June Update!

Hi Everyone

I'm a bit late in updating the IHSW, but I'm finally here.  I said I would show you each stage of the stitching of my Hardanger hearts, so here they are:-

1 of 3 Finished Hardanger Heart with Square filling together with pearl beads.

Kloster blocks in place.

Algerian Eye Stitch in place.

Threads cut and removed.

Woven Bars and Square filling stitch done.

2 of 3 Hardanger Heart finished with  Square and Dove's Eye filling together with pearl beads added.

3 of 3 Hardanger Heart finished with Square and Dove's Eye filling together with pearl beads added.

Hardanger Heart with threads removed and pulled, awaiting filling stitches.

First motif on left is a Blanket Stitch Flower.  The middle motif is Edelweiss Stitch.

All 3 motifs now finished.  Left - Blanket Stitch Flower.  Middle - Edelweiss Stitch.  Right - Lacy Needlewomen Medallion.

I have not been very happy with the Edelweiss Stitch and I have re-stiched it 3 times already.  I think I will re-do it again until I'm happy with it.

All of the above are going to be for Wedding/Wedding Anniversary Cards.  All I need to do is find some cards to mount them in.  I will eventually show you them when they are finished.

Now for something different.  Here is a finish.  A Christmas Angel cross stitch design by Permin.

Christmas Angel design by Permin.  Now Finished.

Freebies

I know that you are enjoying some of the freebies that I have found on the web, so here's some more for you.

10 years of Fairy Day Celebration Ebook

All 10 years of Fairy Day Celebration is in this Ebook.  Click on the link above to go to Passione Ricamo and click on the link to the Ebook.

The 2016 Fairy Day freebie can be found here.

If you are on Facebook there are some good freebies to be found:-

Cross Country Stitching have some lovely free charts and can be found here.  Just scroll down the page and there is a pdf link to each chart.

Durene Jones Cross Stitch also has lots of freebies.  Just click on Photos to see the selection.  Can be found here.

Well time is flying by and I need to go.   

I hope you enjoy these freebies.

Until next time.

Take Care and Happy Stitching Everyone.

IHSW and Freebies

Hi Everyone

It the International Hermit and Stitching this Weekend from 17-19 June.  So I'm planning to get some stitching done.  I'm hoping to show you some before and after pics of my stitching.  It's mainly Hardanger hearts, as I have some Weddings and Wedding Anniversary cards to complete.  So watch this space.

Freebies

There are some lovely SALs and freebie cross stitch charts that I wanted to share with you.  There are a few Calendar SAL that I have found.

I'm sure there are lots who are following The Snowflower Diaries and the Joyful World SAL.  I thought I would list the link for each month for you.

January, February, March, April, May, June and July.  Just click on the month to go directly to the page.

DMC Italy also has a Calendar, and all the charts can be found here:-

January and February, March and April,  May and June, July and August,  September and October, and finally November and December.

Here is what it looks like.

Lesley Teare's Blog has some lovely freebies.  Here is a link to some Honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle.

Permin has a freebie of a pot of flowers, which can be found here.

Pot of flowers.

I hope you enjoy these freebies.

Until next time.

Take Care and Happy Stitching Everyone.

Show and Tell!

Hi Everyone

Last month I was busy stitching but could not show you, but I can now.  I managed to finish the lettering during the last IHSW week end.

Noah's Ark - from a Donna Kooling book.

For the Noah's Ark design, I used my own colours, as I have so many left over threads that I could use.  The original colours are more pastel shades.  As the card was for a boy I changed the pink elephants for mauve and purple.

I found these two little design from Creative work Shops from Hetti.  It can be found here:- http://creativeworkshopsfromhetti.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/sal-delft-blue-love-to-stitch-part-5.html
I used my own colours from my stash.  I think I might make it into a needle case.

This little blackwork design is in Cross Stitch Crazy Issue 212.  A Lesley Teare design.

This little Celtic Knot design is not yet finished, so is a Work in Progress or WIP.

A little Cross design for Easter.

A Margaret Sherry Design.  Another Work in Progress - but nearly there.

Easter

I hope everyone enjoyed a joyful Easter.  I received a beautiful cross stitched card from my friend Mary Grace in Malta.

The design can be found on a Polish blog called Hafted Malowane, and can be found here:-http://danihaft.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/moje-juz-wielkanocne-wzorki.html

I sent Mary Grace one of my own little Celtic Cross designs.

