Client Finishes

Happy Friday, friends!

Today I'm featuring some of my latest client finishes. Happy stitching!

"Matilda Hornbuckle" 

Notforgotten Farm

Finished as a mounted fabric easel

"Welcome"

Hands on Design

Finished as a double mounted fabric flat on a white frame

Prairie Schooler Santas

Finished a mounted flats with hangers

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Prairie Schooler Santa Envy

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For many years, I've had plans to stitch all the Prairie Schooler Santas and have them all displayed on a pencil tree and it's just never happened (yet)! This year, I had the pleasure of finishing 10 Prairie Schooler Santas for my finishing service client, Gina. They were all stitched so beautifully I was almost scared to finish them for her! When Gina received the Santas, she arranged them on her own pencil tree and shared a photo of her beautiful display with me. This was all the motivation I needed to make sure I get mine done next year! 

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Client Finish - Barnyard Christmas

I am a sucker for anything from The Prairie Schooler, so when these Barnyard Christmas ornaments showed up at my doorstop for finishing, I immediately pulled the chart out and kitted them up. My goal is to get them stitched, finished and on my own tree by December... Yikes!

PATTERN:

"Barnyard Christmas"

DESIGNER:

The Prairie Schooler

FINISH:

Round fabric flats with hangers and bows

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Bumble Honey Co. & Client Finishes

 

PATTERN:

"Bumble Honey Co."

DESIGNER:

Cherry Hill Stitchery

FINISH:

Double-matted mounted fabric flat on a wood easel

PATTERN:

"Prairie Schooler Book 82 - Christmas Trees"

DESIGNER:

Prairie Schooler

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel with bow

PATTERN:

"Bountiful"

DESIGNER:

The Trilogy

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat on wood easel

PATTERN:

"Calvin and Clyde"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel

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Halloween Finishes

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I've finally gotten around to fully finishing the majority of the Halloween smalls I stitched up this year! It feels good to move them off my pre-finishing table and move on to some Christmas pieces.

This little Ghost came out of one of those Prairie Schooler mini sets. Isn't he the cutest? He's stitched on 32 ct Platinum Lugana using the called-for threads. The cutting board came from Hobby Lobby. It was plain wood so I chalk-painted it black and roughed up the edges. The ghost is matted with homespun fabric and then mounted to the front of the board. I edged the sides with black cording and added this cute Halloween ribbon I found at Joanns.

"Spirits and Spells" by With thy Needle and Thread (Brenda Gervais) was stitched on 28 ct evenweave that I dipped first in purple Rit dye and then again in grey. I used most of the called-for threads. The piece was matted with some Halloween-y fabric and mounted to the front of this barnwood frame from Michaels. I edged the piece with orange cording and added a bow with a pumpkin button center.

"Salem Hill Sampler" by Scarlett House was an impromptu stitch due to the fact that this was fabric I had purchased hoping for a chalkboard tone but it came much more purple than anything else. It screamed Halloween, so --- hence, this piece! It's stitched with DMC using similar colors to the original and finished on a grey-washed easel. I accent the bow with some coordinating embellishments.

I've also been crazy busy in the studio finishing for my awesome clients. I really appreciate anyone who trusts me with their beautiful pieces! 

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Bunnies and Chicks

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I've been wrapping up the last of the spring/Easter stitching as I work on transitioning to summer pieces. The first (and most likely last) spring stitch was Holiday Hoopla Easter by With Thy Needle and Thread. 

I finished this piece in one of those galvanized metal tarts from Michaels and edged it with some white cording. It's stitched on 32 count plantinum lugana using DMC 3328, 3326, 3849, 732, 646, 840 and white.

The second piece(s) come from Prairie Schooler's "Spring Miniatures" collection. Aren't they the cutest? They're super small and quick to stitch.

Both are stitched on scrap 28 ct tea-dyed monaco using DMC 355, 356, 420, 3012, 611, 3021, 758, 926. I finished them on some rustic wood coasters, using twine as the hanger. I made some cording out of the greens from the pattern and then just added a twine bow to each top with a coverbutton center.

I've also worked on some beautifully stitched pieces from stitchy friends.

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Bunny Finishes

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It's been a busy couple of weeks here in quarantine and I swear being busy is the only thing keeping me sane!

I started the week stitching up this cute bunny piece, "Happy Bunny Bunny Day" by the Trilogy and finished it as a basket front.

