A Late Valentine's Day Finish

Yep I was hoping to have this finished by Valentine's Day but as you see, I'm just a little late. This was a fun project and the HDF silk I used was called "Cherry Cheesecake". Now I ask you....how can stitching with just a silk not be fun? LOL The whole time I worked on this I swear I was hungry for cheesecake but was able to control myself. The linen I used was a flax 28ct from Zweigart which is a very nice linen to stitch on. I recommend it if you are looking for a nice light neutral to show off the colors of floss you are using. It doesn't distract from the design.

There is a mistake in my stitching but I just couldn't make myself fix the mistake. I believe in the Amish belief of leaving your mistakes in your work because nobody is perfect except God and your work should reflect that. Let me know if you can find the mistake....

As always,

Barbara

This was a fun stitch....but I'm glad it's done!!

I finally got this finished!!! I feel like I've been stitching on this for over a year instead of just a month. I used HDF Old Grey Mare 36ct. linen and stitched it with HDF OMOT Vineyard. This will be added to the large project I am planning but don't have the details on yet. This pattern was designed by A Mon Ami Pierre.

My next stitch is another "small" that will also be stitched in silks.

A Sewing Case for Jenn

Our daughter Jenn, seems to be the vocus of my posts this fine saturday morning and this is a sewing case I just finished last nite for her. She loves the colors blue and brown together and when I saw these fabrics at my local quilt shop, I knew what I had to do with them. The cross stitch pattern was a freebie from AMAP and can be found on her website. The case has places for your loose needles as well as packs of needles, scissors and anything else she might need.