New *Spring Collection* Prim Finishing Boards

Happy Friday, friends!

I recently finished up my new "Spring Collection" finishing boards for my Etsy shop which required me to stitch a few spring smalls -- and those of you who know me best know that I really do NOT enjoy stitching spring, so it was a challenge. Although I must say, even with the pastel colors I'm super proud with how they turned out, AND that once again I didn't chop a finger off! I'm actually enjoying making different boards so much I've recently started using my scrap wood for OOAK boards for my Etsy shop!

The four colors I came up with for my Spring Colection are Petal Pink, Pale Yellow, Spring Green and Lilac. (https://www.etsy.com/shop/StarryNightsStudioCo)

"Spring Wishes" 

Primrose Cottage Stitches

"Duo Petites Poules" 

Collection Tralala

"Gertrude's Garden"

Stitching with the Housewives

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Let's Go Ride a Bike and a Trip to the Rustic Hutch

Isn't this such a fun chart? I love the trendy bicycle theme and the little snowmen and fox. I had so much fun stitching it that I recently kitted up the spring versions (there are two) and I'm going to be starting those tonight. 

This piece was stitched on 28 ct black Jobelan using the called-for threads. I double matted it, first with red fabric and then again with my standard black and white buffalo check and then mounted it (washers & magnets) to the back of this shiplap frame I found at Michaels. I used some flocked greenery for the top, a denim bow and a little snowflake tag center I found at Walmart last year. It sits on top of my winter hutch in the kitchen and looks so, so cute!

This week I also took a day to go out with my mom and do a little shopping. I'm always looking for unique finds. I've only lived in Arizona for five years, and with Arizona being waaaaaay bigger than Connecticut, I'm always finding new areas to explore. This week's journey led me to two amazing antique stores and a truly unique shop called The Rustic Hutch that offers vintage and/or repurposed handmade crafts, furniture and more. I plan to visit this shop frequently as I love supporting local artists. Here's a little taste of what's inside.

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This is Halloween and Client Finishes

I am so excited that I was able to get this awesome piece from Stitching with the Housewives stitched up, fully finished, and added to one of my Halloween vignettes this year! I just love the farmhouse look to this piece. It's just such an amazing design!

PATTERN:

"This is Halloween"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FABRIC:

28 ct black Jobelan

FINISH:

Double mounted fabric flat on a frame

I've also been VERY busy finishing for clients, and working on premades for my Etsy shop. This time of year is always very busy, but this year it seems to be way more hectic than usual. These were a couple of my favorite finishes over the past few weeks. Make sure to follow me on Instagram or Facebook to see more!

PATTERN:

"Farm and Folk"

DESIGNER:

Heartstring Samplery

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel

PATTERN:

"Cottages of the Month"

DESIGNER:

Country Cottage Needleworks

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flats with bows

PATTERN:

"Autumn Blessings"

DESIGNER:

Shannon Christine Designs

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat on a wood easel with bow

PATTERN:

"Good Company"

DESIGNER:

Plum Street Samplers

FINISH:

Double mounted fabric flat on a wood hanging blank with bow

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat ornaments with bows

These ornaments served as models for my premade red and white mini check ornaments found in my Etsy shop: Premade Red Mini Check Ornaments

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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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Strawberry Love

I'm enjoying the last few days of my downstairs strawberry display. Before the weekend I need to switch it all out for my sunflowers and bees. It's always said to put all of your pieces away, but fun to pull out the new stuff, too!

PATTERN:

"Home is Where the Wreath Is - Wreath Swap 1"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flats

PATTERN:

"Strawberry Farm" and "Hello Summer"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Double-matted mounted fabric flat on whitewashed easel with bow and tiered tray block

Tiered Tray Blocks are available in my Etsy shop:

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Client Finishes

 

PATTERN:

"Founding Promises"

DESIGNER:

Silver Creek Samplers

FINISH:

Double-mounted fabric flat on wood easel

PATTERN:

"Buffalo Plaid Summer"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Double-mounted fabric flat with bow

PATTERN:

"Snowed In Winter"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Fabric mounted flat with bow

PATTERN:

"Beach Fun Truck"

DESIGNER:

Homespun Elegance

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat with bow

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Client Finishes

 

PATTERN:

"An Autumn Wish"

DESIGNER:

Cherry Hill Stitchery 

FINISH:

Double-mounted fabric flat on whitewashed board

PATTERN:

"Red White and Bloom"

DESIGNER:

Cherry Hill Stitchery

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat on hornbook

PATTERN:

"Up on a Housetop"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel

PATTERN:

"Meet Me Under the Mistletoe"

DESIGNER:

Just Another Button Company

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat on wood board

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Proud to Be An American

PATTERN:

