St. Patty's to Easter

I started with the Valentines wreath, but could not stop there. I had to make a St. Patty's wreath as well as an Easter one. I stuck with my burlap wreath and had some fun.

For my St. Patty's wreath I wanted to try a technique that me and my mom had tried years and years ago. I'm not thrilled on the way they turned out, but oh well, I didn't give myself much time to work with, so it had to do.

You use fabric wrapped wire, and bend it into the shape that you want. For me I did 4 leaf clovers. Then you glue them onto the fabric.  I used way too much glue, and it didn't turn out the way I really wanted, but it was fine. You then carefully cut them out, it was harder then I remembered.

Then I just used some long pins and pined them onto the wreath and wrapped it with some cute ribbon.

The Easter wreath I saw in Issue 250 of CrossStitcher. The bunnies were just too cute to pass up, I had to stitch them. They were super easy, and they kind of looked like little aliens while I was stitching them, it made me laugh.

I hooked everything onto little clips that I found in the jewelry department at my local Joann's. The clips on the bunnies are even Velcroed on so I can use the clips again for something else.


I used the bow from my Valentines wreath, and found some more cute pink ribbon. Out of the three wreaths I have made so far, this one is my favorite. 

Valentines Day Project

Since I am stuck at home sick, I figured this would be a good time to catch up on the blogging.  One of my recent projects was making a Valentines Day wreath. I went to Ben Franklin Crafts and wandered around until I had the idea all worked out in my head. It took some trial and error getting the right supplies, and the wreath went up right before Valentines Day. I like cutting it close.

 I ended up buying the wrong size of self cover buttons in the beginning, thinking that it would be close enough. Well luckily Amazon has everything, and with free two day shipping, it didn't set me too far back

 I made lots of little rosettes. This was my first attempt at it, I see it all the time in my magazines, and I thought I would give it a try. All the buttons looks like conversation hearts.

And the finished wreath turned out pretty cute. All the flowers are on clips so I can change the wreath for each holiday. I love the burlap wreath, I plan on using it all year round. And thanks to my mom it has a cute pink bow.

The Great Stitch of 2011

So I usually cross stitch stuff for people for Christmas, and this year was no exception. Its now Christmas Eve (five minutes ago to be exact), and I'm very excited to give all the little projects I have been working on the last few moths. So, I thought I would share the finished project. Now that I see them all it seems like not very many, but at times it seemed like they were never ending...

My own design.

Made for a good friend of mine

This cute little reindeer went to Georgia

Not thrilled on how this one turned out, but its still cute.

Made for my cousin, she says it looks like a Vermilion Flycatcher, my books said a Robin, but we will go with what she said cause it sounds better.

I really liked the way this one turned out

Christmas card went all the way to Australia

ATC that went to Italy

I love Margaret Sherry, and even more so when she has free designs like this one

This one was for a Secret Santa, it also went to Austraila

I actually made two of these, one for my Mother for her birthday, and one for my husbands Grandmother. I wanted to make me one as well, but ran out of time, hopefully I will make me one for next years Christmas cards.

I Wish I Could Of Kept It

I agreed to stitch a replacement bookmark in the Cross Stitch Swap group that I'm in, and It turned out to be the best bookmark I've ever done! I enjoyed the latest holiday on Monday and Stitched non stop! Then I did the finishing touches Tuesday night. The finishing just about drove me insane, but it was worth it.

Still Learning

I got to try some new techniques with my latest project, and I had a lot of fun! Now I just have to figure out what to do with it. I also think I'm going to use these new techniques and create some patterns for some Christmas ornaments, but really, knowing me that won't happen for a while, but its a thought!

Padded Rhodes Heart

Smyrna Cross

Double Backstitch

Rice Stitch

Mosaic Stitch

Finished project!

A few confessions when it comes to this project
a) I measured the aida wrong, so I had to take a large chunk of the design out.
b) The double back stitch totally threw me off! So its really messed up, but I think it looks ok.
c) As I was just now looking at the magazine that I got this pattern out of, didn't even notice it showed how to do the rice stitch, so I did it totally wrong! But oh well, better luck next time. 

SWAP! Part 2

 I have still been having fun doing swaps, so I thought I would share the last two swaps that I have done.

First one was a biscornu exchange. A biscornu is an eight sided pincushion. They look hard to sew together, but actually really easy.



So I sent the one I made to Pennsylvania.
It turned out very bright! But still cute.

The biscornu I received was AMAZING! The picture says it all! MARIO!!

 The other swap was a Halloween magnet. I had fun with this one, cause I love Halloween. And I loved the design that I stitched, I really want to make me one now.  I even got to send it to Bulgaria.

The magnet I got was very cute! It will probably be on my fridge all year round.

Time to Stitch!

I saw this cute idea in one of my magazines a while ago, and finally decided to try it out. I even got a watch face on sale today!