Mice in the Sewing Room - Brenda Gervais (With Thy Needle And Thread)

Design: Mice in the Sewing Room

Designer: Brenda Gervais (With Thy Needle And Thread)

Fabric: 40ct Zweigart Cafe Au Lait

Threads: Listed, and substituted CC Eggshell for

GAST Picket Fence

Twisted Cord: DMC 3033

Backing Fabric: Tilda

Plum Street Samplers - Betsy's Autumn Bird and Acorn

Design: Betsy's Autumn Bird and Acorn

Designer: Plum Street Samplers

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Platinum

Threads: Listed with one substitute - WDW Pecan

for GAST Harvest Basket

Ric Rac Trim - Motherlode by Lady Dot Creates

Plum Street Samplers - Harvest Bird

Design: Harvest Bird - one of three designs from Goodness and Plenty

Designer: Plum Street Samplers

Fabric: 37ct Legacy Russian Tea Cake

Threads: Listed Classic Colourworks

Pom Pom Trim: Lady Dot Creates Toast

Finishes for Halloween

Both stitched years ago, but only recently fully finished.

Design trimmed with ruched ribbon: Tour Dans Mon Sac by C Mom Monde

Design trimmed with ric rac: Sorciere by Danybrod

Both stitched one over one on 28ct 

Brenda Gervais (With Thy Needle & Thread) - Bluebird Out My Window

Design: Bluebird Out My Window

Designer: Brenda Gervais (With Thy Needle & Thread)

Fabric: Listed 36ct Picture This Plus

Threads: As Listed

Twisted cord made with DMC 372 and 3012

Blackbird Designs - Flowers For You

Design: Flowers For You

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Cream

Threads: Called for CC and GAST. Substituted 

WDW Hazelnut for GAST Gold Leaf

Backing Fabric: Lady Dot Creates Berry Crush Velveteen

Twisted Cord: DMC 3802

October House Fiber Arts - Strawberry Faire

Design: Strawberry Faire

Designer: October House Fiber Arts

Fabric: 37ct Russian Tea Cake Legacy Linen

Threads: Listed Weeks Dye Works and 

Classic Colour Works

Blackbird Designs - Spell of the Moon

Design: Spell of the Moon

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 28ct Star Sapphire Jobelan (stitched one over one)

Threads: Listed, but substituted WDW Pelican Grey for

GAST Aged Pewter

Blackbird Designs - from Nashville Market Cookbook 2022

Design: From the Nashville Market Cookbook 2022

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 36ct Picture This Plus Doubloon

Threads: WDW and CC

Backing Fabric: From Blackbird Designs Garden Party Line

Twisted Cord: DMC 3858

Wicked Tired

Design: Wicked Tired

Designer: Homespun Elegance

Fabric: 40ct Weeks Dye Works Cocoa

Threads: Most of the listed WDW and DMC

Finishing Fabric: From the Seasonal Little Gatherings line

by Primitive Gatherings

Queen Elizabeth II Keepsake

Design: Queen Elizabeth II Keepsake

Designer: Helen Phillips

Fabric: 28ct White Jobelan

Threads: Listed DMC

Platinum Jubilee Stitching

Design: Jubilee Joy

Designer: Sampler and Stitches

Fabric: 40ct Eureka by Fox and Rabbit

Threads: Called for, but swapped the red flowers in 

the bottom border from WDW Grits to WDW Red Rocks

Jubilee and Union Jack Pillows

Designer: Helen Phillips

 

Arrow Celebration Small

Design: Arrow Celebration Small - Freebie found here

Designer: Hello From Liz Mathews

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Antique White

Thread: Gentle Art Sampler Threads Peacock

Chenille Trim: Lady Dot Creates Polar Ice

Stitching Makes Me Happy

Design: Stitching Makes Me Happy

Designer: Needle Bling Designs

Fabric: 36ct R & R Espresso

Threads: All the called for

Backed with fabric in the background from the 

Needle and Thread fabric line by Primitive Gatherings

Also made my very first tomato pincushion 

Country Home

Design: Country Garden

Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: Fox and Rabbit 40ct Paperbark

Threads: Called for except for one. 

Used GAST Rose Garden instead of WDW Camilia

Backing Fabric: From Blackbird Designs Harvest Home 

fabric line from old stash

Love Is In The Air

Design: Love Is In The Air

Designer: Trail Creek Farm (Susan Ebright)

From Just Cross Stitch Magazine February 2003

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Cafe au Lait

Threads: Listed Gentle Art Sampler Threads

Backing Fabric: Blackbird Designs Garden Party

Chenille Trim: Lady Dot Ceates Peony

Friendly Blooms

Design: Friendly Blooms

Designer: October House Fiber Arts

Fabric: 40ct Newcastle Winter Moon

Threads: Listed Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colours Works

Another Little Pillow!

Like the little pillow in my previous post this one was also stitched last year, and again I have only now got around to finishing it.  I was so excited to win Forget Me Not Sampler by Mary Garry’s Sewing Cabin on Ebay at the beginning of last year, and wanted to start it straight away, but with these MG designs being hard to find I didn't want to risk having it sent to me in Dubai and it going missing in the mail!  I didn't want to have to wait until my next visit home to pick it up to bring back with me either, so had it sent to my Mum instead and asked her to scan and email me a working copy.  

The fabric I have used is 48ct Raw Gander Linen, stitched over two with the listed DMC threads.  I was due an eye test at the time, and knew I was needing a new prescription, so this was a bit struggle for me to stitch on the 48ct, and I will definitely be thinking twice in future before personalising over one on 48ct!  The darker fabric for finishing is from Blackbird Designs Blueberry Crumb Cake.  The leaflet also comes with a little pincushion design, which I will have to stitch one day too.

Thank you for popping by - I love to read your comments!  :)