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mid century modern cross stitch geometric pattern in threadworx fall lake collection colorway

Mid-Century Modern Cross Stitch Pattern

My Mid-Century Modern cross stitch sampler pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! I designed this project as a way to show off the color combinations in some of the ThreadworX Collections I’ve created. These Collections are (with a few exceptions) groups of 10 colors that I’ve put together, available in 20-yard skeins and …

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threadworx variegated floss samples - 1154 rainbow

ThreadworX Variegated Floss Samples – Collection 1

I created these ThreadworX variegated floss samples to help show the beauty of the color combinations when stitched. Above is the stitched sample of ThreadworX 1154 – Bradley’s Balloons. I stitched all of these samples with two strands of the six strand floss on 14 count Aida. It took just under four yards of two …

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life sucketh not cross stitch pattern

Life Sucketh Not Cross Stitch Pattern

This Life Sucketh Not cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop!  This is a phrase I came up with a long time ago, and it’s a fun way I appreciate living the good life. There are those moments when everything is… just fine. There are times when I just stop for a …

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Variegated Floss Projects Part 2

Welcome to Variegated Floss Projects Part 2! In this six-part series I’m sharing a ton of ways to use variegated floss in craft projects ranging from needlework and quilting to furniture, jewelry, and home decor. Part 1 of the series covered variegated floss projects in the needlework areas of cross stitch, needlepoint, and embroidery. This …

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Should is a Bad Word Cross Stitch Pattern

This Should is a Bad Word cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! Well, as you can see, the pattern doesn’t use the word “bad,” it uses stronger language. That more accurately describes how I feel about “should.” “Should” is rooted in expectations you perceive from your friends, your family, from society …

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Variegated Floss Projects Part 1

Welcome to Part 1 of this six-part series on variegated floss projects! I’m going to share a ton of ways to use variegated floss in craft projects ranging from needlework and quilting to furniture, jewelry, and home decor. Variegated flosses are beautiful and by their very nature, they make every piece that uses them unique. …

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Five Books I Made Something From

This week’s Link Love theme is “Five posts you {actually} made something from.” Well, I have yet to make something from a post, but I have made projects from five books! The only difficulty with this post is that I don’t have photos of most of the projects I’ve completed. This is silly, I know. …

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Needlepoint Sampler in a Eugenia Loli Collage

I wanted to share that my needlepoint sampler has been used in a collage by artist Eugenia Loli. How interesting and fun is this piece:  [FemNanoBot by Eugenia Loli via Tumblr] I think it’s a very worthy use of the image of my original sampler from 1996, although the sampler on it’s own is pretty …

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Hexagon Crafts Part 4

Welcome to Hexagon Crafts Part 4! This series on hexagon crafts should really be titled HEXIE MADNESS! Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the series covered all kids of crafts: from quilting to quilling, jewelry to crochet, origami to leatherwork and everything in between. Today we’re covering hexagon crafts ranging from needlework to making a pendant …

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