good morning…hopefully you are enjoying the sunshine and maybe even spending some time stitching on the porch, deck, or in a sunny spot in the sunroom. i’ve whipped up 2 rows of lucy then thought maybe i would take a mini break for a few days…work on some of my other favorite things…embroidery, cross stitch, crochet, Sashiko, and ribbon embroidery. yes…we’ve decided to add a little bit of ribbon to the needlework section of the shoppe. we have some ribbon sets…i’ve reordered some ribbon sets along with some ribbon embroidery kits and am waiting on those.
Mrs. Billings has been put on stand-by until i get lucy finished…i’m so excited to see my Lucy’s Summer Cottage all done…that i don’t want to work on anything else. i have had lots of fun working on a few other projects though…a couple small finishes in between a large undertaking like Patchwork of the Crosses…is always nice!
yesterday mom stitched my Le Poulet pincushion into a pincushion for me…i love it…the little chicken, the checkerboard, the pretty red chosen for the letters…they all combine to complete a truly delightful little pinny and i hope it receives the kind of love the original pincushion did.
Le Poulet kits are available now…online and in-store…a wonderful addition to your cross stitch library.
Don’t forget to embroidery your initials/name…date/year…etc. I had originally stitched my initials and year on the front, but didn’t want to take anything away from the design so they ended up VERY small and hardly readable. I may embroidery my info on the back of my projects from now on….i like the look of it and it’s like a happy little surprise when you are looking at it…plus i’ve fallen in love with Diamond Textiles fabrics…they are so pretty…plus i am a sucker for anything woven, plaid, check, stripe, twill…the little diamonds…they are just the best! (so i made sure this print is in the kits for the back cuz it is just perfect!)
it fits nicely in with our other projects…
projects from top left Hallowe’en Greeting (on table), My Pink Rose, My Heart is Home, Le Poulet, and In Full Glory.
Morning Star project on left…has been MIA since last June…not sure what happened but quite sad that it has disappeared. we do have kits and i will probably break down and stitch up another at some point.
today’s agenda after lunch is to ship out some orders, impatiently wait for Chantilly fabrics and more DMC perle cotton no. 8 to arrive…then onto cutting bundles, taking pictures of the new cross stitch patterns, silk ribbons sets, perle cotton no 8 tins, and maybe i’ll even get a chance to list a few goodies online this afternoon.
lastly…we’ve come across a kit of our Hot Cocoa Cottage Chic edition…we thought these lovely had all found homes…but there is just one left…we have it available online with the option to add on the Dusky Petals tin of DMC perle cotton no 8…yummy for spring!
happy stitching! —i’ll be back with my Sashiko embroidery in a day or so…it was so much fun and quick and easy—
——-a&m
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