Finished Works – Page 19

Vintage Vase by Verbena

February 7, 2020 By patgeary

As if I really needed to join another Stitch A Long (SAL)!! Someone had posted on Facebook about one being offered by Irina Veber of Verbena Cross Stich, a Russian Designer. After looking at her charts, I decided I needed to join.

You need to be a member of the Verbena group.
You need to show your progress and the final result in the group.
Registration for the project and distribution of patterns is from January 27 to February 14, 2020. The term of the SAL is from January 27 to may 31, 2020. To get the pattern, let me know what pattern you’d like to stitch.

You can choose a pattern in my store by following the link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/VerbenaCS
Please share information about this group and SAL and invite fellow stitchers to join us in this adventure.

So I visited her shop and made my choice of Vintage Vase pictured above. The other one I really like was Quaker Flower.

I decided to use a piece of 16ct aida from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe along with some of Nancy Turner’s beautiful floss to stitch this project.

Floss Colors I am using are:

Weathered Tan
Primitive Purple
Jacob’s Ladder
Pale Lavender Grey
Verbena
Soft Mauve
Best Friends

Think about joining us. You can find her the Verbena Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/VerbenaCS/

Progress picture stitching Vintage Vase. — Vintage Vase progress

Vintage Vase completed. — Vintage Vase completed

And here it is June 2022 and this one has finally made its way out of the “finished stitching drawer” into a frame. Just an inexpensive frame from Hobby Lobby that was on sale for half price. Not as elegant as my custom ordered frames but no longer hidden in the drawer.

All Joys for Thine by Blackbird Designs

February 3, 2020 By patgeary

The newest release from Barb and Alma of Blackbird Designs is All Joys for Thine.

All Joys for Thine chart cover. — Chart Cover All Joys for Thine

This one is stitched on 36ct Heartland linen from Picture This Plus using Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks floss (Barn Door, Cinnamon Toast, Fool’s Gold, Hazelnut, Pine Needles, Polliwog, Stormy Night) and Weeks Dye Works (Dirt Road, Sage, Sandcastle). The stitch count is 165w x 135h which makes the stitched size on 36 or 18ct 9 1/8 x 7 1/2. If there is no over 1 stitches, I will use 16ct aida which will make the stitched size 10 3/8 x 8 1/2. Another beautiful chart from my favorite designers.

Started Stitching: October 13, 2020
Completed Stitching: December 19, 2020

Color Changes:

DMC 610 or WDW Dirt Road
DMC 831 or WDW Sage/VMSS Sage Powder
DMC 422 or WDW Sandcastle
DMC 3858 or CC Barn Door
DMC 3859 or CC Cinnamon Toast
DMC 3828 or CC Hazelnut
DMC 3011 or CC Pine Needles
DMC 830 or CC Polliwog/VMSS Moss & Ivy
DMC 3768 or CC Stormy Nights
CC Fool’s Gold/VMSS Antique Gold

All Joys for Thine Progress. — All Joys for Thine Progress

I decided to stitch this one in honor of my sister, Nan, and her husband, Jim and the year they were married.

And framed ready for spacers and glass.

Alphabet Heart Sampler

January 26, 2020 By patgeary

I first saw this chart featured on the Dyeing to Stich Facebook page and went searching for it. Turns out it was posted on DMC Threads Blog as a Back to School Freebie. The last post to this blog is dated 2015 so I am not sure it is being kept up. The chart is apparently no longer available. If I am able to locate it again, I will post a link. Glad I saved it the first time around.

The picture shown above is from the DMC Threads post and shows the chart stitched with DMC Variations. Others have stitched this chart in shades of pink to rose.

Dyeing to Stitch offers a pale pink linen in a variety of counts to stitch this with Classic Colorworks Rosebud thread. If you are a member of the Dyeing to Stitch Facebook group, you can view a photo of the finished piece.

FEBRUARY 2021 I recently saw a couple of folks post this in a Facebook stitching group I belong to and decided to contact DMC to see if the chart was posted anywhere and if I could share it. They graciously sent me the original chart which I am sharing here. There is also a jpg image that may print a slight bit sharper.

In looking through my stash, I already had a piece of 16ct cream aida gridded to the correct size so decided to use it with three shades of Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe floss, Red Rooster, Old Red Roses, and Fairy Pink.

I finished stitching this one on February 20, 2021. I thought I had a piece of fabric I could use for the back but it is to red rather than a cranberry red so will need to keep looking. I am glad to finally have this one stitched.

And here it is June 2021 and it has been finished and on the way home to me.

A Christmas Quaker Medallion

January 14, 2020 By patgeary

A Quaker Christmas Medallion by Guilia Manfredini of Giulia Punti Antichi was published in the August 2015 issue of Just CrossStitch magazine. I had seen the finished ornament posted in another group so went in search of the magazine. Luckily another stitcher saw my post and sent me the magazine.

