Cross stitch

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:33:00 +0000

Cross stitch bookmark

This bookmark was given to me by my fellow friend of mine in couple of months ago. The design was simple and easy peasy to stitch.It just a stalk of tulip. She bought the kit while she is in China and courier it to me. I diligently stitch the pattern right after it has been unsealed. I am so excited to get the bookmark kit. The kit was a bit odd to me. It has translucent plastic wrap that stick at the back of the cloth. I hope everyone can see it on the photo that I enclosed.

I am not sure how Chinese did their cross stitching. I was not told to taking off the plastic. So, what I did was just stitched the pattern on the cloth and neglect the ‘thing’. It was weird when u had to stitch in such a way. Okay, done with the kit description and now the adventure begins.

I start stitching by leaving some boxes down below. I don’t count as always. After of non-stop stitching, I was shocked. It seems that I don’t have enough space on the up north of the cloth. That means I have to shrink the pattern so that it can be fit onto the bookmark cloth. What a day *sigh*. Just because of that reason alone, I was pulling off from continuing sewing the pattern. Until this posting was made, I still don’t have the yearn to start where it has been left off. I was really upset. If this doesn’t happen, it will take only a day to finish it all. I hope somebody can nag me in order for me to continue stitching this pattern.

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:08:00 +0000

Ice cream

This is one of my on the go project. I have been stitching this stuff all night long and hope it can be done before june ends. All of the ice creams have been ‘scooped’ up perfectly. I am still working on the frame. Doing the frame is a bit tricky to me. I have to use five colors at the same time. I am using DMC 26 needles to stitch the pattern. It was stitch on 14ct white Aida cloth. .

think the DMC floss does shine when it was stitched in a right way. I was amazed by the outcome.

I was thinking to paste the pattern on a piece of paper and add some embellishments to enhance the looks and let this be an adorable card that can be sold on Ebay. What say u.

Cross stitch bag

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:36:00 +0000

Stitching bag

I made this bag to show some creativity that i have. It was done with a good manner. By means, it was stitched by precision. Eventhough, it looks like a bull in china shop. From my eyes, it lhappen to be just fined. It was my son nickname stitched at back of the bag. The bag is not for him, it just that i like his nickname very much. I said to him when he is in school, i always missed him so i need to stitch his name somewhere. I showed the bag to him after it was done. He was shocked what’s mummy can do. In just a split second, the bag was full with his ‘friends’, The Transformers’. I let the bag be with him if that makes him happy.

I don’t intend to write more on how to make the bag but i leave u with bunch of progress photos. I hope u will get the full ideas on how to make this cute bag. Until then ‘Sayonara’ from me.

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:34:00 +0000

Sunflower....

The pattern was given to me by my beloved husband. I like the flowers very much and the way it has been arranged. The color combination s are astonishing.

It was the only stitching kit that i ever bought. The kit was so expensive.

It took me about a year to finish the pattern. Well, i hate stitching on 18ct cloth and they were backstitches scattered everywhere.

Finally,yes!!!! It was proudly done by me after so much trouble that i went through.

The best thing ever was this the first finishing that i done on 18ct cloth.

The cube

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:39:00 +0000

The cube

I was inspired by The Transformers and the gang. I hope i won’t be ‘bang’ by the transformers fan. LOL.

This is the first time i turned my finished cross stitch into something else.

I chose the most easiest pattern to make the cube. All u have to do cut out the cloth into 6 symmetrical pieces. Make sure u have an accurate calculation, otherwise u will end up doing all over again. It is dilly dally job when u are doing it for a first time. Actually the hardest part was not stitching the motifs but combining them all to make one big dice. All of the edges must be equally cut, in order to get a pointed corners. Mine is a bit flat because i don’t have that kind of perseverance in doing it precisely. When u done with the motifs, u need to make a backstitches along the edges. Don’t forget to measure or u will get tense when u see the end result. Then, combine two different cloth by stitching repetitiously backstitches. Do it till all of the cloth get combined.

Before u do the final touch, don’t forget to insert cotton in it. If u are lucky enough, you can buy a cubical cotton. It is easy when everything can be fit in.

Volla...there’s The Cube...

Good luck to those who wanted to try. Relax and do it out of pressure.