"Proud to Be An American - Back up the Truck Series"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FABRIC:

28 ct Black Jobelan

FLOSS:

Called-for colors except I used Mossy (WDW) and Schoolhouse Red (GAST)

FINISH:

Double-matted mounted flat on a white plank frame from Michaels

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S is for Strawberries

PATTERN:

"Strawberry Sampler" (June 2022 edition of Cross Stitcher Magazine)

DESIGNER:

Little Dove Designs

FABRIC:

32 ct. Vintage Country Mocha Lugana

FLOSS:

Turkish Red (WDW), Grasshopper (WDW), Steamed Broccoli (CCW), Black Coffee (CCW), Brown Sugar (CCW), 729 (DMC), 760 (DMC), 761 (DMC), 535 (DMC), 03 (DMC) Blanc (DMC)

FINISH:

Double mounted flat using red and white gingham and black and white large check fabric

**Also featured is "Garden of Love" from Stitching with the Housewives.**

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Home Is Where the Wreath Is - Strawberries

PATTERN:

"Home Is Where the Wreath Is - Wreath Swap 1"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FABRIC:

28 ct. Black Jobelan

FLOSS:

Turkish Red (WDW), Steamed Broccoli (CCW), 729 (DMC), Blanc (DMC)

FINISH:
Mounted flat with white cording on black and white large check fabric. Letters were purchased at Hobby Lobby and measure 4.5 inches.

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Hello Frosty!

Ever have a finishing idea for a piece and then when you go to actually finish it, you realize you have made a critical error in sizing? Well, that's what happened with this piece. I had "the most perfect" finishing item for this chart, and then once it was stitched and I went to go mount it, I realized it was at least two inches too small.... so I had to start from scratch.

I ended up just going with a basic frame. Once I finished the piece and the two backing mounts, it ended up being close to 9x11 inches, so this large frame I had in my stash had to do. I'm super frustrated about it, but at least I have a new piece to add to my winter vignettes this year.

The pattern is "Hello Frosty" from Stitching with the Housewives. It was stitched on 28 count black Jobelan using the called-for colors, except for the jar itself which I subbed out for "Caribbean Waters" from Classic Colorworks.

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SUNFLOWER POWER

Hello friends!

Finally got around to taking some photos of my upstairs sunflower display!

I love putting out my Harvest Chalkful by Hands on Design every year. This piece is definitely one of my favorites because the colors pop so well on the black fabric! And since that's the case, I always let this piece just "be" without any bows or embellishments. It's mounted (with magnets) on a wood plank easel, and it sits beside a little bee gnome that was a gift, and a small country sign on an old, rustic bench.

On my tiered tray, I added this sunflower pattern by Stitching with the Housewives and kept everything else the same. This piece was a freebie chart that came with one of the fall tiered tray tidbits. Super cute, and very fast stitch!

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Where Did June Go??

Hello friends!

This month is absolutely flying by! Between a little family vacation and getting our new puppy, Max, I don't even know where the time went! If you follow me on Instagram, you've already met Max, but in case you don't, here's a few photos I managed to grab when he sat still for .3 seconds!

Prior to bringing Max home, and in between chasing him around the house, I was able to finish up a few more pieces for the hutch downstairs -- just in time to take it all down and switch it out with patriotic decor.

I stitched and finished the June Cottage by Country Cottage Needleworks, but without the "June" title because I wanted to be able to keep this out for longer than just June. It has ladybugs and strawberries though so it was a must for the hutch. It's a pretty simple mounted flat finish in a frame using the same fabric and ribbons as most of the other pieces that surround it.

For the tiered tray in the kitchen, I stitched up another one of the seed packets from Stitching with the Housewives and finished it like Priscilla did with the model. It's mounted on one of those gingham blocks from Michaels. I had previously finished Daisy Seeds in the same way, so I thought they'd look cute on the same tray together.

On the top of the hutch, I switched out my Bunny Bakery finish with "Beeline" by Country Cottage Needleworks. 

Because it's not the same exact size, I had to make the mounted fabric behind it a little larger than the stitched piece, and then I added a bow in the center to fill in the gap. The enamel tin that it's magnetized to is in the enamel section of Hobby Lobby. They have two sizes: one says Flour and one says Sugar.

To finish up with the strawberry theme, I added a small finish of "Garden Love", one of the freebies that comes with the Stitching with the Housewives patterns. I opted to stitch it on taupe lugana instead of black, and then just swapped out the colors to match all of my other strawberry finishes.

This quick finish is just matted with buffalo check fabric and mounted to the front of this small black sign I found at Hobby Lobby in the spring section. It sits next to a galvanized watering can full of summer flowers. 

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