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Charity Quilt Squares

By Colleen | June 17, 2011

  About 2 weeks ago I had the wonderful opportunity to stitch 2 squares that will be used for quilts. The quilts will be in memory of 2 brothers who died as a result of the Piedmont, Ok tornado on May 24, 2011.  Ryan was 3 yrs old and Cole was 15 months.  I have…

cross stitch toys and games christmas stocking, vintage holiday, room with shelves of toys. better homes & garden heirloom

2 stockings-completed

By Colleen | March 4, 2011

holiday kitchen stocking Toys & games stocking Just finished stitching these Better Homes and Garden (BH&G) heirloom stockings.  The toys and games stocking was not personalized per customers request.  

cross stitch rose fairy model stitching with lady, fairy, angel red dress and rose

Rose Fairy-Completed

By Colleen | February 15, 2011

Rose Fairy is now completed.  This is such a beautiful piece, accented with beads and sparkly Kreinik #4 braid for the wing. This was another model stitching piece close up of the beautiful Rose Fairy. 

cross stitch rose fairy, lady pink and red dress, red rose

Rose Fairy-1 week progress

By Colleen | February 11, 2011

I am very excited to share my next project, Rose Fairy, with you.  It is also with great excitement that I announce that I am model stitching this project for cross stitching art.   Rose Fairy is being stitched on 28 ct. hand dyed Jobelan, Pink Dahlia.  This fabric is a perfect color choice for…

cross stitch custom family, men, women, parents, children

Family Portrait-completed

By Colleen | February 6, 2011

Family Portrait was completed on 14 ct aida. This was a very quick stitch, only took 4 days to complete.  

cross stitch personal poem, friendship

last project for 2010- personal poem

By Colleen | December 27, 2010

This project has no title, since it was a personal poem.  I was contacted and asked if I would chart this poem to be given as a gift.  At the request of the customer, I added small, simple seashells.  Because this piece was stitched over the Christmas holiday, it is hard to give an exact…

cross stitch queen of water with elegant lady long green dress, model stitching

Queen of Water-completed

By Colleen | December 8, 2010

Model stitching: Queen of Water cross stitch is now complete after almost 8 weeks of stitching.  What a beautiful piece this turned out to be.  The beads really accentuate the beauty of this cross stitched piece.   close up of the face.  You can see how the beads add beauty to the stitched piece. 

cross stitch queen of water with elegant lady long green dress, watering roses, model stitching.

Queen of Water-week 7

By Colleen | December 3, 2010

The stitching is almost complete for this piece, then I’ll need to do the backstitch and add the beads. Despite this being a large piece to stitch, it has been great to work on.

cross stitch queen of water with elegant lady long green dress, watering roses, model stitching.

Queen of Water-week 5

By Colleen | November 19, 2010

This project just becomes more beautiful as I stitch it.  I am getting anxious to see what it will look like when I add the beads. The designer did a great job with the details in the pattern and also the selection of the floss colors.

cross stitch queen of water with elegant lady long green dress, watering can, model stitching

Queen of Water- week 3

By Colleen | November 4, 2010

Sorry that I didn’t post a progress picture for week 2, but here’s the Queen of Water cross stitch as of week 3. I am really enjoying this piece.  The colors are so bright and they really add to the shading effect. Great pattern to follow. As I mentioned before, the white dots on the…