER:

Little House Needleworks

FABRIC:

32 ct Vintage Country Mocha Lugana

FLOSS:

Turkish Red (WDW), Steamed Broccoli (CCW), Chives (GAST), Black Coffee (CCW), 433 (DMC), 434 (DMC)

FINISH:

Mounted flat on black and white check fabric with white cording. Piece is attached to a galvanized metal vase found at Hobby Lobby. Ladybug is also from Hobby Lobby.

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Client Finishes

 

PATTERN:

"Mrs. Maguire Bee Charmer"

DESIGNER:

Pineberry Lane

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel with bow

PATTERN:

"Old West Dry Goods"

DESIGNER:

Little House Needleworks

FINISH:

Mounted flat with hanger

PATTERN:

"The Crab Friends"

DESIGNER:

Crocette a Gogo

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat on wood stand-up (center). Basic fabric easels (left and right)

PATTERN:

"The Love Birds"

DESIGNER:

The Drawn Thread

FINISH:

Fancy flat with hanger

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HOT COCOA BAR

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The Halloween decor has been put away and I'm slowly but surely taking out all of my Christmas decor. I had forgotten how many gingerbread pieces I had stitched and finished for my downstairs vignettes until I started pulling them all out of their bins today! 

This year, in addition to all of the gingerbread decor, my friend Christi and I decided we "needed" a hot cocoa bar theme, too! I'm working on stitching a bunch of patterns for that vignette, but I was able to get these two quick stitches done in the meantime to start filling in some space.

They're both finished on two of my red and white large check tiered tray blocks available in my Etsy shop.

"Cookies" from Lizzie Kate was a finished on the 3.5" x 5" block.

"Hot Cocoa" from Little House Needleworks was double-matted and finished on the 5" x 5" block.

Both were super quick and easy stitches. And being that I used the tiered tray blocks, all I had to really do was add some cording and bows.

The little pins on "Hot Cocoa" are from the talented Puntini Puntini. They're SO CUTE!

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SUNFLOWERS AND BEES

Happy Friday, friends!

In just a couple more weeks, I will slowly but surely transition from summer decor to fall, but for now I'm really enjoying my Sunflowers and Bees displays throughout the house.

In the kitchen, one of my focal pieces this year is "Honey" by Cherry Hill Stitchery. I absolutely loved this pattern the second I saw it, so I immediately wanted it stitched up for the kitchen hutch. The piece was stitched on 32 ct Light Taupe Lugana. I did change a few of the floss colors just to keep all of the designs in the hutch matchy-matchy. The piece was matted with this awesome honeycomb fabric first, and then again with buffalo check before I magnetized it to my rustic square frame.

The second piece that was new this year was "Home is Where the Sunflowers Grow" by Little House Needleworks. I finished this piece very similarly to "Honey," except that it's on a white-washed easel I found at Michaels. This piece sits on the top of the hutch near some Rae Dunn decor.

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Old Glory

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As I work on dismantling the downstairs patriotic vignettes to move into my sunflowers and bees theme, I thought I'd share two finishes I was able to add to the mix this year.

"Old Glory" by Little House Needleworks was a pretty quick stitch. I finished this piece as a fancy flat backed with some Moda red firework fabric and mounted to the inside of this grey-washed frame I picked up at At Home this year. To tie it in with all of my other patriotic cross stitch pieces, I used the same denim white stitched ribbon. 

"Strawberries and Stripes" by With Thy Needle and Thread was another quick stitch. I finished this piece as a flat circle and backed it with more of the red Moda fabric. I had this white-washed block I had used before, so I attached washers and magnets to the back so I can switch it out again in the fall. This piece sits on my new big tiered tray tower.

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Farmhouse Christmas

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I am absolutely thrilled to have finished the "Farmhouse Christmas" series by Little House Needleworks and have it up in one of my displays this year!

At times it felt like I would never get this all stitched and finished in time -- that border is a sneaky time sucker -- but once I saw the finish line I just couldn't seem to put it down.

The chart was stitched on 32 ct Taupe lugana using all of the called-for threads. Stitched, it measures about 13 x 13 inches. The frame is actually a picture (Let Heaven and Nature Sing) I found at Michaels in their Farmhouse section that I have in another one of my displays. 

When I realized it was the perfect fit, I ran back to Michaels to grab a second one. The color and size were too perfect to pass on!

I matted the piece with some green fabric and then edged the stitching with white cording before gluing it directly to the barnwood frame. I added some flocked greenery to the top and made a large bow from burlap ribbon for the center. Then for the middle of the bow, I added a wooden farmhouse tag I found at Walmart (I added the small gingham bow to the top, it doesn't come that way), and then a rusty jingle bell on top of that.

And since I needed a little "something" on the bottom shelf, I quickly stitched and finished "Cut and Carry" by Hands on Design as a complimentary piece. 

It's no secret I'm a huge fan of Cathy's designs at Hands on Design, so this little chart was the perfect one to add to Farmhouse Christmas. I stitched it on the same fabric with the same threads, and even matted it with the same green fabric (I was lucky to have a scrap JUST big enough for this piece). Like Farmhouse Christmas, I added flocked greenery, a burlap bow, but this time I added a red button for the center. And then because I felt like it needed "something" more, I added another one of those mini tag ornaments to the bottom right, another tiny gingham bow, and an even tinier jingle bell.

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Baked Goods

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After two insanely crazy weeks of finishing for clients, I'm trying to take some time to finish some of my own stitches for the kitchen's Gingerbread and baking theme.

I started with "Baked Goods" by Little House Needleworks. 

I have been dying to finish a Priscilla-inspired (https://priscillas2000.blogspot.com/) vintage muffin tin for the hutch for the last two years and FINALLY got around to it!

I stitched Baked Goods on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha in the following colors: 

Classic Colorworks: Brandied Pears, Cherry Cobbler, Caterpillar

GAST: Chives, Wood Trail

WDW: Light Khaki

DMC: White

The stitched piece is matted with red and white gingham fabric and edged in white cording to match Gingerbread Street in the shelf below it.

I bought the muffin tin at a flea market, and being that it's galvanized, all I needed was some magnets to stick it to the top. I used some pine greenery, and then made a bow for the corner, and then cut a styrofoam cherry in half for the center of it. The small spoon was an ornament from Hobby Lobby that I also magnetized to the side of the pan. SO CUTE!

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