Penny Pocket Heart Coin Purse

Penny Pocket Heart

by Twisted Threads

In 2000 I bought the coin purse and purse seen above. 

I stitched the purse that year and have used it many times

at conferences over the years. The coin purse was another

story. Stitched over one I decided it could wait.

13 years later it's finally done. I tried stitching it over one

and hated it. So I stitched it over two and made up the

design as I went along. Now the set it complete.

Marabout Rouge Angel

I found the pattern to this cute winged cupid online and

just had to stitch it. I don't think I'm done with it however,

I think I need to stitch it in more colors than just the pink.

Not sure how to finish this one, but it's too cute not to finish.

Stitched on evenweave with a variegated DMC.

And here is the chart I used.

Here is the blue version (05/03/2013)

Small Finishes

 

Silk Berries

by Schoolroom Samplings

It's a little chart that came with silk floss that was a joy to stitch.

I found some 28ct linen that was perfect for it.

I have to admit that I started this before October 2011 and put it down.

Didn't take much to finish it.

This is a Little House Ornament Design that I sort of went wild with.

The purple house design has an error that is killing me and I'll have to fix that.

 

Peacock Bird

Ewe & Eye & Friends

I fell in love with this design recently when going thru my EEF notebook.

I have cousins in AZ named Peacock and they will each get a

Peacock Bird Ornament this year.

The other is a needlecase for me to keep my pins in.

Scared Stitches 2006

Scared Stitches

2006

From the Shepherd's Bush Retreat

Park City, Utah

This was a collaboration piece

30ct Witches Teeth Blend Hand-dyed Linen by R&R 

Design front and back by Teri Richards of Shepherd's Bush,

Finishing instructions by Merry Cox,

Silver Jack-O-Lantern charm by Charland.

 

This is what I was left with:

Enough fabric and fibers to stitch another

30ct Witches Teeth Blend R&R Hand-dyed Linen 

DMC, WDW and Threadgatherer Handpainted Silk

Multicolored Ribbons

Design 62 x 38 and the finishing instructions to make it into a bag.

 My friend Dawn in Peoria will be enjoying the leftovers.

A special gift

It's finally framed! This design has always been special because I met the designer, Cynthia Zittel back in 2000 and Cynthia shared the in progress stitched piece that Patti her assistant was working on with our group telling us it was a secret. I made the decision right then to stitch it. I completed the major portion of the sampler in 2009 when suddenly my father died, I suffered thru a bout of shingles and a federal investigation at work, we bought another house and moved and started renovating the old one all in a six month period, so this piece was just long forgotten. I was enlightened that the flag was upside down, so that was corrected and I hated the bottom right house (I charted the house our kids grew up in) so ripped and redid that and it suddenly seemed done. I could not be happier with it and have all of 9 months to enjoy it before it goes to live with my son. He plays chess, and I put his name and birthdate above and below the crown motif.

Framing

I have to admit that I have OODLES of XS that is completed and just sitting in drawers. I get big crap when I am asked what I'm going to do with a piece once it's completed because I say I'm going to add it to the stash of finished projects. But this past week I picked up a piece from the framer (OUCH) and am so thrilled looking at it that I think I'm going to get on a roll with getting busy with framing again. I do not enjoy stretching and framing like I enjoy stitching, but still. Our new house also has less wall space to actually hang things (at least it seems that way), but I'll start in the living room section of the dining room and see how that looks.

 

Samplers: Left to right, top to bottom:

Queen Sampler: Rockome class piece by Eileen Bennett & Linn Skinner

Heart and Hand: Ewe and Eye and Friends

Fraserburgh's 400th Anniversary: by my friend Annie in Scotland

The Thistle Sampler: Charland

Secret Garden: Lizzie*Kate

Little Paradise Sampler: Virginie Mendzildjian (SANQ #27)

Wedding sampler I made for my gr grandparents married 1886

Phyllis Sampler: JCS 2003

A Time to Rend and a Time to Sew: Margaret & Margaret

Patience is a Virtue: Eileen Bennett (Sampler House)

Lo How a Rose: Brightneedle

Inspiring/Depressing/Overwhelming

I have to say that going thru all the old stuff I have kitted up and started and not finished can be so inspiring and so depressing at the same time it's overwhelming. But most all of them I do love and want to complete one day. With that said, I have started yet another piece. It's Love Letters by Ewe and Eye and Friends. I've long loved this piece and cannot help myself from digging out the old EEF's that call to me. They are such a fun stitch. The girls also make it easy for you in that they give you the Anchor floss colors as well as the DMC, so it's easy to pull the Anchor fibers rather than do the conversion first. Here is my tiny bit of stitching so far...

LOVE LETTERS

Ewe and Eye and Friends

 

President Obama

Stitched just before the 2012 Presidential election

This chart was provided free at Subversive Cross Stitch and apparently has since been removed.

It was very striking and fun to stitch.

I have a postcard of the Shepard Fairy iconic Obama Poster that I will frame with this piece.



Here is the chart that was offered free on the internet.

Quaker Garden complete

Quaker Garden

by Blackbird Designs

This version was featured at the

2006 Shepherd's Bush Retreat.

I could not resist.

Only 6 years in the making, but now to get it framed.

EEF in French

You and No Other

by Ewe and Eye and Friends

Such a tiny fun stitch. Love the Anchor floss.

Elijah with the funny legs

Elijah's Angel by Barrick Samplers

 

Such a charming piece that I've wanted to do for a long time.

It took no time to stitch up.