My exchange to Carol has arrived and other stitching news.

Hi everyone, my exchange to Carol of Stitching Dreams Blog has finally arrived at it's destination and I am pleased to say that Carol loves what I sent to her. 

Cross stitch finishing ideas for Needlebook, Covered box, Strawberry scissor fob and bottle cap pincushion

Would you like some cross stitch finishing ideas?

I hope you like my embroidered covered box with accessories, including needlebook, scissor fob and bottle cap pincushion,  the box was supposed to be part of an exchange but I got glue on the fabric and it shows so I decided to start again and make something else, of course I made sure on the next project that I did not get glue everywhere!

Edited: 14 November 2019

Added more photos

 

I used DMC thread number 833 in this design, there are swarovski crystals on the scissor fob and I have put a small butterfly closing on the needlebook.

I loved finishing this embroidered strawberry scissor fob

I show how to finish a strawberry over on my cross stitch finishing blog, see the link below.

Pop over to my cross stitch finishing blog for ideas on how to finish your cross stitch 

Lynn's Cross Stitch Tutorials Finishing Ideas here

Until next time - happy stitching!

A pink cross stitched gift set

Pink cross stitched sewing case with matching accessories using my free parasol pattern.

I love making these little sets, the needlebook has a cute butterfly button and the pincushion has swarovski crystals attached.

More photos below.

Stitching news 

Thanks for all of your lovely comments on the Edwardian Lady Set.

I have been working on my Mirabilia Christmas design and Santas Village this week together with some work on an exchange I am involved with, I can show you those soon.

Craft room update   

I have also managed to find some curtains that I like for my craft room, they are looking gorgeous, I will show a photo soon, I need to tidy up a bit in there first! lol   

Mmmmm, I am not a tidy crafter, there is usually a mess when I am crafting, I wish I could be more tidy whilst working in there but I just cannot as I am in my own little world stitching away and not bothering about the mess.  

The huge advantage of having a room designated to craft is that you can leave a work in progress and return to it whenever, so no putting stuff away mid craft session!  

It is the one place that I absolutely love, I put the radio on and sing away whilst I craft without a care in the world! lol    

Until next time - Happy Stitching!

  

The Edwardian Lady Box Set

Hi everyone, here is the final part of The Edwardian Lady Set..........

Cross stitched box finally finished!

 

 



 

Hi everyone, I have finally finished the cross stitched Peacock Box - at last! 

You can see how to make a box like this if you check out my tutorials blog.

The pattern details can be found in this previous post

 

I have posted lots of pictures below.

 

 

 

 

 

Of course you know I love those Swarovski crystals!

 

 

I used DMC thread to make the cord for a  perfect match. 

 

I was going to put separate compartments in this but decided against the idea - perhaps next time. 

 

 

 

 

 

Last but not least, a bottlecap pincushion trimmed with Mill Hill beads.

 

Happy stitching everyone - until next time!

 

 

Little House Needleworks Rosie makes posies progress.

Hi everyone, firstly I would like to welcome my new followers and thank everyone for leaving comments on my blog, it is always appreciated. I am thrilled I have reached over 1300 followers, it is so nice to know you enjoy reading my little piece of the blog world! I considered doing a giveaway to celebrate but I am currently working on my 3rd blog anniversary giveaway for the end of  July, however, I will certainly be doing one just to celebrate my followers a little later, maybe sometime in September.

Stitching news
I have started stitching Rosie from Little House Needlework and I have posted more pictures below.
I chose the cream fabric because I did not have any darker coloured fabric in the right thread count and I particularly wanted to stitch this on 32 count. To allow for the fact that I used the cream fabric I had to backstitch the bee and the flowers to make them stand out, but I think it looks ok.

 

My work in progress on Rosie

Close up of the back stitched bee

Thankyou for your visit, I hope you have a happy stitchy week!
     

The winner is...........????? and another exchange to show.

Congratulations to to........................???????

Cole from Something for Cole blog (click here for blog)

Cole please leave me your email address.

I drew the name out of a hat, (sorry but I don't know how to do this electronically) it took me ages but I finally have a winner!

Thankyou so much everyone for entering my giveaway, I do hope you will continue to visit my blog.

Please don't be disappointed if you did not win, I have entered lots of blog giveaways and I have not won anything, ever, maybe one day I will be lucky!

 Stitching news

I have not done much stitching but I have an  exchange to show you, this is the one I made for Staci at 

Snippets and Stash blog here. 

I also have another one to show but I will show that on my next post.

