Blue speckled whimsical flowers

blue speckled whimsical flowers

Fun afternoon project worked in River silk 4mm ribbons and Anchor size 8 (color 306, topaz medium light) thread worked on 25 count, Bone color Lugana fabric.

The 5 x 7 inch tri-fold green card has 3 1/2 x 5 … Read more

Christmas Tree Card

Christmas Card

Hardanger Christmas tree pattern, based on a Kreinik freebie design. When worked on 22 count this design just fits an oval shape cut-out window of the purchased card that I used.

Web searching for freebie patterns I found the below … Read more

Ladybug, Narcissus and Lily

Ladybug, narcissus flowers and lily
I worked this using one strand of Caron Wildflowers color 219 (Cardinal) and one strand of a dark gray-black DMC stranded floss.I noticed who ever designed this printed panel incorrectly wrote ladybird instead of ladybug. I didn’t bother to try… Read more

Swirling Pin Wheels

Swirling Pin Wheels
The Swirling Pin Wheels design is a counted Hardanger and Rhodes stitch needlework embroidery available in printed and Kindle formats. Over the past winter children from our town’s day care center stuck red and blue pin wheels along the edge… Read more

Red hot poker, Arum and Natal lilies

Natal Lily, Red Hot Poker and Arum
Design called for the stems to be worked in wrapped wire, instead I did 13-20 wrapped bullions using straw needle. Waxing of needle and light waxing of 6-ply (un-separated) stranded floss makes it easier to pull through long bullions.

Two … Read more

Adonis Blue Butterfly

Adonis Blue Buttterfly

Adonis Blue Butterfly, designer Trish Burr, DMC stranded cotton floss.

I decided not to add the cream satin stitch edge around the butterfly.

Worked area is approximately four inch square.… Read more