Hi everyone, I have finished cross stitching the Santa pattern from Mirabilia, just need to do the beading!
Exchange gift has arrived at the destination
Hi everyone, here is the gift I made for my partner Heike in a recent exchange on Ravelry.
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
Hi everyone, here is my latest creation, a pink cross stitched sewing case with matching accessories using my free parasol pattern.
Quilted needlebook, pinkeep and strawberry, also winner of giveaway announced.
Hi everyone, I finally managed to get some stitching done in my craft room and here is what I have been making, a quilted needlebook, matching pinkeep and felt strawberry. I designed the pattern based on the cross stitch sewing machine pattern I designed a while ago. I stitched it on white fabric and then chose this wine coloured fabric with cream polka dots but then realised I should have stitched the design onto cream fabric, but hey, never mind it will just have to do!
My first design has been published and my latest felt stitching.
Hi everyone, I was going through some of my photos and saw that I had not published this needlework set I made in August, it is made from blue felt and stitched with spider web roses and mill hill beads, it is one of my own designs.
Here is the inside of the needlebook and the reverse side of the pillow
Stitching news.
I was very excited this week when I visited the local book store, I saw that my first design had been published in this months World Of Cross Stitching Magazine, it was on the front cover! This has been in the planning stage for some months but I did not want to say anything until it actually happened.
Unfortunately, my magazine has not yet arrived in the post, it should be arriving any day now, when it does I can show the magazine on my blog and you can see the Christmas design that I stitched, you will have to buy the magazine though if you wish to stitch the pattern.
I designed and stitched a round Christmas Ornament with swarovski crystals attached.
I am still stitching Rosey Posie from Little House Needleworks, she is looking very cute and I should have a photo for you soon.
Welcome to all of my new followers.
Happy stitching, until next time!
Paris giveaway winner and look what arrived for me!!!!!!
Hi everyone, apologies for the delay, someone had hacked into my blog and set a divert to another website, this prevented me from announcing my giveaway winner. Thankfully I managed to fix it quickly after searching in my widgets to see if I could find it, sure enough it was there!
I had to do an awful lot of reading on the internet to find out how to solve the problem.
I have a couple of things to tell you about but first up is the winner of my Paris giveaway, I set up the draw using the old fashioned way of folding up tiny bits of paper everytime I recieved a comment.
The winner is ................................
Lynn from Kearnel's Corner blog
Congratulations Lynn, you get everyting in the photo below!
Please email me your address details and I will send it to you before the end of next week, however, it could be sooner, depends when I manage to get to the post office.
Thankyou to everyone who entered and a warm welcome to all of my new followers, I did try to reply to everyone, however some of you did not leave me a way to reply to you, but thanks for your lovely comments I really appreciated them all!
My next giveaway!
My next giveaway will be in the middle of September, it will not be stitch related.
I have been asked by My Memories Suite to host a digital scrapbooking software freebie on this site, I have never used it before until now and all I can say is that it is really easy to use and I now know what all those digital scrapbboking folders were for! lol
I will be showing some photo examples and be giving away one of these Digital Software programmes free to one lucky reader of my blog, so keep your eyes open for that!
A gift to myself
Although I love sewing I think sometimes it is nice to have someone else make something for me as a special treat, when I saw this pillow and gift tags (top photo) I decided to do just that!
It arrived a few weeks ago, it was beautifully wrapped and it was like having Christmas in August!
I bought this from a talented blogger who also happens to be called Lynn, she has a beautiful blog at
Teacup Stitches blog here but I bought this from Lynn's Etsy shop here, go check it out, be warned, Lynn sells her pillows fast!
There is a close up photo of the pillow below, check out the lovely diamante heart, it's so cute!
Thankyou Lynn, it was such a treat to receive this in the post, I know I will order from you again soon!
Talking of pillows, I have made this black and white pillow after taking inspiration from Lynn!
This beautiful lady image was printed on cotton fabric and then embroidered with french knots in lilac and pink to give it some colour, I also put a swarovski crystal on each flower in the corner.