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:24:00 +0000

Pizza man

I was enthusiast to stitch this pieces when i had first glimpsed at it . The pattern was different compare to what i have stitched before. I have never seen this type of pattern at any of nearby shops.

I got the pattern from the blog that i used to visit. It is a Spanish blog though.The was no picture chart attachéd in the blog. So i downloaded the finished photo and turned it into stitching chart using cross stitch software. It wasn’t easy to transform the photo into a pattern. When u are changing things from its origin , there always a complication occurred. I need to reduce the color. It has more than 40 colors at first since the software can do some magic, the colors were reduced into half. The pattern came with a tone color where it starts from dark and end with very light color. The tone color make my eyes squint.

It was huge success when u see the outcome.

Good things came with a package. By all means, it has ‘5 other siblings’ that need to be stitched. Yup, i will be busy again with my new starsh and I will show u the finishings after it is throughly done.

Cross stitch card

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:38:00 +0000

These are my current project on cross stitching .It is a bit dilly dally project that I ever did.I am not familiar with this kind of fabric.It has small holes which made my eyes squint.

I have made some changes to meet the vibrant look since the original was so dull in color. The changes gave a different look and provide more satisfactory results. Now the colors are more lively and vivid which gives a much better look compare to the previous one.

Those pattern were stitched on 24ct Aida fabric that I bought few months ago. The progress is still slow since I love to stitch more than one pattern at once.
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Cross stitch bookmark

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:28:00 +0000

This is my latest project....Those bookmarks are created a few months back...It was one of my bookmarking swap that i joined to occupy my idle time...

All of the swappers have to come up with 18 bookmarks in a given time frame .Everyone has given a theme by the host except myself. Therefore, I am free to do mine without having any ridiculous pressure. Another reason is that I was still a newbie and they were trying not to get me into trouble.Well, maybe they were worried that I may cause them unnecessary hassle..who knows.

It was fun doing something new especially things u have never done before. It was a bit messy and stressful at first but I did finish it on time ..and and top of everything I am happy with the result. Yup, truly happy with it.

Since everybody was keen on doing something on scrapbooking method which includes paper a lot, I rather have something different and easy to do. I chose stitching because it was really me and it was fun doing it..

I am still waiting for others to host a new swap.

Cross stitch card swap

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:06:00 +0000

Finally, the swap has reached the deadline. All of 10 swappers have submited their lovely cards and some of them are giving little gift to others. The cards were unambiguous nice and as the theme goes by ' stitching with love'. I like the ideas and the creativity. It shows that everyone is putting some afford to show-off their by creating an astonishing that are being proud of.

The swap project should be ended after 3 months of launhing but due to some circumstances, it was prolong to almost a year. Some of swappers live far away from my place and one of our swappers is currently working in China and the only way to contact her was using her blog....

These are some of those cards that may give some inspiration to u to keep on stitching. Those cards are simple to make. Some swappers used eblishements to enhance their cards outlook. The colors are vibrant and the motifs are easy to stitch..I have heard that most of the pattern was taken from the cross stitch magazines to cutting off their time consumption.

Here are bunch of photos for u to enjoy

Waste Box

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:10:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:41:00 +0000

If I could have just one wish,
I would wish to wake up everyday
to the sound of your breath on my neck,
the warmth of your lips on my cheek,
the touch of your fingers on my skin,
and the feel of your heart beating with mine...
Knowing that I could never find that feeling
with anyone other than you.

A dedication to my beloved husband.....

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Speak softly, love and hold me warm against your heart
I feel your words, the tender trembling moments start
Were in a world, our very own
Sharing a love that only few have ever known

Wine-colored days warmed by the sun
Deep velvet nights when we are one

Speak softly, love so no one hears us but the sky
The vows of love we make will live until we die
My life is yours and all becau-au-se
You came into my world with love so softly love

Wine-colored days warmed by the sun
Deep velvet nights when we are one

Speak softly, love so no one hears us but the sky
The vows of love we make will live until we die
My life is yours and all becau-au-se
You came into my world with love so softly love