I made this pinkeep with a ladybird design on the back,I then decided to use the fabric as a theme to base my design on. The little bottlecap pincushion is supposed to be a ladybird, this was based on the little bottlecap pincushions that Jenny Segrest makes here  

I decided to just embroider mine with the little daisy pattern to match the pinkeep.

The needlebook is my own design made from felt and blanket stitched around the edge. 

The alphabet is a free design, I can't remember where I got the grid from for the cross stitch, but if anyone would like a copy please leave a comment with your email address and I will send it to you.   

Here is the lovely exchange that Staci made for me. 

Staci made the two lovely pillows and stuffed them with crushed walnuts, I thought this was a lovely idea. I particularly liked the way that Staci trimmed the reverse side of the pillows. Also included were the threads that Staci used in stitching the design and the buttons ribbons and thread will certainly be useful for my forthcoming projects

  

Thankyou Staci, I enjoyed our exchange, I shall treasure these gifts and I will put them in my new craft room when it is finishesd! 

Happy stitching everyone, until next time!

   

A random act of kindness for Andrea

Hi everyone, I hope you are all fine and happy. 

I have recently finished this random act of kindness for Andrea over at The Craft Room blog here  .

Andrea sent me a RAK last year, it was a beautiful pinkeep made in blue and trimmed in gorgeous ribbon. I was so thrilled with such a lovely gift, ever since that day I have always intended to make Andrea a surprise gift too- well here it is!

I designed the box and made it in pink because I knew Andrea liked this colour combination and also liked boxes. I made the little bottle cap pincushion to match, it is trimmed with swarovski crystals - of course!

There are more photos below.

You can see Andreas rak to me(click here,) just scroll down the page.

Stitching news

I have recently finished a couple of exchanges but I cannot show them yet until they have been received by my partners. 

Thanks for stopping by, have a happy, stitchy day!

Mothers day gift and redwork lady.

Hi everyone, I thought I would show you the Mother's day gift I have made.

My Mother loved the little Valentine bag here with the pin cushions so much that I decided to make it all again, but in her favourite colours of creams, coffee and gold. It is amazing how different it looks in a softer colour palette. I made the little bag just a bit larger than the last one, I embroidered the design free hand onto the front and made the little pillows and the bottlecap pincushion to go inside.

I have also finished my first attempt at redwork, this pattern was a freebie from here ( Needlecrafter website ) there are so many lovely emroidery designs to down load and trace for redwork or any embroidery project. I am unsure how I am going to finish this, I may make it into a quilted wall hanging but I need to buy some red fabric to complement the design.

I used a special disappearing ink pen  to trace the design but it disappeared to quick for my liking, so the next design I traced using a fine pencil.

All the blue marks have completely disappeared now.  

REBECCA'S GIVEAWAY

Rebecca at Gather Ye Roses Blog is having a lovely giveaway until the 20th March, if you have never visited Rebecca's blog then do so now as she makes some gorgeous creations, you won't be disappointed! 

Rebecca's blog here

I would like to welcome all of my new followers to my blog!

Happy stitching everyone!

The winners of my Valentine giveaway and my friends birthday gift.

Hi everyone, 

The winners of my Valentine giveaway are: 

First prize of the heart shaped pillow and the bottle cap pincushion goes to

Stitching Fiend ( Anette B ) click

Second prize of the little square pillow goes to  

The Thread Gatherer ( Deb ) 

One of the little bottlecap pincushions go to

Quietly stitching ( Hazel ) 

Days of a Sampler Lover ( Margaret ) 

Stitching news and new patterns

I am just putting together the instructions for the heart shaped valentine pillow and I will be showing step by step instructions on my tutorial blog here .

Here is the One World One Heart set made up in pink, I decided to make this as a birthday gift.

The oblong pillow pattern will be available in my next post. 

I have posted a tutorial showing how to make this tuffett pillow

on my tutorial blog here

The bottle cap pincushions instructions are available here and

inspiration for bottle cap pin cushions can be found here

Quite a few people have asked me where I got these '' hand made with love'' 

charms. I found the ones I used from Thread Bear here in the UK.

I attached this charm using my favourite stitch - blanket stitch. 

Happy stitching!  

My little red bag

Hi everyone, I have made a copy of the Valentine giveaway for myself and decided to make this little bag to store my Valentine smalls in, the inspiration for this bag came from Martha Stewart's website here 

I did alter the design and finish but at least you can see the basic tutorial.

Happy stitching, until next time!