I used DMC 844, 223 and white as my colors and stitched it up on some scrap Monaco. This metal basket was a really cool find awhile back that I thought would be perfect for the piece, so I finished the bunny as a "flat," edged it with some cording, attached a bow and mounted it to the front. I absolutely love it!

My second piece was this Prairie Schooler bunny I finished as a paddle topper. With the weather being so nice here in Phoenix, I was able to do a lot of chalk-painting outside, so I painted the paddle an ivory chalk-finish and then roughed up the edges. 

The stitched piece is matted with homespun fabric and mounted to the front. The pattern is from the "Signs of Spring" book from Prairie Schooler. I used all called-for colors.

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Happy Fourth Sheep and... Chickens?

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It was a busy one in the studio yesterday as I pumped out some UFOs in desperate need of some finishing and finished up a bunch of pieces from fellow stitchers!

Since July 4th is coming up soon, I started the day finishing this whitewashed wood pallet box first. I found this box at Michaels awhile back and even though it hangs from a twine cord, I think it'd actually look cuter as a patriotic shelf-sitter.

The stitched piece is from Tiny Modernist and I changed all of the colors (see below). It's matted with faux-denim and mounted to the front of the box. Then I edged the sides with twine and made a few bows at the top before adding layered star buttons. 

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Happy Fourth of July

Designer: Tiny Modernist

Fabric: 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha Lugana

Colors Used: DMC 3777, 931, 930, 731, 356, 729, 3371, White

The next thing I moved off my table were these cute little chalkboard ornaments. I stitched them on black evenweave and then finished them exactly the same way -- with black and white gingham fabric, twine cording and coordinating bows.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Signs of Spring

Designer: Prairie Schooler

Fabric: 28 ct Black Jobelan

Colors Used: DMC 3777, 930, 3346, 729, 422, White

The stitched piece is from Tiny Modernist and I changed all of the colors (see below). It's matted with faux-denim and mounted to the front of the box. Then I edged the sides with twine and made a few bows at the top before adding layered star buttons. 

Lastly, I FFOed and mailed out this cute little Christmas ornament for my new stitchy friend Madeleine. I just love the tiny little beading in the tree!

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Happy Fall!

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It's been busy in the studio these past few weeks. This time of year always seems to sneak up on me but I'm doing my best to manage Halloween, Fall and Christmas as best as I can -- even though it's still breaking 100 here in Phoenix! 

In preparation for fall -- even if I don't have my New England leaves this year -- I started bringing out the apples, pumpkins and scarecrows, starting with my September Cottage of the Month.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: September Cottage of the Month

Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks

Then I FFOed my Prairie Schooler rooster into a small rustic whitewashed box. 

It's mounted to the front and edged with some blue cording. Then I just added a red and white gingham box with a blue floral center. I'm not the biggest fan of stitching on black, but I do like the farmhouse look it gives to stitching so I'm glad I did it.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Signs of Spring (rooster)

Designer: Prairie Schooler

I also made a ton of custom order Halloween gift tags and then FFOed some items for my stitchy friend Robin.

I find it very hard to send her items back to her --- especially the "Birdhouse" ornament. The color fabric she chose compliments her stitching perfectly.

STITCHY DETAILS (Most Wonderful Time of the Year):

Pattern: Wonderful Time (Tiny Tidings XVII)

Designer: Lizzie Kate

Fabric: 32 ct dirty linen

Fibers: DMC (500, 367, 304, 3865)

STITCHY DETAILS (Birdhouse):

Pattern: Birdhouse

Designer: Prairie Schooler

Fabric: Blue Monaco

Fibers: DMC (Ecru, 612, 310, 3777, 934, 613)

STITCHY DETAILS (Snow Merry):

Pattern: Snow Merry II

Designer: Homespun Elegance

Fabric: 28 ct Mixed Berry Jobelan

Fibers: DMC (3031, 3051, 3857, 5200)

STITCHY DETAILS (Noel):

Pattern: Noel

Designer: Lizzie Kate

Fabric: 32 ct sand linen (Picture This Plus)

Fibers: DMC (347, 221, 987, 500, 367, 783, 321)

STITCHY DETAILS (Joy):

Pattern: Joy (Flora McSample 2011 Ornament)

Designer: Lizzie Kate 

Fabric: 32 ct exemplar linen (Lakeside)

Fibers: DMC (3865, 321, 500, 898, 367, 436, 932)

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