May Biscornu

This is my biscornu for May, stitched as part of the Basket of Biscornu challenge. It is on 28 ct. tea-colored linen, and the design is 1/4 of an herb pillow chart from the book "Country Garden Cross Stitch," by Jane Iles.

Folk Art Peacocks

This is stitched on 28 ct. white Monaco fabric. The chart is from the book "Scandinavian Charted Designs from the Lindberg Press," published by Dover.

I've completed a lot of stitching in the last month, but not much finishing. I am sewing some things for a friend and must complete them. I will be posting more pictures of my recent cross stitch.

Petites Lettres Rouges--My Version

I found this Blackbird Designs blog contest two days before the deadline, which was not enough time for me to enter. I've just finished my version of the "Petites Lettres Rouges," in shades of DMC reds on tea-colored
28 ct. linen.

I wanted a lot of birds in it, so I left out many of the numbers as well as the date. I put in two swallows from "Ann Orr's Charted Designs (Dover Pub.), a crane of my own design, a stork from "Scandinavian Charted Designs from the Lindberg Press" (Dover Pub.), and a chick from "Ann Orr's Charted Designs" (Dover Pub.).

I place my name on it. Although I've stitched many samplers, this is the first one to have my full name. I haven't decided whether I'll make this into a pillow or frame it. It will depend upon finding a suitable frame.

My printer did not print the symbols clearly, so I might have made mistakes in the coloring of the borders.

Edgar's Blogoversary

Edgar

is holding a Blogoversary Giveaway. Please visit his blog, admire his expertly stitched projects, and enter the drawing.

Lo A Rose Giveaway

Edgar is having a giveaway for the Better Homes and Gardens (out of print) book that contains the chart for the "Lo, A Rose Sampler." Sign up today!

My April Biscornu

This is the biscornu that I stitched for my April entry in the Basket of Biscornu SAL. This is a freebie design from the web. It has the word "esther" in the file name. I can't remember the site from where I downloaded it.

It reminded me of tulips open and closed, so I stitched them in two shades of pink. I placed green seed beads in the center. I'm sorry that the photo is out of focus.

Scrap Linen, Please

These are small motifs (from Dover Pub. Anne Orr design books) that I stitched on scraps of linen. I plan to make them into notebook covers, tiny box covers, and more. I'll applique them onto cotton fabrics or piece cottons around them to create different projects.

Send me your scrap pieces of linen! Two inches, one inch, half an inch--anything! I'll use them! Donate them to me instead of throwing them away.

Please email me if you have tiny linen scraps that you don't want. I'll email you my mailing address.

Peacock Fob

This is a tiny fob with a peacock taken from the Quaker freebie chart "Six Mains." It is stitched with DMC on white linen.

Peacock Pinkeep

This is a motif from the freebie "Six Mains." I found some painted ribbon at the store in the exact colors. This is stitched in DMC shaded floss on white Monaco fabric.

DMC Scented Floss

Can you believe this?

Imagine lavender-scented lavender floss tags, lemon-scented lemons on an apron . . .

I belong to the DMC Club online and received an email about their new scented floss. I really need this! Especially the floral scented ones. My gifts would be even more appreciated when stitched with this, as I do a lot of flower motifs.

DMC says the scent will last through 20 washings, but most of my stitchery does not get washed after being received. I hope this means that the scent will last a long time.

Winter Quaker Needlebook

This is the Winter Quaker needlebook that I stitched for Melissa (HOE exchange). I was getting worried because it took a long time to get to its destination. I chose the colors of winter skies and clouds. It is DMC on white linen.

This is a freebie design from Carinne. I love this design and want to stitch it for myself.

Winter Quaker from Karen D.

This is the pretty quaker snowman floss tag that I received from Karen D. in the HOE Winter Quaker exchange.

Unfortunately, the light was not good for the photo. It's stitched with white floss on a sparkly blue evenweave (possibly hand-dyed Lugana).