This is my first project for ages due to moving house and a holiday. My aim was to use things only from my stash so I found a piece of evenweave fabric (24 threads to the inch) and a collection of threads I'd been given and stitched this sampler based on
Cross-stitch by hand - this kit was bought for me by scottie0930 from a French supermarket last summer.
Cross stitch cushion. Seeing spendlove's beautiful cushion I remembered the embroidery I made for my mother. She did not want it to be framed and sewed it on a silk pillow. It needs to be cleaned and has been in a drawer for almost 2 years.I reall
Just a little sumptin' I did a bit back but never posted, but cross stitch is on my mind...loved these little ladybugs and had to have them for myself...still love wearing this...
Lovin' the Cross Stitch...so I did this Floral Frame as part of a digitizing cross stitch challenge for my class. I actually did the cross stitch with batting underneath it and then quilted the inside to make a table mat...this was a bit challenging for
Chris' biscornu inspired me to digitise a few more. This is the one I stitched out. I have yet to sew the parts together to a biscornu. I like to do that by hand and use a whipstitch through the straight stitch outline. I think that gives a crisper resul
I managed to finish this cross stitch picture while I was away on holiday. It used thread in different thicknesses - the manes were one strand, most of the rest was two, but the black areas were three strands. It measures about 16x8 (inches) The kit was a
Cushion - a gift for our neighbour who kept an eye on the garden while we were away. The chaffinch is hand cross-stitch which I worked on while we were on holiday. I digitised a simple oval frame with a rope edge to applique it onto the cushion cover.
ITH placemat - made in my macrohoop (the overlap was a challenge!) The underside is only stitched around 3 sides. This forms a pocket, into which I have put a piece of (recycled) table protector. If you look carefully you will see that I didn't get the g
Pincushions Have been playing a bit more with cross stitch designs. Here are some of the pincushions I did.
Guest towel with cross stitch border. After digitising a design to illustrate what I was trying to say, I just had to stitch one out. I think I might delete the curls and make a number of leaves to get a nice freestanding (as opposed to part of a b
Biscornu The last pincushion, I really must do something else. They all fit a 4x4 hoop. I stitched a treble stitch on my sewing machine along the edge (forgot to digitise that) and used a whip stitch through those stitches to sew the two
Chambray top with cross-stitch poppies. I could just get the neck edging and the poppies to fit in my 200mm square hoop. I added the facing in the hoop as well. Hope you like it! Sue
Cross stitch ornament Carolyn really got me going with the cross stitch module. Inspired by the red and gold heart designs I came up with this - used the traditional methods of decoration and it looks (and feels) like the real McCoy. It stitched ou
My 1st machine cross stitch project - Cat Cosmetic Bag. Made this for my young niece, who loves cats. This design stitches out beautifully. There was one "x" missing from the file, so I added it by hand after the rest of the design finished