The last few days have been crazy busy over here! It was my sister's 40th birthday and my mum and I worked hard to make it a great celebration for her , so Friday , Saturday and Sunday were all spent dealing with party business . There was no time for relaxed cross stitching on the sofa , or watching my favorite English murder mysteries such as Midsomer Murders or Lewis . . .
I made a birthday card for my sister . . .
Finally I could also give my wonderful sister her birthday present that I have been working on for the last couple of months . Knowing that she likes unicorns , I decided to cross stitch Joan Elliott's beautiful design Magical Unicorn for her :
Close ups :
Although this was a time consuming project I loved stitching it and I definitely want to stitch a Joan Elliott design with beads and Kreinik again sooon ! In fact , I have the Lavender Fairy in my stash . . . hm . . .
Yesterday I also visited my VERY good friend T who also celebrated her birthday this weekend , and for her I had made a big bag in which she can store some of her stash of knitting yarns : = )
I added two stitched decorative cross stitched patches . . .
. . .using this wonderful little design by Emma Congdon from the Cross Sticher magazine issue 288 . I LOVE this stitching related design and have stitched it several times , although I have had to change the colours since I didn't have the exact thread colours from the original chart .
So . . . now I have to decide if I want to pick up a WIP. . .
or if I should make a new start. . .
or maybe two new starts. . .
or maybe all the above. . . ? ? ?
Such lovely stitching decisions to be made ! ! !
Happy Stitching everyone!
Annie
Great job! I started a project with Kreinik too I love it! I can't wait to get back to the project so I can work with it more. They look great! If you want you can dye your own fabrics. It's super cheap and easy. One of my past posts has instructions on how I do mine and I can do it for like $5. If you want to try it let me know and I'll help you out!
ReplyDeleteYes I've seen some of you do that - it looks amazing! However, knowing Swedish prices I bet it wouldn't be cheap for me to do it though : ( Still, it sounds interesting and it might be something to consider in the future. I'm going to see if I can find your post on the subject : = )
DeleteCongrats on the gorgeous finishes Annie.
ReplyDeleteLinda
Thank you, Linda! I think both of them enjoyed their homemade gifts : )
ReplyDeleteThose are nice presents you made;) Well done! I will also use Kreinik for a future project, it will be the first too, you just made me excited;)
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll love Krinik as much as I did : ) Looking forward to seeing what the future project will be : ))
DeleteThe unicorn is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sharine! I'm very pleased with how it turned out : )
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