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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Hello July!

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I started my July decorating upstairs as I've recently finished some new patriotic pieces.

I worked on my tiered tray first as it always seems to give me the biggest problem and chose to make Barbara Ana's "Freedom" piece the focal point. "Freedom" is matted with coordinating fabric and mounted (with magnets) to the front of a white-washed box I found at Michaels awhile back. The tray also has a USA-themed galvanized standup I found at Kirklands, a wood star trio I found at a thrift store last year in KC, some mason jars, and patriotic picks, flowers and flags.

I was able to stitch up this patriotic house found in the Sweet Land of Liberty book by Blackbird Designs, and when I found the blue wooden standup at Michaels, I knew they had to go together. 

I also was able to finish Freedom House by Little House Needleworks, a piece I've admired for years so I knew I wanted that to be front and center. It's matted with some fabric and mounted (again with magnets) to the front of this stand-up square frame I found at Kirklands this year. For height, I flipped over a galvanized box for it to sit up, and placed it in this blue weathered tray I also found at Kirklands.

Stars and Stripes from Little House Needleworks was stitched on 36 ct to make it tiny enough to sit atop this small grey pedestal I found at Michaels to off-set the flag-themed metal vase I placed on the other side.

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Cock-a-Doodle-Doo

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This morning while in the middle of working through my client finishing piles, I was able to fully finish my Cock-a-Doodle-Do piece by Barbara Ana Designs.

Awhile back I had finished this piece for someone else and loved it, so I immediately bought the pattern and stitched it up, finishing it very much the same way as hers.

This piece didn't have the smoothest start as I quickly found out that the fabric I had chosen was a little too light for the white rooster to show up so I actually dunked the fabric in some tea-coffee mix and kept on stitching. Luckily that did the trick!

The stitched piece is matted with some coordinating fabric and mounted to the front of this grey-washed easel with magnets (so I can switch out the design seasonally). I edged the piece with some twine and then added a bow with a star center to the corner. I absolutely love it and thank Andrea so much for enabling me!

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Freedom Finishes

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Took a small break from finishing for others to finish a couple more patriotic designs I had stitched before going on vacation.

This first FFO is probably my favorite patriotic design. I've stitched it three times now: twice for others and once for myself. I love how it looks in my patriotic display and I always look forward to putting it out. I used black and tan homespun fabric for the backing and edged the stitched piece with twine before adding a bunch of ribbons to the top with a cover button center.

One of the most asked questions I get is where to buy this pattern, and unfortunately, it's not an easy link I can add. You CAN get it by joining the Star Spangled Stitchers group on Facebook though. Its in the freebies section by Barbara Ana Designs.

The next FFO was this cute little patriotic design from Heart in Hand. I turned it into a mounted flat ornament using the same black and tan homespun fabric and then added some patriotic ribbon and a small white bow.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Merry Mini Making: Free

Designer: Heart in Hand

Fabric: 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha Lugana

Colors Used: DMC 3777, 3768, 731, 729, 3371, 422, White

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Freedom!

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Just moved this patriotic easel finish off my table and I'm LOVING IT! I've always wanted to stitch this freebie by Barbara Ana Designs, and now that I have, I can't wait to stitch it again to put in one of my Fourth of July displays. 

The freebie is from the Star Spangled Stitchers group on Facebook. I stitched it up a remnant of some 28 ct evenweave Monaco I had tea-dyed and then matted it with my favorite primitive homespun fabric before mounting both to this black easel. I added some twine around the edges and then made a bunch of bows our of coordinating ribbon before attaching the cover button to the center.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Freedom (Freebie)

Designer: Barbara Ana Designs
Fabric: 28 ct tea-dyed evenweave Monaco

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