That's it for this week, happy stitching everyone, until next time!
My third anniversary giveaway ---- Ooooo La La Paris!
Hi everyone, it was my third anniversary for blogging on the last day of July and here is my giveaway to one lucky winner, I do hope you like it!
This giveaway is now closed!
Designed and created by Lynn B
More photos below.
Included in this giveaway:
A cotton door pillow with a transferred image of a Paris cafe
Measurement 14cm x12m
Two felt strawberry scissor fob pin cushions, one pink and one white
Measurements 3cm across the top and 3.5cm from the top of each strawberry to the bottom.
One felt needlebook - including three polymer clay pins,
two cupcakes and one pink and black teapot.
Needlebook measures 6cm by 7cm when closed and 12cm when fully open
The cross stitch design for the needlebook is available in my freebies on my blog.
One pink and black cupcake brooch.
Measures 5cm x 5cm
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED
You must be a follower to participate - new followers are welcome.
1) Comment on this post and tell me you are a follower.
2) Take the top photo and post about this giveaway on my blog - another point for doing this.
The giveaway closes on Sunday evening the 28th August 2011,
the winner will be announced a few days later.
If you have not had chance to see the winner of my last giveaway for the brooch, please see previous post.
I stitched black ribbon and one bright pink swarovski crystal to the top of the canopy
to give it a three dimensional appearance.
Cupcake needlebook with silver thread stitches on 32 count black linen
Cute cupcake and teapot pins.
The teapot measures 1cm not including spout and handle, 2cm including spout and handle!
Swarovski crystal bead to fasten
Cupcake brooch with swarovski crystal trim and black mill hill beads
Who says that strawberries have to be red!
Pretty ribbon trim
Good luck to everyone!
One World One Heart Giveaway!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
Hi everyone, welcome to my blog and this years giveaway for the One World One Heart event,
Hi everyone, welcome to my blog and this years giveaway for the One World One Heart event,
if this is your visit here please make yourself at home!
My name is Lynn, I love cross stitch and anything to do with crafts including sewing, making things from felt, polymer clay, card making, calligraphy e.t.c. the list goes on. I have been sewing since I was 7 years old, my love of sewing was passed on to me from my Mother.
This year I have decided to make a collection of items that include other mediums besides cross stitch.
My giveaway for 2011 One World One Heart giveaway.
A needlepouch
Scissor keep - scissors not included
Needlecase with polymer clay cupcake and strawberry pins inside
Polymer clay handmade buttons and a little teapot
6 'made with love' metal tags
Small pouch with hand made label inside
I show how to make these labels on my cross stitch tutorials blog here
Everything fits neatly inside!
Fabric used for pouch
The cross stitch pattern for the rose on the scissor keep can be found here at Gazette 94 blog, it is part of the large pattern shown on this page.
The design for the rose on the needlebook can be found here from Jennys blog - thankyou ladies for these lovely free patterns.
The link to the pattern for the little pouch can be found here, the instructions are in French but they are easy to follow, you will find lots of lovely tutorials for bags on this blog.
Welcome to everyone, enjoy your visit!
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
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!
Free cross stitch pattern for the Needlebook from previous post.
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well!
I would just like to thankyou for all of your encouraging comments I received about my boxed set in the last post, it really was a hit with everyone, you all seemed to love it. I would also love to welcome all of my new followers, thankyou so much for taking an interest in my work!
The pattern below is for the little matching pillow and is now available, please email me for a copy asking for the Pink and Green Summer Pillow so that I know which one you would like.
Needlebook pattern
I have put together the Needlebook cross stitch grid for you to take if you wish - just click on the image above and print it off, I am currently redoing the pattern for the needlebook to make it clearer.
The straight stitches are quite easy to do, but if you look at the photo below you will be able to see how they are made, just stitch some straight stitches next to each other to create the diamond shapes, but be careful when counting where to put the stitches as this can be quite tricky.
Happy stitching everyone, until next time.
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