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Friday, February 15, 2013

Ladybug, Ladybug


Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks
Stitched on 40 ct. Lakeside Linens vintage light exemplar with flosses charted

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Hearts Day


Sandra Cozzolino
Free design
Stitched on 14 ct. white Aida with DMC as charted.  Finished as a Valentine's box using a coffee can.

I'd like to thank everyone for all of the recent comments, and wish you all a very happy Valentine's Day!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Home of a Needleworker (Too!)


Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks
Stitched on 40 ct. Lakeside Linens vintage light exemplar with called-for floss except changed the body of the house and the thread on the spool to Gentle Arts Sampler Threads brandy and changed the bottom swirls to Crescent Colours weeping willow

Monday, February 11, 2013

Snow White

  

Stitched on 14 ct. Charles Craft Classic Reserve aspen Aida with DMC blanc.  The cloth is a lovely sage-y green, but in all my photographs it looks grey.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Snowflakes


Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks
Stitched on unknown 32 ct. linen with called-for Crescent Colours floss

Saturday, February 9, 2013

The Counting House


Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks
Stitched on 26 ct. black Heatherfield using called for colors with the exception of substituting DMC 420 for Crescent Colors Roasted chestnut and DMC 3768 for the body of the house.  I also changed the order of the numbers to lead with 1 instead of 0.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Delft Sampler


Cross Stitch and Country Crafts magazine, January/February 1986 issue
Stitched on 14 ct. Aida with called-for DMC floss.  Modified to a memorial sampler honoring my maternal grandmother.  Replaced alphabets and numbers with personalization, and changed "Mother" to "Marmie" using lettering from the verse. This is much prettier and brighter in person.  I will try to get a better picture on a sunny day.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Home is Best


Primitive Bettys
Free design
Stitched on 40 ct. Lakeside Linens vintage light exemplar with unknown Anchor flosses from stash.  Hemstitched using this method, but I can no longer find the actual tutorial I used.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Red Birds for Peace


Belinda Karls-Nace of Blue Ribbon Designs
Freebie
Stitched on 32 ct. white MCG linen with DMC conversion.  The design is 56x56, but the linen is not evenly woven.  I substituted Mill Hill beads for the red stitches in the tree, and added sequins in place of the Smyrna crosses.  Hemstitched using a combination of this tutorial by Carol of iStitch and the stitch instructions from Intermediate Whitework by Teresa Wentzler.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Winter Sampler


Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks
Just Cross Stitch 2009 ornament issue
Stitched on 40 ct. Lakeside Linens vintage light exemplar with DMC as charted.  Hemstitched with DMC 842 and using a combination of this tutorial by Carol of iStitch and the stitch instructions from Intermediate Whitework by Teresa Wentzler.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Winter Wonderland


Mill Hill Buttons and Beads Winter Series (kit)
Stitched on provided 14 ct. light blue perforated paper with provided DMC floss and  Mill Hill beads and button

Friday, February 1, 2013

Bands of Many Colors

Progress as of 31 January


Eileen Bennett
Published in Just Cross Stitch magazine in seven parts starting with the September 1990 issue, design currently available for purchase from various online retailers and possibly from your LNS.  

Stitching on 40 ct. Lakeside Linens vintage light exemplar with DMC threads as charted, except 842 substituted for 739 to more closely match linen color.  Parts one and two completed, and part three started.  

My notes:  If you decide to stitch this from Just Cross Stitch, read ALL of the directions for ALL of the parts before starting, because there are more complete instructions for some of the stitches in later parts, including the note to use a color that matches your choice of linen in place of 739.  Also, this has A LOT of over one stitching (the stag, the verse, the thistle, some of the personalization), so bear that in mind when you choose your linen*.  

Started 14 January






*I chose my linen to fit a frame that I bought at a thrift store...