The New World I haven’t stitched much this month. Mostly, I’ve been staring at the pattern trying to decide where to start with the background, and then, whether to include the outer border as I go or leave it to the end. It’s just as well I felt that I needed to have made some… Continue reading Stitch By Stitch: Beginning the Border
Tag: cross-stitch kits
This Week in Crafts: Stitching Moths
It’s been a quiet week at work this week, so I’ve spent most of it stitching moths. One Atlas and one Tiger. Now I just need to attach them to their felt frames and find them somewhere to go. These moths were designed by Cheryl McKinnon of Tiny Modernist and came with The World of… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Stitching Moths
Christmas Card Cross-Stitch Patches
Even though the last lot of mini cross-stitch kits I got from Hobbycraft involved lots of hideous fractional stitches, and even though I have a whole bag of mini kits still to be stitched, when I saw this year’s Christmas kits, I couldn’t resist. Imagine my surprise, and joy, therefore, when I got them home… Continue reading Christmas Card Cross-Stitch Patches
WOXS Hummingbirds Card
Sometimes, it’s good to be able to bring together two different hobbies. One of the things I like about mini cross-stitches is that they lend themselves nicely to becoming cards. And with the card kits which often come as the magazine freebie, they usually have lovely, matching cards. And envelopes. I’m surprised by how often… Continue reading WOXS Hummingbirds Card
TWIC: Stitching the World
Sometimes, I manage to have a few days where I work solidly (or fairly solidly) on my map. And then I have a few weeks, or a month, away from it. When furlough started, right back at the beginning of April, my single aim for my time was to finish this map. I don’t think… Continue reading TWIC: Stitching the World
Craft: the Mouseloft Advent Calendar
Back when I first rediscovered cross-stitch and Mouseloft, I had this idea of making my own Advent calendar. I envisaged a lovely wall-hanging, with little pockets I could fill with chocolates or something every year, each one decorated with a festive Mouseloft design. I began collecting, and stitching. Not all of them ended up being… Continue reading Craft: the Mouseloft Advent Calendar
Pooh’s Thinking Cushion
Shortly after I rediscovered cross-stitch as a craft I could do, and which I enjoy doing, and which can be done in front of the TV, I decided that I would stitch that year’s Christmas presents. I thought it would save a little money. What I forgot, or hadn’t counted on, was how long it… Continue reading Pooh’s Thinking Cushion
Summer Bees
While I was sorting out and reorganising my crafting corner and supplies, I had a rummage through my bag of freebies – all of those magazines came with little kits, most of which are still patiently waiting to be stitched. In amongst my larger crafting projects, I do intend to stitch these little patterns. Just… Continue reading Summer Bees
Cross-Stitch Scrapbook
I collect notebooks. I like paper and the idea that this new notebook will have a purpose. It will be home to my next Big Idea. Whenever I go into Hobbycraft, I look at the scrapbooks and I think about getting one. Only, I don't really understand what scrapbooking is all about. It looks like… Continue reading Cross-Stitch Scrapbook
