I found a beautiful frame at a second hand shop on Saturday which inspired me to make this design. Made from up-cycled linen and embroidery pieced together.
I felt the Scripture “He heals, the wounds of the broken-hearted” captured the mood of the colours … soothing, calming and gentle to the soul.
As you’ve probably guessed by now, if you know me at all, I love little houses! I also love to cross-stitch at night when I’m watching Netflix. I feel like sitting watching Netflix isn’t a waste of time if I’m doing something! So I cross-stitched this little house without a clue what it would end up like. I had it sitting with some other fabric and the stripes and floral just jumped out at me and I’m pleased to say I love the finished item.
I bought the floral fabric from AlieExpress. (I’ve been buying quite a bit of stuff from them lately.
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The thing about the holidays is that you have the time to be creative, make a mess in your craft room, and leave it like that for a few days. Yesterday morning I dug out a tiny cross-stitch which I would have done about a year ago. I was going to frame it in a small frame and then thought it would be fun to make it bigger and add the free motion sewing component. And the result is this little picture (frame is 28x36cm) which I really enjoyed making. A friend asked me to make something for a baby room and I think this would be perfect.
I finished this cross-stitch recently and so today framed it after applying a pretty fabric and free motion appliqué around the outside…
Last day of my mini holiday (Queens Birthday weekend). I have quite a few cross stitches that are finished waiting for me to frame, or make into cushions, book covers … who knows, and so I got started on this little one and just love it. I think the mix of freemotion sewing, fabric and cross-stitch looks perfect.
So, I decided that my cross-stitch seems to lie around the lounge quite a lot, waiting for me to pick it up, and well, looks quite messy. So thought I would see what I could come up with in terms of a bag or something. I got a few ideas off Pinterest and then checked out my fabric stash and came up with this. The external cover is a placemat I picked up a few years ago and which I particularly love with it’s denim Paris look. 
Oh yes, the blue gingham fabric for the pockets, as you can probably work out, is made from a man’s shirt. The sleeve on the right is quite handy because you can open the buttons and put cotttons in. I then made a separate bag with zip which sits nicely in the middle of the book for popping the actual cross-stitch in and the pattern book. Winter Days!
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