Slow Sunday Stitching--see more great handwork on Kathy's Quilts blog.
I haven't been doing any slow stitching, as I can't make up my mind what I want to stitch yet--not a terrible problem to have :) I showed some older cross-stitch pieces that I am going to add to the Bookshelf Quilt I am making for my niece, Emma. Adding a fabric frame was the job at hand. I started with the cherries. I finished this one in April 2018 and finished it in the cheap plastic frame that came with the kit, which was black.
I decided to use a narrow black border of fabric and then found a silver accented fat quarter in stash to use as a wider frame.
The silver is a Carolyn Friedlander print I picked up at Sewtopia Orlando after her lecture. I left the frame wide for finishing width options in the bookshelf quilt.
Next was a much older cross-stitch project of Southwest cacti. I chose one of the four different cacti and trimmed it to one inch past the stitching boundary. Due to an over-enthusiastic trimming episode, I had a "design opportunity" for the fabric frame--hence the dotted squares in the corners.
I like it! I'll decide if I want to add another cacti later. I chose shelf fabric in a solid brown and the bookshelf background is black, so the gray frame will hopefully show up well. I can always add another narrow border in a contrasting fabric.
From my stitching past, I used an old sampler to test the new-to-me hanger from the thrift shop.
This was the first cross-stitch I ever did--my Godmother gave a kit to me lo those many years ago. I had the kit for years before stitching it in my late teens. It was mounted on a sticky board for decades, which I have removed. Perhaps I will lace the piece onto something else, but I actually like it deconstructed too!
3 comments:
Sometimes it's hard to make up one's mind what to stitch next. I suppose we are spoilt for choice. All cross stitches are pretty. I especially love the last one. It does look rather fabulous "deconstructed" with the hanger. I must say, the cherries look great with the both the black fabric bordering it and the pretty Carolyn Friedlander print.
Such pretty cross stitch pieces. It's not a craft I do, but I can certainly admire those who do such lovely work.
Such pretty stitches that you have been working on and love how you framed them with fabric. Great hanger too.
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