I stitched this little towel years ago, and it was waiting for me to figure out how to set the colors before I used it. I submerged it in the vinegar bath I made to set my red thread for the breadcloth from a previous post. It’s cross-stitched over a pre-printed design. I particularly liked stitching it because I didn’t have to count stitches. I just matched thread colors.
I’ve been itching to do some stitching! ‘Funny how muscle memory in your fingers seems to beg to do something. I’ve been missing cross stitching.
I knew a breadcloth/basketliner would be just enough to cure my itch. These motifs are from the Cross-Stitchers Club. They are from a pattern called “Mountain Landscape.” ‘Quick and easy!
This parrot for example:
I could use the butterflies from this one:
and of course, the hearts from this one:
and this one for the alphabet:
Speaking of medallions, I think bead medallions would make pretty adornaments in crazy quilting. My search for bead weaving led me to this wonderful list at Glitter Glow Beading.
One of the best links on the list was the Interweave store at Interweave Press. They have oodles of reasonably priced downloadable patterns, not only in beading, but in knitting, quilting, fibre arts, you name it! They also carry craft merchandise and instructional DVD’s, in addition to books and magazines!
Emma’s blog also led me to ArtFire! Thank you, Emma!
I also like to stitch beads to fabric using charted designs and waste canvas. That led me here:
I’ll most likely join; I spent hours looking through the downloadable graphs. As a matter-of-fact, I believe I’ll take care of that right now! (What else have I got to do besides sweat and shiver?)
Remember this old cross-stitch fabric? I don’t recall what it’s called, but I did enjoy working on it. This is my own design. I got it and three other seasonal designs published in a McCall’s craft magazine years ago. ‘Wonder if I can find my copy? My mom bought all the others!