Halloween exchange

It was stitched by Angie and is so cute, I absolutely love it and it is so beautifully finished off. Thanks Angie

A bit late but Happy Easter

This is the lovely piece Hannah stitched for me in the Easter exchange. I think it is a Lizzie Kate design.

Quick cross stitch for Christmas

I saw something in a magazine that gave me the idea for this simple cross stitch wall hanging. It should be a quick stitch for someone. It can be stitched in gold or a gold coloured floss blended with Kreinik blending filament. I wish I had the time to do it myself but I have presents to stitch and I haven't done any for about a week.

After 8 years

I found this the other day and thought that it was time I finished it off, considering it has been hanging around the house, stitched but with no embellishments since 2000. I found the gold thread and then some beads, so I sat down and finished it. The little bunches of floss on her apron and in her hair were a bit of a pain but now everything is finished, they were worth the effort. All I need now is to find a nice frame for her. The chart was from the Cross Country Stitcher magazine and is not one of my designs

Peace on earth

Here is my latest design/stitching project. I was playing the other night and came up with this and decided that I had to stitch it. Unfortunately the scan doesn't show up the colour of the cloth as well as I would like it to, it looks navy blue but it is quite a bright royal blue. Also it doesn't show up the sparkly bits in the snowflakes, but I think it is OK. The letters are stitched in white and the flakes are stitched with 2 strands of white and one strand of 032 Kreinik blending filament. It is roughly 8" wide by 5 " high.

It is a quick stitch and only took me a couple of hours for about 3 nights. Easy to do while watching television. It looks a bit skewiff but I just couldn't get it to sit straight in the scanner.

Biscornus, my new obsession

No doubt you are asking what a biscornu is - they are what I call "little wonky pincushions", however, the word "biscornu" is a French adjective meaning "that which has an irregular form, with projections" or "complicated and bizarre." Unfortunately you can't see the whole of it to appreciate its unusual shape because of my uselessness with a camera, however this gives you an idea what they look like. I have stitched 4 of them so far and have 3 on the go at the moment.

I have designed all of the ones I am stitching and the 2 in the photos above. They don't need to just be used as pincushions, you can add a cord and hang it as a decoration. One of the ones I am stitching at the moment is for a friend's Christmas tree.

Inspiration

Here goes, my very first post on my blog, but what am I going to say - Last night I was looking at some Christmas cards on a website and one of them prompted me to design a new Snowman cross stitch design.