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:45:00 +0000

Come out....Come out..... wherever you are

Browsing the internet would be the best way to escape from our daily problem....Why I love surfing the internet very much because you are about to see colors of the world which is at the end of your fingertips.....By clicking the keyboard key you are about to enter the most wonderful and colorful life of other people that goes around you.....Sometimes I wish I can be there to see with my own eyes and feel their feelings too.....Enough said...... For all cross stitcher who happened to have a blog, I hope u can share some of your pattern for viewing purposes...A few months ago, I come across to see a lot lovely blog that have plenty of spendthrift finishings and wonderful ideas..... I marked some of the blogs and websites for my stitching referral......This is how I can penetrate myself to stitch a new things rather than doing the usual stuff that I have been doing over a years......That's the good news..... Here come the bad news......I barely understand what most of the cross stitchers trying to highlight.....This is because most of them are in other languages and I can't read them at all.....I was also being bonded to view only the photo chart to understand the whole ideas while waiting for the outcome.....I feel so dejected when I have to leave the blog because of this kind of reason...... By the way, I can't hardly find your blog because of the languages deficiency.....It would be an honor to me if u can leave your blog or website link at my comment's box.......All kind of hardwork will be appreciated.......Thank you very much.....

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:07:00 +0000

Hello everyone....

I have been away from my stitching starch for a few days just to ponder upon the a best possible way to celebrate my 12th anniversary of meeting my soul mate, love-of-my-life and of course my beloved husband i am married to 7 years ago.....and I hereby I am declaring December as the month for just us Lovers instead of February and I wish that ((god bless- what we done through the years))))

Here are some of my projects I am currently stitching.....hope it can be completed before the new year...by the way, every single one in a love shape mode..hope everyone enjoy the pattern....

And

a Happy Merry Christmas

Biscornu

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:11:00 +0000

Cube

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:47:00 +0000

Pin cushion

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:35:00 +0000

Pin cushion

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:45:00 +0000

Scissor FOB

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:01:00 +0000

My secret door

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:07:00 +0000

I have just finished stitching "My Secret Door" pattern. To be honest, I don't even know what the original color was. As usual, this is one of those patterns I downloaded 7 years ago. As years passed, those websites are no longer in service. I did try to recollect the name of the website a few months back but failed - much to my dismay. I have also Googled the relevant keyword for easy searching but still couldn't get the correct url address. Not even close.

Some of you might have seen the pattern somewhere I guess. The chart only is accompanied with color symbols in the legend instead of the number form so I had used my own crazy imagination to come up with the next best thing. If any consolation, I do have retrieved a few of colorful patterns from the website but have a difficulty of uploading it to my blog.

I would love to share the pattern with others but I can't hardly find a place to upload my pdf file. The patterns have been scanned and uploaded it to my webshot album. Feel free to download the pattern for your personal use only.

LOVE WREATH

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:17:00 +0000

I just finished stitching my LOVE WREATH pattern. It took me approximately a month to stitch. I love the color very much. It was originally purple (3747-DMC Thread) in color and I changed it to pinkish (956-DMC Thread) in color. To me pink looks more vibrant, alive and has an distinct aura of lovingness mood. Love is in the air. Long story short - it's just a girl thing by the way.

If you happen to also work on this wonderful pattern , why don't you just email your in-progress photo and we can share it with others. To date, I had never seen other color of love wreath rather than pink. It would be great if I have other friends working on the same pattern. For instance, some people may think blue is cool while others might seen red,green,yellow,orange or maybe a combination of two colors have the best looks. I sincerely hope more people will join my blog so that we can have more comments and tips on how to improvise our cross stitching techniques.

Actually, I want to give this chart to all cross stitch lovers out there. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a place where I can upload my pdf file. If someone has come across any solution, please leave a message at my comments box.

Happy Stitching!!!!!
Thank you your time on reading my blog....

Needleroll

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:12:00 +0000

This is my first attempt on making something else rather than something I would stitch and frame. When I first started out cross stitching I was rather doing something out of my routine too - as far as hobbies are concerned . Bottom line, I am keen to do something rather than usual stuff. Even though I am not new in cross stitch world, I never had the guts to try my hand on other cutesy stuff like pinkeep, needleroll, bag etc. As long as I can be remember, it has been almost 21 years of I putting my heart and soul into cross stitching. The things I always find myself doing, almost subconsciously, whenever I withdrawn to isolation at times of my numerous personal emotion crunch. It is my zone of retreat - a breakaway from it all.

