Stitching Makes Me Happy

Design: Stitching Makes Me Happy

Designer: Needle Bling Designs

Fabric: 36ct R & R Espresso

Threads: All the called for

Backed with fabric in the background from the 

Needle and Thread fabric line by Primitive Gatherings

Also made my very first tomato pincushion 

Country Home

Design: Country Garden

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: Fox and Rabbit 40ct Paperbark

Threads: Called for except for one. 

Used GAST Rose Garden instead of WDW Camilia

Backing Fabric: From Blackbird Designs Harvest Home 

fabric line from old stash

Love Is In The Air

Design: Love Is In The Air

Designer: Trail Creek Farm (Susan Ebright)

From Just Cross Stitch Magazine February 2003

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Cafe au Lait

Threads: Listed Gentle Art Sampler Threads

Backing Fabric: Blackbird Designs Garden Party

Chenille Trim: Lady Dot Ceates Peony

Friendly Blooms

Design: Friendly Blooms

Designer: October House Fiber Arts

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Winter Moon

Threads: Listed Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colours Works

New Stitching Update

Design: A Little Summer Sampler

Designer: La D Da

Fabric: Listed 40ct Pecan Butter Lakeside Linen

Threads: Listed Weeks Dye Works

Design: One Swan

Designer: Jeannette Douglas Designs

Fabric: 32ct Belfast Light Mocha

Threads: Listed Gentle Art Sampler Threads and

Classic Colourworks

Twisted Cord: DMC 221 and 3722

Design: Stars and Diamonds

Designer: Heartstring Samplers

Threads: Listed Gentle Art Sampler Threads

Fabric: 37ct Russian Tea Cake Legacy Linen

Design: Sock on the Line

Designer: October House Fiber Arts

Fabric: 32ct Belfast Antique White 

Backing Fabric: 32ct Belfast Lavender Mist

Threads: Listed with one substitute - Classic Colourworks 

Cobbled Peach for Polstitches Dragon Floss Ice Pink

Design: Oh Baby!

Designer: Lizzie Kate

Fabric: 32ct Belfast Antique White

Thread: Gentle Art Sampler Threads Aged Pewter

Design: The Bee Skep (from Agnes Platt's Strawberry Sampler Booklet)

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 32ct Belfast Limestone

Threads: All Listed

Design: Tudor Bee

Designer: The Blue Flower

Fabric: 40ct Picture This Plus Legacy

Threads: Listed DMC. Crown, bee, and honeycomb substituted 

for DMC 833 to show more on the fabric

Design: Summer Basket Button Bag (from the Sewing Club Book)

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 36ct Picture This Plus Legacy

Threads: Listed Weeks Dye Works

Design: A Bee C Zippie

Designer: Bent Creek 

Fabric: Substituted the large 18ct from the kit for 32ct Belfast Raw Linen

Threads: Substituted the DMC Pearl from the kit for DMC Stranded Cotton

Substitutes were made so that I could finish it as a scissors fob

Design: Willing Hands (from The Sewing Club Book)

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 36ct Picture This Plus Doubloon

Threads: Listed Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colourworks

Design: Ewe Be Well (freebie found here)

Made a couple of changes. Replaced the wording with more bees, and 

instead of a striped sheep used just one over-dyed and added swirls

Designer: Shepherd's Bush

Fabric: 32ct Belfast Limestone (stitched 1 over 2)

Threads: Several substituted for similar from stash

Just Another Blog Update…

Here’s just some of the stitching I have done since my last update. I have several more pieces that still need fully finishing. Hopefully I get around to doing that some day soon!

 

Design: Socks on the Line
Designer: October House Fiber Arts
Fabric: 32ct Belfast Antique White (stitched 1 over 2)
Backing Fabric: 32ct Belfast Lavender Mist
Threads: As charted with one substitute -
Classic Colour Works Cobbled Peach for
Polstitches Dragon Floss Ice Pink to show on the fabric

 

Design: Love is…
Designer: Carol Tinson (Heirloom Embroideries)
Fabric: 32ct Belfast Antique Ivory
Thread: Crescent Colours Belle Soie Rose of Sharon
Twisted cord made with DMC 902

 

Design: The Beekeeper (limited edition kit with fabric and thread in 2014)
Designer: Plum Street Samplers
Fabric: 35ct Natural Northern Cross Linen
Thread: Weeks Dye Works

 

Design: The Plymouth Sampler
Designer: Brenda Keyes (The Sampler Company)
Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Antique White Linen
Threads: DMC as charted with one substitute -
DMC 951 for 950 for the flesh to show more on the fabric

Design: Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow - block 4
Designer: Carriage House Samplings
Fabric: 40ct Legacy by Picture This Plus
Threads: DMC as charted

 

Unknown name and designer
Fabric: 22ct hardanger
Backed with dupion silk
Chenille trim from Victorian Sampler Motto

 

Design: American Heritage Collection - Bargello Adaptation 1 and 2
Designer: Homespun Elegance
Fabric: 28ct Ivory Jobelan
Threads: Listed DMC

As always, thank you so much for taking the time to visit.

