Hi everyone, here is my latest stitching for this week, it is a little ORT bag to place my old ragged threads into when I am stitching.
RAK'S received and show and tell from readers.
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Hi everyone, two random acts of kindness were sent from my blog a couple of weeks ago and I am very pleased that they both reached their destinations safely.
Little red bag and sewing machine necklace finished with free pattern.
I have now moved away from my blue stitching for the moment and concentrated on a bit of red stitching, I designed this pretty little bag including the cross stitch design which is available as a freebie, I showed a sneak peak last week.I then decided to make a necklace with a mini sewing machine, so here it is!
Cross stitched bag, pinkeep and pillow.
I decided to make my first cross stitched drawstring bag and use a cross stitch design that I finished quite some time ago, the Amitie design is a freebie from Martine's blog here
The pinkeep and little pillow I finished for a friend some time ago, you can get the small pillow pattern from my blog here
The free alphabet pattern is available from me via email in my profile.
I show how to fringe the edge in the photographs below.
On reflection I think I should have put the seam down the side, mmmm!
How to fringe the edge
Cut along the fabric edge
Stitch the fabric about 1cm from the edge in a straight line
Pull the threads like this
until you get to the stitching and there you have it, a nice fringed edge!
Happy stitching!
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!
Tea and strawberries
More photographs below- click the photo for a close up view.
Hi everyone, I have been busy stitching felt strawberries this week, mmmmm do you think they look good enough to eat! I found inspiration to make these from my blogging friend Paulette at Beedeebabee blog here , if you have never been to her blog I urge you to go over a check it out, Paulette makes the most exquisite felt creations! I have seen these strawberries in various forms on lots of blogs and it was always my intention to have a go at making them, but when I saw Paulettes I just could not resist making them right away, they only took a couple of evenings to make, the instructions can be found on Paulettes blog.
As you can see I absolutely love strawberry themes, hence the teaset and matching tray. I decided to make the little bag to match, it is made from polyester cotton fabric. The next time I make this bag I would make the cord out of green instead of white and then I would attach the strawberries to the bag cord but I did not think of that until I had finished it!
I decided to pop over to the The Graphics Fairy blog here, to obtain the strawberry picture, Karen has some lovely old photos and pictures that you can download for free, it really is a blog to inspire.
I used transfer paper to put the picture on the fabric.
The image is printed the reverse way around. You can write words on the photographs by editing the picture in Picasa 3, this can be downloaded free from the internet.
If anyone has requested one of my patterns and you have not received a response it is because your emails were set up as 'no reply', please leave me your email addresses and I will send them to you.
I would like to welcome all of my new followers to my blog, I really appreciate all of your visits.
Happy stitching!
Wow - just take a look at this exchange from Margaret!
More photo's below.
Wow - do I feel spoilt!
Hi everyone, thankyou for all of the lovely comments on my second anniversary giveaway, I am replying to everyone, and I am hoping to visit all of your blogs too. I really appreciate your comments, they are an inspiration to carry on blogging!
There is still time to enter my giveaway, just click on the picture on the right hand side or check out the previous post to this one.
Well, I have had the most wonderful week opening exchanges and I just had to show you this gorgeous exchange I received from Margaret in Spain, isn't it just absolutely wonderful, I do feel very spoilt!
Now if you have never visited Margarets blog (click here) then go there now, you will not be disappointed, Margaret makes the most beautiful stitched bags you are ever likely to see, they really are scrumptious, and now I own one yippee!!!!
Thankyou so much Margaret for a wonderful exchange, you are so generous making me such wonderful gifts, I shall treasure them always. They will also take pride of place in my new craft room when it is finished.
I have also received a beautiful exchange from Stacy over at Snippets and Stash blog but I have not taken the photo's yet. I will tempt you with those goodies next time.
My time for exchanging will diminish over the next few months because I have some building works being carried out on my home, however I am hoping to pick up on exchanges nearer to Christmas. I am particularly looking forward to getting my new craft room decorated, and I am sure I will take plenty of photo's to put on my blog to show progress.
Thankyou once again Margaret for a wonderful exchange, I hope you like mine as much as I like yours!
Happy stitching and thankyou for the lovely comments, I really appreciate them.
Birthday gift for Jill
Here is the birthday gift I sent Jill at the Purple Peacock blog,
I made the box and designed the pattern for the box lid myself, the free pattern for the top of the box
will be available in my next post. The pin pillow and bag is my own design.
The pinkeep was made using a Debbie Draper freebie (I can no longer find the site) and the alphabet used for the little bag was a freebie but I have lost the information where I got the pattern from, however, I think it was from the DMC website, but if anyone would like a copy I can email it to you. I am hoping to locate where I got it from, but if anyone can help please let me know!
I made a fimo clay teapot following instructions from You Tube and the teacup was made following instructions from a book I have.
The embroidered flowers inside the needlebook
I plaited DMC satin thread for the cord on the bag
Swarovski crystal trim on the ribbon
Thankyou for your visit - please leave a comment as I love reading them!
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