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New Cross-stitch Completed: The Stargazer

New Cross-stitch Completed: The Stargazer

This summer I finished another cross-stitch. Like the last one I posted about, this is also a Mirabilia Designs cross-stitch (from a pattern released in 2006), and is called The Stargazer. As you will see, it’s not a particularly colorful design (so many different blues!). But, I’m a sucker for star-themed images to start with, and I feel like this design has such an elegant balance, I just couldn’t resist it. One thing I love about cross-stitches is how the…

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pile of sewing
Silk Window-Pane Pillow Covers

Silk Window-Pane Pillow Covers

Yay, I’ve made something pretty for my house, or rather two somethings.  Two pretty pillow covers for the pillows on my couch. (Actually, from the picture below you can see that I had the bases for three, but I’ve only got two of them complete right now and also only two couch pillows, so that third one might languish, unfinished for…a bit.  Not forever, though.  It was too very satisfying sewing with such yummy colors; I know I’ll want to…

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cross-stitch closeup holding perfume
Cross-stitch completed: Scent of Old Roses

Cross-stitch completed: Scent of Old Roses

I have recently completed the latest cross-stitch I’ve been working on, a pattern published in 2000 by one of my favorite designers, Nora Corbett of Mirabilia Designs, whose designs are always oh-so eye catching. This one is called Scent of Old Roses, and yes, the title was definitely one of the reasons I just couldn’t resist it. Though another reason was the somewhat understated website photo, which, as you will see, doesn’t quite capture the quite glittery effect of the…

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Tree twisted out of wire with bead chips for leaves.
Here’s a Pretty: Wire-and-Bead Tree

Here’s a Pretty: Wire-and-Bead Tree

For Christmas this year, my daughter requested a wire-and-bead tree, like the ones you can buy in gift shops but, you know, better! I’m no good at defining little projects, and had indeed done similar tree constructions when I was a kid that were definitely at least bigger than the the ones usually on offer. And so I collected supplies, hoping, hoping that the colors I was picking out were the right ones. (I have excellent color taste. And my…

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