First of all, it was a special birthday for my daughter, so I stitched her one of the freebie Hardanger designs from Nordic Needle, called Hardanger with Crystals #4 (just scroll down to find it). I found her favourite colour in my collection of threads and used beads instead of crystals. I also decided to put a different filling stitch in the middle of of Kloster blocks. (I do like to changing things sometimes.) After looking through my stash I finally found a card to put it in.
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| You might see the detail better in this photo. |
And finally here is the baby card I stitched for my hairdresser. Its a Sam Hawkins design. I just used up some of my odd threads, and I'm pleased how it turned out. As you can see, she had a little girl.
FREEBIES
There are some great freebies to be found on the webb. Here are a few that I have found.
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Brookes Books Publishing has started a new series of Advent Animals, and the charts can be found here (just scroll down the page). Please note that I have not stitched these designs yet.
I just love Christmas designs.
Well, thats all for now.
Happy Stitching Everyone.
8 comments:
Absolutely Beautiful! I'm yet to try hardanger. I'm afraid it might be hard or I'll destroy something from the start. Some day I will try though.
Thanks for your kind comment. It really is not that hard! Once you have grasped the basic steps you will want to learn more.
Mary Hickmott from New Stitches Magazine has some very good starter booklets. Also Jane Greenoff has an e-book called Hardanger for the Horrified.
It's always good to try something new, and you would have wished to had done it sooner. So do have ago.
Your Hardanger piece is gorgeous! I love the purple and the stitching is very beautiful.
Oh that is just beautiful Mary Joan!
Beautiful stitching! I especially love the hardanger design...I wish I was brave enough to try it! Thanks for the links to the freebie designs.
Thanks for the recommendations. I'll look into those and soon try my first attempt. Have a wonderful day!
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