The recommended fabric was 32ct natural/white dots Belfast petit point linen but I am not a fan of linen or dotted fabric. I chose to stitch it on 28ct Monaco as the lettering and the date is stitched over 1. The recommended floss is Thread Gatherer Silk ‘N Colors so I am using a combination of DMC and Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe Floss.

TG 317 Dung Paper/DMC 3011
TG 055 Camouflage Green/DMC 936
TG 074 in the burgundy/DMC 814

My colors:

VMSS Olde Cranberry
DMC 936
VMSS Something Wicked for the bird.
DMC 3011

Now to decide how to finish this one. I also want to stitch another one in brighter colors.

November 2020: And here it is finished by Vonna Pfeiffer.

Home of a Needleworker

January 6, 2020 By patgeary

Home of a Needleworker by Little House Needleworks has been in my stash for quite a few years now. The Little House Needleworks Facebook group offered a Samplers Sunday SAL for 2020 and I figured this might just be the encouragement I needed to get started. The official starting date was December 29, 2019 and while I had my supplies assembled, I did not actually start stitching until January 4, 2020.

I chose to stitch this one on 16ct Heartland aida from Picture This Plus using Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe threads.

DMC Ecru/VMSS Olde Buttercream
DMC 355/VMSS Autumn Bounty Dark
DMC 356/VMSS Autumn Bounty Light
DMC 420/VMSS Primitive Stitching
DMC 729/VMSS Dried Cinnamon
DMC 869/VMSSS titching Together
DMC 3051/VMSS Fern Fronds
DMC 3052/VMSS Spring Grass
DMC 3371/VMSS Harvest Brown
DMC 3828/VMSS Summer Playhouse

I put the final stitches in this piece on April 30, 2020. I’m going to have a friend help me finish it as a quilted wall hanging.

I went to visit my friend, Beryl Lawson, who is a quilter and fabric collector. I wanted to see if she had anything in her fabric collection that might work with this piece as a wall hanging. Look at this beautiful fabric she gave me.

Now I need to get to work finishing this piece which I am going to hang on the door of my craft room/office.

And here it is finished and ready to hang. I had a hard time sewing a straight line because of my poor eyesight and I could not hold the IPad straight enough to get a good picture.

Bristol Grace by Dutch Treat Designs

December 28, 2019 By patgeary

I first saw Bristol Grace posted in a group as part of a discussion on Bristol Orphanage Samplers. I was intrigued with it and the monochromatic color scheme which appealed to me as well as the smaller size.

This sampler is in the style of the samplers stitched by the girls living in the Muller Orphan Homes in Bristol, England. It is not a reproduction of an original 1800’s sampler. All the alphabets and motifs in this design were stitched in orphan needlework. This design is a tribute to the intricate and amazing original Bristol samplers.
The stitch count for this sampler is 133w x 175h and the recommended fabric was 14ct or 28ct over 2. I chose to use 16ct antique white aida that I had in my stash. The recommended floss was Caron Wildflowers. I am going to use Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe floss Berry Wine which is a variegated cranberry color.
Dutch Treat Designs

Started Stitching: December 26, 2019

Progress on Bristol Grace 12/28/2019 — Progress 12/28/2019

Bristol Grace halfway point. — Bristol Grace halfway point

November 2020 This past week, I decided to go on a framing binge. I had four pieces I had stitched but not framed. Right now they are just pined and ready to go into the frames but I still need to order glass and spacers. I used a slightly different process this time so am including pictures of that process.

First I measure each piece and use a running stitch all the way around so that I have a line to follow since I cannot see the holes without using a magnifier. I pin each piece to the foam core on all four sides.

Once I am sure everything is even, I flip the piece and use stitchery tape to hold down the excess fabric and hand sew all four corners so they lay flat.

Back of stitched piece mounted to foam core

I then check to make sure all little pieces of thread or dog hair is removed from the front of the stitched piece.

Front of stitched piece mounted on foam core

Next I would assemble the entire project, glass, spacers, stitched piece and backing board. Since I am missing some of the supplies, the stitched piece is just sitting in the frame which is black.

Winter Valentine by The Blue Flower

December 26, 2019 By patgeary

When I first saw Winter Valentine posted, I knew I wanted to stitch it as cardinals are my very favorite bird as well as the state bird of Virginia. The Blue Flower is a new designer for me so I checked first to see if her charts were printed in color or black and white. Color charts are very hard for me to stitch from because of my eyesight.

Winter Valentine chart by The Blue Flower

I had recently purchased a Christmas frame from Michael’s Craft store and wanted to use this design for it. I left off the border as the picture needed to fit into a 5×7 opening. I used a mystery piece of mottled gold 16ct aida with some of the recommended floss and some Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe threads.