Carol :)

Another Overdue Blog Update

I’ve been wanting to sit and do this for ages! I post my stitching on Instagram and Flickr, but I do still like to try and keep my blog up to date. 

Design: Forget Me Not

Designer: Heartstring Samplery

Fabric: 40ct Silvery Moon Newcastle Linen

Threads: Called for and substitutes. WDW Havana for GAST 

Maple Syrup, WDW Guacamole for GAST Green Apple, 

WDW Teal Frost for GAST Blue Jay

Backing Fabric: From Blueberry Crumb Cake by Blackbird Designs

Crochet Trim: DMC 931 Perle Cotton No.8 

Design: Sugar Skulls Mini Cushion Kit

Designer: Sheena Rogers Designs

Kit came with 14ct white Aida, DMC and backing fabric

Design: Project Quarantine

Designer: With Thy Needle and Thread

Fabric: 40ct Vintage Country Mocha (the non mottled side)

Threads: Some called for and 

GAST Maple Syrup, Picket Fence and Blueberry as substitutes
Backing Fabric: Old Glory Gathering by Primitive Gathering

Trim: Victorian Sampler Motto from stash  

Design: Dubai

Designer: Awesome Pattern Studio

Fabric: 32ct White Belfast Linen

Threads: Listed DMC

Design: Be Well (#bewellandstitch social media complimentary chart)

Designer: The Drawn Thread (chart can be found on the freebie link) 

Fabric: 32ct Antique Ivory Belfast Linen

Threads: Substituted all the DMC for similar 

in overdyed threads

Trim: Lady Dot Chenille Thundercloud

Design: I Will Stitch You In My Heart

Designer: Heartstring Samplery

Fabric: 36ct Flax Edinburgh Linen

Threads: DMC (substituted DMC 300 for DMC 3858 and

DMC 680 for DMC 729

 Trim: Victorian Motto Sampler chenille from stash

Design: Five Ladybugs

Designer: Jeannette Douglas Designs

Fabric: 32ct Platinum Belfast Linen

Threads: Called for GAST and CC

Substituted Harvest Basket for the eyelets to DMC Ecru

Design: No Bees No Honey

Designer: Birds of a Feather

Fabric: 32ct Birds of a Feather Barn Owl

Threads: GAST (called for and substitutes)

Design: A Merry Christmas Sampler

Designer: La D Da

Fabric: Listed 40ct Lakeside Pecan Butter

Threads: Listed DMC 

Design: Christmas Biscornu

Designer: Pamela Kellogg (Kitty and Me)

Fabric: 28ct White Cashel Linen

Threads: DMC

 Design: Two Tulips

Designer: Jeannette Douglas Designs

Fabric: 32ct Platinum Belfast Linen

Threads: GAST and CC

Substituted CC Clay Pot for CC Candied Yams to

match the Gingher scissors

Design: Halloween at Hawk Run Hollow (Block 3)

Designer: Carriage House Samplings

Fabric: 40ct Picture This Plus Legacy

Threads: DMC

Design: Pretty in Pink Limited Edition Kit

Designer: Indigo Rose

Fabric:32ct White Belfast Linen

Threads: Caron Waterlilies

Design: The Flower Gatherer

Designer: Abby Rose Designs

Fabric: 40ct R&R Reproductions Creme Brûlée

Threads: WDW, GAST and CC (called for and substitutes)

Backing Fabric: From Garden Party by Blackbird Designs

Trim: Lady Dot Creates Vintage Chenille

Design: Looking at the Stars

Designer: John Shirley

Fabric: 32ct Antique White Belfast Linen

Thread: Listed DMC

Design: There's Probably...

Designer: The Scarlett House

Fabric: 40ct Light Mocha

Thread: GAST Carriage Black and Gingersnap

Trim: Lady Dot Creates Vintage Chenille

Design: Handprint on my Heart

Designer: Heartstring Samplery

Fabric: R&R Reproductions 36ct Ligonier Latte 

Thread: Classic Colorworks Mer Bleu Belle Soie Silk

Twisted Cord: DMC 3768

Carol :)