Game of Thrones Bookmark

Game of Thrones: Bookmark

... I don't think I really want to admit how long this took me to finish.  I started around June 2012 then put it down. Didn't touch it again until March 2013. I finished it in a rush for my boyfriend's birthday April 2013. Only just made it.

It's not his favourite house but when I started it I knew next to nothing about Game of Thrones and had grand plans of stitching all the bookmarks black-lupin had created. In hindsight that was a little ambitious. I might do a few more because this one turned out well and was very well received as a gift but it's not the highest priority I have.

Stitched on plastic canvas and finished with black felt.

As it was June 2012;

And finished (I did the felt back after it was gifted, it was all I could do to get all the cross stitching done in time);

and some work in progress shots;

Burnt to Perfection

Burnt to Perfection by Sue Hillis Designs

I saw this pattern and knew it was perfect for my boyfriend. I brought the pattern and all the bits I needed in one swoop then again put it aside and didn't touch it. So his birthday was coming up and I didn't think a single bookmark no matter how much work had gone into it was really enough. So I dusted off the patten and had at it. I finishd the cross stitch at 2am on the day of his birthday... I was so so tired. 

I had to unpick the B in burnt 3 times for various reasons. I also messed up the 'e' in Perfection. But by that time I was so tired and it would have involved so much frogging I decided to just improvise. I figured he wouldn't mind as long as it didn't look bad. (I didn't think it did) and I was right he loved it. 

Stitched on 25 Count Summer Khaki Aida Fabric Lugana FabricLugana: 52% cotton, 48% viscose. It promotes itself as easy to use and it is.

and the work in progress shots;

Timber stitch kit

Timber Stitch Kit Circle by Make It

Stitchery kit with a circle shaped, laser cut timber frame. The frame has pre-drilled holes that can be used just like the holes in aida fabric for cross stitch (X-stitch) and embroidery.
Kit includes:
♥ 1 x timber cross stitch frames
♥ 6 x design charts – butterfly, fox cub, apple, deer, song bird, peacock
♥ full alphabet chart
♥ blank graphs to chart your own designs
♥ needle and selection of DMC threads
♥ adhesive felt backing for a neat finish
♥ colour instructions and project ideas

The kit was a Christmas gift. I picked the fox, it was the cutest option though I did think about the apple. It was a nice quick stitch that turned out well. I still haven't turned it into anything practical.

City Square Yarn Bomb

Urban Forest Strategy & Yarn Corner

City Square Melboune; our trees got pretty and knitted. Love the colours.

Here's just a few pics, so much work.

Just a few of a lotta lovely yarn-y trees

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;

Big Girl Panties

Janlynn Dolly Mamas Cross, Big Girl Panties

 Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
• ASIN: B000YNS5K0
• Item model number: 019-0402

Unfortunately this is the best picture I have of this one. I gave it to a coworker as a pick me up because she used this statement often but I really don’t know if she actually liked it. I've always felt I should have just kept it.

I never really felt the need to do a dolly mamas cross stitch but this one felt right at the time. If I'd realised how many french knots it needed I might have had second thoughts. I actually finished the cross stitch part for a month before I worked up the nerve to finish all the french knots. 

In the end I was happy with the work.