Cross stitch: Liberbee

THE SILVER NEEDLE - LIBERBEE JUNE 2005

Purchased off ebay I stitched this for a friends birthday. It was a nice / not too nasty way of making fun of the way she says liberty. She took it the way it was intended. 

The kit came with the bee buttons, flag, star, gold ribbon, fabric and floss. I purchased the striped trim ribbon at a Clegs sale - they're really to expensive to buy from often so sales are the way to go and the box from a local craft shop. I messed up the count on the bee hive but it still came out looking nice so I'm not kicking myself too much for my lack of numeracy skills. Also there was hot glue everywhere when I was sticking it all together - much fun.

how do I get this picture to rotate...AGH!

Winter wonderland

Andrée Langhorn's lovable bear is the perfect gift for Christmas

I got this kit in a bulk lot I brought of ebay and promptly threw it on the pile and forgot about it. Fast forward a few months and I'm finally cleaning all my rubbish off the living room table and in the process unearthed this gem.

Only one problem... I had the free kit part that had originally come with a magazine but not the magazine containing the chart.

Here is where I am eternally grateful that we live in the time of the Internets as 30minites on Google revealed to me not only could I download the chart but it was FREE! So happy! Only downside (if you can call it that) the cleaning for that day completely ceased.

And to add to the feeling of fate a couple of days before I'd unearthed the kit I'd see the perfect frame in a local shop. A weekend or so of stitching, a walk down the street and there you have it. The cutest teddy ever sitting on my
book(dvd)shelf.


some work in progress shots;