Cottage Pincushion

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I haven't been idle over the past few weeks, only I've kept jumping from one project to another and haven't got round to actually finishing anything ... So this Long Weekend I had to make sure I finished at least one thing, and here it is. This is from a Stitching Cow pattern, called Sewing Machine Friends. This is the cottage pincushion from that pattern. The second part of the pattern is a Scissors Dolly. I will post a photo of that when it's finish - hopefully over the next few days. (By the way - the stitched lines are supposed to be crooked!)

Blue Bird On My Heart

This is the other bird from the On My Heart BOM. This one's called Blue Bird On My Heart. The fabric I chose for the bird looked more pink than blue, but it "blued" up once I'd added the blanket stitch!

I'll probably make the bee and butterly ones too, and combine them to make a quilted wallhanging. The other two BOMs are an angel - but I'm not too fond of angels so I don't think I'm going to make that block ... and a sewing-themed one, which would look nice on a bag.

Tweet Tweet On My Heart Block

This is a design by Vicki Tucek, which used to be available as a free download from her website (tozzscorner.blogspot.com). Another quick project (3 days ...). Very easy to stitch. There's some applique, and only three stitches used to complete it - backstitch, blanket stitch and one French knot! Not sure what I'm going to use it for - a mini wallhanging maybe?

Merry Christmas Stitchery

A fairly quick project; it's taken me 3 days to stitch this. I'm going to make this into a mini wallhanging, and I've already ordered a 7½" star wire hanger. The pattern is free from gailpandesigns.typepad.com. It uses only four simple stitches - backstitch, running stitch, French knots and Lazy Daisy stitch, and is stitched in variegated red embroidery cotton (DMC 115).

Needle Case

Another of the free magazine kits. Started it yesterday, finished it today. Not perfect, but who cares!

Jacobean Pincushion

Another free magazine kit. Stitched it this morning. Another pincushion, but very useful because I've got so many sewing and other projects on the go at the moment! This design was very straightforward to stitch, and took me about 2 and a bit hours.

Finished Something Else

I'm on a mission to finish as many UFOs (Unfinished Objects) as possible! This cross stitch kit is one I last worked on in July 1998!! There was only some backstitch left to do and I did that this morning. OK, it was backstitch, plus couching, but I decided to leave the couching out, otherwise I would never finish it!

It now needs a good wash and ironing ... and of course a frame.

This is the framed design. I've had this frame for years. Not sure where I'm going to hang the picture, but it'll probably go in the hobby room.

This is another free magazine kit. I stitched this one today. The kit included a card frame, but I thought I'd put it in a nice wooden frame instead.

Strawberries Bookmark

I finished another bookmark this morning. Well, when I say finish, I simply mounted the cross stitched design into the card bookmark. The actual stitching was done in December 1996!!