Stitch Each Day Challenge Chart

My blogiversary is coming up on March 3 so I've decided to have two drawings to celebrate. One will be easy - leaving a comment on my blog between now and March 1st will earn an entry in the doorprize giveaway. The more you comment, the more chances to win. The second drawing is harder but the reward will be bigger. Is it better to know what the prizes will be or is it more fun to be surprised? (Here's a chance to leave a comment and help me decide.) Today's free chart is a challenge chart - stitch it up, get creative - add beads, buttons, charms, specialty stitches and threads, change colors, etc., etc. What will you do with it? Stitching tote? Pinkeep? Doorhanger? Notebook cover? Flatfold? Framed? The possibilities are endless and I love seeing how stitchers take a design and make it their own. Everyone that sends me a photo of their finished project will receive a small prize for participating and be entered in the 2nd drawing for the Grand Prize. All entries must be received by March 1st, 2016. The drawing winners will be announced on March 3rd, 2016.

Download Stitch Each Day pdf here

Plant Kindness Chart

Plant Kindness pdf

This chart is great for using leftover floss - choose whatever colors you like.

New Friendship Heart Scissors Fob

Here is the smaller version of yesterday's chart - this one should work better for a scissor fob or floss tag.

     Friendship Heart Scissors Fob

Friendship Heart

It's time I got back to posting some charts! To start off, I am posting an old chart - one from way back. It is very simple but I always liked it. A little large for a scissor fob but maybe okay for an ornament or sachet. I'll have to size it down for a fob, hmmmm....maybe I'll get that done later today.

   

        Friendship Heart

Small Scissors Fobs Mix & Match

Here is an example of numerous versions of one chart and not being able to decide which I like best...... so, mix them up and use the ones you like best. Different color combinations will change them as well, so each fob will be unique! I've included the alphabet I made to go with it so any initials should work for the fob back. I designed these when I was making the scissors fob for Carol R's HoE Freebie Exchange. If you like the chart and want to send a photo of the finished fob, I would love to see it and post it here.

New Charts - Small Scissors Crosspatch

Now that Carol has received her exchanges from me I can post the charts I used. The first one is the Small Scissors Crosspatch which features the word scissors in seven languages - you might like to highlight one language of your choice by stitching it in red (or another color) as I did for Carol's box. I added the personalization on the side to fit the boxtop I was covering. I have included a chart with backstitched scissors in case you can't find scissor charms to use - they are, of course, optional and can easily be left off.

My Stitching Friend Double Heart Design

The design is charted for regular DMC floss - use whatever colors you like - but it would be a really quick stitch with overdyes. Buttons or charms could easily dress it up a bit.

Scissors Crosspatch Finish

I received an email today from Loris with a picture of her stitched version of the Scissors Crosspatch Chart and she kindly said I could post it here. I just love seeing the stitched pieces and seeing the choices for fabrics and flosses! You can see this and her other beautiful stitching in her Webshots albums - http://community.webshots.com/user/loris42 . Thanks again, Loris, for taking the time to stitch my chart and for sharing your picture!

Gingerbread Treasure Bag

Another of the "lost" charts designed several years ago. It was stitched up on white opalescent lugana and made into a drawstring bag to hold a small gift.

Gingerbread Man Scissors Fob

Cold weather and fresh baked cookies go hand in hand! I designed this fob several years ago but never got him stitched up - he is one of the "lost" charts recently found in an obscure folder on my computer.

Gone Stitching Scissors Fob

A quick to stitch scissors fob, easily adapted to whatever color scheme you like. I love needlework tools (especially scissors!) and love charts that depict them.

Scissors Addiction and Scissors Crosspatch Chart

Confession time. I've been much more interested in scissor-collecting than stitching or designing lately. However, it is getting more and more difficult to find scissors I don't already have so I guess that will have to go on the back burner for awhile. So today's chart is a combination of recent interests - scissors, cross stitch, designing and monochromes. I never was very interested in monochromes in the past because I love color - lots of color! But lately, I've become quite fascinated with the complex simplicity of the designs, if that makes any sense. To convey the beauty of the picture without using color for detail and shading is amazing to me. And, of course, with all the beautiful threads and fabrics available today, there is plenty of opportunity to incorporate color and still maintain the monochrome simplicity. I am quite pleased with this chart which is surprising because I'm my own worst critic. I just finished the chart this morning so it hasn't been stitched yet - I hope to start it this evening when I get back home. The words are "scissors" in seven languages and I'm sure I'm not the only stitcher out there that loves and collects embroidery scissors.

Small Heart with Hummer Scissor Fob

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Allergies, baseball and taxes - what do they have in common? They have all combined to keep me distracted from posting on my blog! A whole week has crept by! I have been doing some charting and have a couple of charts to post, although I haven't stitched them up yet. The one I'm posting today is the one I'm planning to stitch up tonight when I get home. Maybe I'll get a chance to get it and the baseball flat-fold easel completely done and photographed by Sunday.

Where Stitchers Meet

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Where Stitchers Meet pdf

This chart is an updated version of one I designed several years ago for my friends at cross stitch camp. It should fit nicely in one of the Tuck Pillows for a fast finish.

Kortney's Hearts Part 3

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Here is Part 3.

Kortney's Hearts Part 2

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Here is Part 2 of Kortney's Hearts.

Kortney's Hearts Part 1

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These hearts were designed to show support for a co-worker diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2005. She is now cancer free but it was a rough ride. Several ladies in the office stitched up a bunch of them for family and friends to wear during that time. I designed them for fabric, but we decided to stitch them on white perforated plastic for quicker assembly as pins since we were making lots of them. That called for a different "G" than the original design, so I have added the adaptation for it to the chart. Other names can easily be substituted for your own use.