Friday, May 26, 2023

A little bit of Spring

 

To add a little bit of Spring indoors, I stitched the letters from the design Spring Freebie by Little Stitch Girl.  The size of the finished stitched piece measures 6 1/8" tall by 2 3/4" wide.  I added a strip of batting behind the stitching and adhered the two layers to a piece of chipboard.  I used the crop-a-dile corner chomper tool to round the edges of the chipboard pieces to make it easier to wrap the fabric.  I added white rick rack that I colored using Copic marker Y13, color name Lemon Yellow, behind the stitched panel.  I was happy to find use for some crafty items that have been sitting on my shelf of craft supplies.  I pulled some Prima flowers and floral brads (used for the flower centers) that closely matched the thread colors.  The flowers and finished stitched piece was adhered to a piece of chipboard that I covered with fabric.  To add a bit more embellishment, I adhered a ribbon bow to the top of the stitched panel

Cross Stitch Supplies
Fabric:  14 count white Aida cloth
Floss:
Sullivans 45338 (equivalent to DMC 3326) - used for letter S
Sullivans 45172 (equivalent to DMC 727) - used for letter P
DMC 3348 - used for letter R
Sullivans 45468 (equivalent to DMC 153) - used for letter I
DMC 3825 - used for letter N
DMC 598 - used for letter G