Freebies

As usual I would like to share some freebies that I have discovered on the web.

The free April chart by Lesley Teare is of a little teddy bear.  This would make a great Birthday Card.  Can be found here:- http://www.lesleyteare.com/story/free-april-chart

Here is this months free download graph from Permin.  Can be found here:- http://www.permin.dk/uk/news/download-graph.html

This is one of many free designs by Kathy Bungard at Gracewood Stitches, and can be found here:-

http://fridayschild-dorrit.blogspot.co.uk/p/free-patterns.html

Giveaway

Nancy at the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe is having a "New Line of floss give-away, enter now!!!"  Drawing to be 15 April, so there is still time to enter.

Well!  I hope I have remembered to share with you all that things that I have stitched and all the things that I wanted to share with you.

Until next time.

Take Care and Happy Stitching Everyone

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend

Hi Everyone

It's some time since I last blogged!  Well, I have been stitching, but I can't show you yet, so you will have to wait a bit longer.

This weekend it's the IHSW.  There is still time to join in.  Here is the link.  Joining in will help me get some importent stitching done, and hopefully finished!



As I have not got much to show you,  I thought I would share some cross stitch freebies with you.

Here is a pretty rose design from Lesley Teare which can be found here.

Here is another freebie from Permin, but only available for March.  There is a new chart each month.

Until next time.

Take Care and Happy Stitching Everyone

Update on my 2015 and 2016 stitching.

Hi Everyone

It was February last year when I last showed you my stitching.  So I thought I would show you how I have progressed on some of the items I last showed you.

Yes, I have a finish.  The two Dutch children is now done.  It was a freebie from 'Borduurblad', and can be found here.  I'm now thinking of making it into a small pillow.

I have progressed with the 'Delft Blue Tiles', but not as far as I would have liked.  There are still lots more to do.  A link to the 2012 SAL can be found here.

Hetti has a new SAL called Merkwaardip Merklap / Sampler and can be found here.  I just love old samplers and wish I could stitch more, and I also love the designs that Hetti has on her blog.

Other items that I have stitched during the year

Loved this design of "See no Evil, Speak no Evil and Hear no Evil.  This was a freebie from
J Rosa Creation, but I cannot find it on her blog anymore.

This is a Textile Heritage 'Celtic Bird Needle Case' Kit.  Just need to finish it off and make it up into the Needle Case.

Close up of the Celtic Bird.

Here is another Textile Heritage Kit.  This time its a Lavender Sachet.  I just need to finish off the backstitching before making up.

Some Finishes for 2015

This is the birthday card I stitched for my friend Janet.  She loves mermaids.  This is a freebie from "The Little Stitcher"  and its called 'The Guardians of the Sea'.

Here is the Golden Wedding Anniversary Card that I stitched for my brother and his wife.

Here is a close up of the Hardanger work.  I have a basic heart pattern that I often use, but used different filling stitches in the centre each time I use it.  As it was for a Golden Wedding, I used gold metallic threads and beads that were in my stash.

Here is a Ruby Wedding Anniversary card for my friend Joyce.  I did not have very much time to do this one, but managed to quickly stitch this in time.



This is the Christmas card I stitched for Mary Grace in Malta.  This is from a cross stitch chart by 'Designing Women Unlimited', called "Angel Orchesta".   I changed the colours of the dress and added my own beads that I had in my stash.




Here is the Christmas card I stitched for my daughter and her family.  The chart can be found here.  The family love monkeys.  I was not sure how to decorate the card, but I found these light bulbs to decorate it from my stash.

Christmas Designs

Next are some Christmas designs that I have stitch.  Some will be made into Christmas tree decorations and others into Christmas Cards.

These three designs came from 'Cross Stitch Card Shop' issue 45.  They are designed by Lesley Teare.

Woodland animal Owl

Christmas Baby Deer

Here are two more Lesley Teare designs and are freebies on her blog.

Angel with candle, from a Framecraft design.

This is a Aury TM design.  A Quaker Nativity.

Another Nativity design found in my stash.  I think I shall redo the star and do it in gold metallic thread.

2016 Finishes

This is a Permin design of Santa walking down the stairs.

Another Permin design of a snowman and elf.

 

Finally, I've managed to show you all the things that I have done.

Until next time.

Take Care and Happy Stitching Everyone