DMC 937/ Varigated Pine Bough
DMC 3865 / Primitive White
DMC 22 (one of the newest colors)
DMC 523
DMC 535
DMC 3045
DMC 3371
DMC 3776
DMC 501/ Holly Leaves
DMC 890/ Varigated Pine

I’ll be stitching this one again for a different finish and will include the border and the text.

Frosty’s Night Out by Blackbird Designs

November 27, 2019 By patgeary

The newest offering from Barb and Alma of Blackbird Designs is quite different from their usual designs BUT I LOVE IT! Frosty’s Night Out is stitched on 36ct. Murky by Picture This Plus, and uses Weeks Dye Works floss. The chart should be available at you local needlework shop or online shop after Thanksgiving.

Recommended Floss: Weeks Dye Works

Aztec Red /Christmas Red
Cadet / Country Blue
Grits / /Primitive White
Light Khaki /Country Tan
Marmalade / Squash Blossom
Olive / Memory Quilt
Onyx / Dark Steel Gray
Oscar / Mountain Laurel
Schneckley /Victoriana Gold
Whitewash /Primitive White
DMC 310
DMC 948

I have chosen to use a piece of 16ct Mercedes Aida from Picture This Plus that I had in my stash. I am also using Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe floss rather than what is called for.

Frosty’s Night Out finished stitching 12/22/2019

Now to decide on how to finish it.

Pins & Needles by Jeannette Douglas Designs

November 15, 2019 By patgeary

Pins & Needles was released in 2015 but I just saw it recently and decided I HAVE to stitch this one.

Pins & Needles chart cover. — Pins & Needles cover

While I really love the colors on this one, it calls for all silk floss and I was not willing to spend that much money since some of it sells for $8. and up a skein. The suggested fabric is 36ct linen but I decided to stitch this one on 28ct Monaco which makes it bigger. The smaller pincushions have the wording stitched over one.

There is no conversion chart included for the silk threads so I posted in a Facebook group and Jeannette kindly suggested conversions for some of the threads. There are two color schemes included and I chose the teal and purple.

Suggested Colors/Colors I used

Silk N’Colors Acorn Woods/Cosmos Seasons SE80-8069
Silk N’Colors Aged Plum/DMC 3740
Silk N’Colors Mahogany WIne/GA Mulberry
Soie d’Alger 5024 Teal/DMC 501
Needlepoint Inc Silk 124/DMC 3859
Needlepoint Inc Silk 154 Sea Green/DMC 3768
Rainbow Gallery Splendor S1137 Tan/DMC 643
Needlepoint Inc Silk 292/DMC 3051
Needlepoint Inc Silk 975/DMC 3787

Pins & Needles Progress 11/15/2019. — Pins & Needles Progress 11/15/2019

Pins & Needles stitching completed. — Pins & Needles stitching completed

I still need to add the tiny buttons and charms to this one. But will have to check my stash to see what I have.

November 2021 – It’s taken me two years but I finally got back to my stitching on this one and finished up the two smaller pieces. Again, both were stitched on 28ct cream Monaco with the above colors. Stitching the wording over 1 was extremely hard on my eyes but worth it. Now to figure out how I want to finish these.

Started Stitching: Nov 27, 2021
Finished Stitching: Nov 29, 2021

While I love the Lone Elm Box used to finish this piece, I really did not want to spend that much money on it and mine finished piece was bigger since I had stitched it on 28ct. So off to Hobby Lobby to see what they might have. I found a Square Wood Pallet Box that would work and bought the last one at 40% off. I painted it with Folkart Acrylic Greenscape paint and applied Briwax after the paint dried. Bigger stitched piece was laced on a piece of 7.5″ x 7.5″ mat board and fixed to the top of the box using stitchery tape. The inside bottom is a piece of Jinny Beyer fabric another sent had sent me some time ago fixed to a piece of foam core. I love the finished look of this project.

The two small pillows are finished with the same backing fabric as the box is lined with.

Oh Joyous Day

October 29, 2019 By patgeary

Oh Joyous Day by Blackbird Designs was released at the Spring Fling Retreat at Sitchville USA. I was lucky enough to buy it at the Spring Retreat held at Dyeing to Stitch in Virginia Beach. Right now (October 2019) it is available exclusively through Stitchville USA AND at Dyeing to Stitch in Virginia Beach (757-366-8740).

My interpretation of Oh Joyous Day will be a bit different than the chart. I am stitching on 16ct Colonial Parchment aida by Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie with recommended threads except for the border where I am using Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe threads. Bands will be straight cross stitch rather than satin stitches because aida does not lend itself to the satin stitch and have it look nice.

I am going to stitch this one in honor of my parents, using either their first names or initials and the date of their marriage.

Started Stitching: September 27, 2019