Most of my pieces are not with me because when I get bored with it, I will sell or give to whoever I deem worthy to have it. To me, I really love cross stitching and the pleasure was the actual journey of starting the stitching till all the pieces are finished. Then you just throw it away.

Here is my progress

Sunflower

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:36:00 +0000

This chart was given to me on my 1st year of birthday celebration as a wife. No doubt about it, it was a gift from my husband . I felt in love with the chart the moment I entered the store. But I don't have any budget left to spend on that store so we just walked around and did some kind of window shopping I guess . After a while we left the store with no regret as it was a pricey chart to begin with. Nevertheless, the urge persisted and the pressure was on the moment I reach home. I decided to keep on pushing my husband to buy the chart - resorting to subtle approach now. Will this work?

Peek-a boo

I got the chart at last. I can't remember where he got it from. He bought it when I was not around (from cross stitch store). Always thought left unchecked, I would always "run amok" in tapestry store and so it was a good idea for him to not bring me along.

All I know was I kinda of pissed off at the shop owner. He bought the kit at for about 60 bucks. The owner did not measure the skeins accurately or accordingly on how much it supposed to be...Probably sleeping on the job that time .If I am not mistaken, the chart needs about 30 different colors to finish the pattern. All he did was gave me all of the full length of 8 yards skein and worst of all it was a XEROXED chart. Not even worth of half I , I mean my husband paid for. All the things that does matter was it was given by MY BELOVED HUSBAND...THANKS TO HIM BY THE WAY

Old stuff

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:01:00 +0000

These are my 2007 finishings. Actually, this size of pattern doesn't take a long time to stitch.I can probably finish the pattern within one solid day of stitching where these reasons below need to be excluded

1. Interruptions from husband and children.
- Such as you don't need to make their meals even though they are starving. Let them eat whatever is in the refrigerator and no cooking needed..
- Don't join their current activity or whatever activity their up to.

2. No laundrette work.

3. Make sure you have enough skeins to stitch at least for one pattern.

4.No wonderful show on t.v

5. No hanky panky stuff is on.

6.Stop chatting on the net.

7. Leave your colorful door catalog far away from you.

8. Neglect contact despite the phone is ringing.

9. Ignore all the aromatic food cooked by your husband.

10. Early to bed or afternoon nap.

RED ROSES

WATER PUMP

COLORFUL PANSIES

FRAMED SUNFLOWERS

Butterfly

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I love the pattern but I hate stitching on a small-holed cloth. Besides, I am not sure the real color of the chart. What I do is that I used my leftover skeins and try my best to match it between these four butterflies.

To date, I always use DMC floss to stitch my pattern. They have wide selection of colors which is easy for me to pick and match. The floss also gives a nice shine when you stitch it.

I'm back

noreply@blogger.com (linda) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:41:00 +0000

If you noticed I haven't written about cross stitching for a while.I have been keeping myself busy looking new things to do. I am the type of person easily sunk into boredom doing the same thing again and again. Having said that, here's to show my little progress on BUMBLE-BEE and SWAN COTTAGE....Just a brief note from me...

My bumblebee

I never thought that it will take longer time to stitch this petite pattern of mine . As you can see, the pattern wasn't that hard to stitch but maybe I have been busy with some other stuff or should I say - I have just been plain lazy - for lack of a better word . I have always wanted to try something new but I just couldn't put a finger on it..There is one thing in my mind, I think I should try my hands on something cooking-related and it sound a little bit silly but who cares. Two things that I have always long - making decorative cookies or cook some of mouth watering cuisines one would never dream to even resist.

My swan cottage

This project has been far far away behind the expected finishing date. I am supposed to finish this project within 3 months of time that I gave to my self..I can't even remember the date I started stitching this pattern. If not mistaken, I bought the pattern and also the skeins somewhere in June 2007. It was almost 3 months ago. I have always started cross stitching right away after I bought the kit. It should be finished by now or in 80% of progress. No problem and no rush ..The finishing date has just expired and I am setting up a new one. My next targeted finishing date will be on the first day of November..Let's just see if it can be done in 6 weeks time. I will promise to my self not to carry forward this project until next year..I have tons of stash that awaits me and I can't stop myself from start a new ones. WELL!!!! IT IS SO TEMPTING..

"HAPPY DAY TO ALL CROSS STITCHER OUTSIDE THERE"