Another project Completed!
This one is in the Suzy's Zoo series.
It's really cute.
I started it on my holiday in July and finished it on Friday night (22nd August).
So now it's back to doing "Girl Reading"
August 25, 2008
August 5, 2008
Birthday Card for Amy
This is the birthday card that I made for Amy's 18th birthday.
I did promise that this blog wouldn't just be about cross stitch and so here is my first non-cross stitch post.
For this card I've used rub-ons, stickers, ink stamping. No brads, but it looks like I have for puting on the 'Birthday Wishes' tag.
Inside the card I also used my Brother P-Touch for a 'Happy Birthday'.
I hope she likes it.
July 14, 2008
Bear with Rattle & Rocking Horse
This is the "Bear with Rattle" that I have done for my cousin's second child. It is so cute.
And this is the "Rocking Horse" that I did for a friend. Also very cute. Ok, so I guess you're wondering why there is no date on this one. Well, that's because I couldn't fit it under the name and it didn't look right anywhere else. The pattern didn't actually have a specific spot for a name - that was my addition to it.
Both are now wrapped and ready to give when I see them.
June 19, 2008
Baby Gifts
I now have a person to give the Rocking Horse to.
A friend of mine had a little girl last week (1st girl after 4 boys).
So, I will complete the name on it and get it ready for her.
I also really have to finish the other baby gift, as I will be visiting the family in a couple of weeks.
Don't worry, I will take photos and put them up of the framed, finished gifts. (Not until I've given them though.)
A friend of mine had a little girl last week (1st girl after 4 boys).
So, I will complete the name on it and get it ready for her.
I also really have to finish the other baby gift, as I will be visiting the family in a couple of weeks.
Don't worry, I will take photos and put them up of the framed, finished gifts. (Not until I've given them though.)
May 12, 2008
Update on Girl Reading
As promised here's a picture of my progress on this project.
I've actually done more since this photo was taken (26th April 2008), but it gives you an idea of how much I've done.
April 21, 2008
In case you are wondering ...
Yes, I am still stitching.
I completed the stitching of the baby gift, but I haven't framed it yet (too busy doing other things).
I'm still working on Girl Reading and it's going quite well. I'm not getting quite as much time on it as I would like, but I'm at a point where I keep having to changed colours and figure out which section to do next, so it's slow going.
I now have a nice new digital camera, so I will try to remember to take some progress photos so that you can see how much I've done.
Until next time ...
Happy stitching!
I completed the stitching of the baby gift, but I haven't framed it yet (too busy doing other things).
I'm still working on Girl Reading and it's going quite well. I'm not getting quite as much time on it as I would like, but I'm at a point where I keep having to changed colours and figure out which section to do next, so it's slow going.
I now have a nice new digital camera, so I will try to remember to take some progress photos so that you can see how much I've done.
Until next time ...
Happy stitching!
February 18, 2008
Found something for the Baby
Well, I couldn't find a kit that I liked, but I did find a cute book and decided to do one of the things from that.
When I went to Spotlight on Friday night the only baby kit that I could find looked even more girly than the rocking horse. So I looked through the little cross stitch chart books and found some really cute teddy bears doing baby things. There were groups of baby bears and single ones doing things like blowing bubbles.
The one is chose is a bear holding a rattle. It looks like it's about to fall over, but is very cute.
Once I decided what I was going to do, I went through the colour list and bought all the colours I would need (even though I knew Mum would probably have most of them at home anyway), the aida cloth (funny story there - I thought I got 14 count, but ended up with 16 count), and the framing bits and pieces.
I started it over the weekend. Check the new progress bar to see how I'm doing.
When I went to Spotlight on Friday night the only baby kit that I could find looked even more girly than the rocking horse. So I looked through the little cross stitch chart books and found some really cute teddy bears doing baby things. There were groups of baby bears and single ones doing things like blowing bubbles.
The one is chose is a bear holding a rattle. It looks like it's about to fall over, but is very cute.
Once I decided what I was going to do, I went through the colour list and bought all the colours I would need (even though I knew Mum would probably have most of them at home anyway), the aida cloth (funny story there - I thought I got 14 count, but ended up with 16 count), and the framing bits and pieces.
I started it over the weekend. Check the new progress bar to see how I'm doing.
February 13, 2008
Baby gift
Ahhhhh!! The baby is a boy!!
Ok, so that really is good news ...
... except that the Rocking Horse cross stitch is a bit to girly to give to a boy. The picture itself would be fine, but the colours are all wrong for a boy.
So now I have to find another cross stitch to do, and do it in a hurry.
Ok, so that really is good news ...
... except that the Rocking Horse cross stitch is a bit to girly to give to a boy. The picture itself would be fine, but the colours are all wrong for a boy.
So now I have to find another cross stitch to do, and do it in a hurry.
January 23, 2008
HELP!!
Does anyone know how to get pencil marks off aida cloth without having to take it off the scroll frame to wash it???
As I stitch, I mark off each square on my pattern with greylead pencil. The problem is that my scroll frame rested on the "coloured" in squares and I know have some of the pencil marks rubbed off onto my aida cloth.
I really don't want to take the work off the scroll frame because I would have to sew it back on, but I do have to get the stains out before I continue stitching on that part of it, because it would be visible in the finished areas.
I really hope someone reads this and has some answers for me.
In case you are wondering I have tried using an eraser designed for use on fabric, but that has left rubber residue and did not really work, in some spots it smudged it further.
As I stitch, I mark off each square on my pattern with greylead pencil. The problem is that my scroll frame rested on the "coloured" in squares and I know have some of the pencil marks rubbed off onto my aida cloth.
I really don't want to take the work off the scroll frame because I would have to sew it back on, but I do have to get the stains out before I continue stitching on that part of it, because it would be visible in the finished areas.
I really hope someone reads this and has some answers for me.
In case you are wondering I have tried using an eraser designed for use on fabric, but that has left rubber residue and did not really work, in some spots it smudged it further.
January 9, 2008
Working on it
Just an update on how I'm stitching.
Girl Reading is coming along well. I got some extra done while I was on holiday from work over Christmas. Not quite as much as I may have wanted to do, but there's always a lot going on at that time of year.
I would really like to finish it this year (2008), but we'll see.
No news on the baby yet, but I wouldn't expect that for another couple of weeks, maybe a month. Of course if the baby is born in exactly one month, we will share a birthday!
That's all for now, but keep checking the progress bar for this and you'll see how I'm going. Wish I had a digital camera, then I could take pictures of the progress and post them easily (I'm still using film).
Girl Reading is coming along well. I got some extra done while I was on holiday from work over Christmas. Not quite as much as I may have wanted to do, but there's always a lot going on at that time of year.
I would really like to finish it this year (2008), but we'll see.
No news on the baby yet, but I wouldn't expect that for another couple of weeks, maybe a month. Of course if the baby is born in exactly one month, we will share a birthday!
That's all for now, but keep checking the progress bar for this and you'll see how I'm going. Wish I had a digital camera, then I could take pictures of the progress and post them easily (I'm still using film).
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