Lynn B 's finishing instructions for cross stitch

Christmas cross stitch finishing ideas

2019-11-15T03:37:00.001-08:00

Time for some cross stitch finishing ideas starting with some Christmas ornaments and a reminder to where you can locate the free cross stitch patterns.

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Mattress pincushion finishing tutorial

2016-01-22T09:09:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I thought it was about time I showed you another tutorial, this one is for a mattress pincushion.

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Christmas Mini Black Cat cross stitched pillow finishing tutorial

2015-01-02T06:27:00.000-08:00

Mini Black Cat cross stitched pillow finishing tutorial

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Cross stitch necklace tutorial

2014-02-12T12:22:00.002-08:00

I have had a few requests asking for a tutorial to show how I make these cross stitch necklaces, so here we are!

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Toblerone Needlecase Tutorial

2013-09-15T07:54:00.003-07:00

Hi everyone, here is the final part of the Tutorial for the Toblerone Needlecase.

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Toblerone Needlecase Tutorial - Part Two

2013-09-09T11:31:00.000-07:00

Part Two of the Toblerone Sewing Case Tutorial

You can see Part One in the previous post.

Final Part of this tutorial is now available here

You will need your three internal pieces of card.

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Toblerone Needlecase Tutorial - Part One

2013-09-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, here is the first part of the tutorial showing how to make the Toblerone Sewing Case.

You will first need the materials list that I put on my other blog
You will also need the free pattern for the Parasol.

Before you start take a look at the photos below.

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Felt strawberry tutorial and hand made cord.

2013-05-20T04:27:00.000-07:00

A felt strawberry tutorial......

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Free Easter Cat Pattern from Mini Series

2013-03-03T08:39:00.004-08:00

Hi everyone, here is another freebie from my cross stitch cat mini series range, a cute Easter Cat!

I have also designed these mini gift tags to match, just click on photo and click 'save as' to your computer.

Until next time Happy Stitching!

St Patrick's Day Cat Pattern

2013-03-01T23:14:00.002-08:00

Hi everyone, here is a little freebie for you, my latest design in the mini cat series, the St Patricks Day Cat cross stitch pattern. Right click on the picture and click save as.

Check out my other freebies on my cross stitch blog here.

Happy stitching!

Readers finishes

2013-02-19T03:03:00.000-08:00

I thought I would show you some of my readers completed finishes after they followed my tutorials on this blog.

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Stitching 2 over 2 threads on cross stitch fabric.

2013-01-23T09:46:00.000-08:00

Two over two stitching on linen.

Photos below

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Halloween cross stitched scissor fob tutorial

2012-10-21T04:27:00.002-07:00

Hi everyone, I know it's been a while, but at least I have a nice cross stitched scissor fob tutorial for you! In this tutorial I show you how to stitch this halloween scissor fob with beads attached.

I initially forgot to take photo's showing how to attach the tassel but I have since found the Christmas Scissor fob photos that show more detail of how to do this, I will put them in the next post and I will also be doing a tutorial showing how to make the tassel and the cord soon.

There are a lot of photographs in this post.

I actually took these photographs in November 2011 but forgot to put them on this blog!

You can see detailed pictures of my scissor fobs on my cross stitch blog here details of the pattern can also be found on that post.

You will need:

Your finished stitched piece

DMC Thread

Mill Hill Beads

Iron on Interfacing

Polyester filling

Scissors and a needle

Instructions below:

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Halloween Pillow instructions - Part 2

2011-10-05T12:07:00.000-07:00

Here is the part 2 tutorial for the halloween pillow, part 1 is here

Unfortunately I did not have time to put together a tutorial for making the matching cord, I will do that in the next tutorial.

Materials required

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Halloween Pillow - Part 1 of 2

2011-09-28T12:09:00.000-07:00

Halloween is approaching so I thought I would show how to make this halloween pillow, this is the first part of the tutorial, the next tutorial shows how to attach cord trim here

The cross stitch cat is one of my latest designs and can be purchased using the buy now button below. The PDF pattern is sent via email and includes:

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My third anniversary giveaway

2011-08-07T04:38:00.000-07:00

~~Hi everyone, if you would like to enter my giveaway for my third blog anniversary please pop over to my cross stitch blog at Happiness is Cross Stitching~~ ~~here~~ ~~before 28th August 2011.~~

Happy stitching!

Two more box finishes from readers of my blog!

2011-07-23T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, two of my readers have sent me pictures of their box finishes after seeing my tutorials, first up is a lady from Stitching Madness blog here, this lady kindly sent me the photo but I do not know her name and I cannot leave a comment on her blog, however she has made this gorgeous box.

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My giveaway on my cross stitch blog - now closed.

2011-07-15T10:59:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I am having a giveaway on my cross stitch blog to celebrate over 1300 followers, if you would like to enter please click here.
This giveaway is now closed.

Nasreens box finish

2011-06-12T00:57:00.000-07:00

Isn't this a lovely box? It was made by Nasreen from This and That blog after following my box tutorial, such a beautiful design and finish, I just love the oriental cross stitch and the colours that Nasreen chose.

If you would like to see the post and more pictures check out Nasreens blog here just scroll down the page and you will see more photos.

Congratulations Nasreen on a wonderful box finish!

If anyone else has made a box from my tutorial I would love to see it and post it on my blog here.

Another box finish.

2011-05-04T05:27:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, here is another of my box finishes, you can see how to make one similar in the post below, if you would like to see the contents pop over to my cross stitch blog here.

Happy stitching everyone!

Box making - Final part

2011-04-25T10:44:00.001-07:00

As promised here is the final part of my box making tutorial.

Part one can be found at this post here.

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How to make a covered box - Part One

2011-04-17T09:24:00.002-07:00

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How to make polymer clay roses and another giveaway!

2011-02-13T11:35:00.000-08:00

In this post I show how to make these simple polymer clay red roses.

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Free cupcake pattern for you!

2011-02-07T03:12:00.000-08:00

If you would like the free cupcake pattern for the cross stitch please contact me from the contact form on this blog.

Tilda heart

2011-02-04T05:17:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I have recently been falling in love with Tilda dolls and all of the cute accessories that go with them, so I decided to make a tilda heart, my inspiration came from seeing all of the gorgeous tilda designs out there in blog land and I thought I would share my finishing instructions.

You can see the Tilda dolls here on this blog

Materials required:

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