The First Day of Spring!

Dear friends and fellow bloggers,

How are you all this merry month of March? Today, March 20th is the official "First Day of Spring". Hoorah! Spring is also on the stitching agenda. I have lots to show so I think it best to get started. All freebies and all wonderful designs. 

 

Firstly it's Spring Surprise by Mosey 'n' Me found on this page here. No thread guide was given for this, a challenge for me to start off with! I started off with WDW Carrot and with the thread box beside me I went from there. Of course I changed the French knots for beads ...... I added the running stitch around the piece just so it wouldn't look so bland. My threads are listed below.

Spring Surprise - Mosey n Me.

36ct Flax Edinburgh Linen.

Threads used:

WDW Carrot.

GAST Endive.

GAST Antique Rose.

GAST Straw Bonnet.

Backstitching:

Bunny = GAST Flax.

Bunny Ears = GAST Antique Rose.

Bunny Whiskers = CC Caterpillar.

Leaf = CC English Ivy.

Carrot = CC Stepping Stones.

Beads for eyes: MH Glass Seed Bead #02014 Black.

 

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You have all been to The Snowflower Diaries I'm sure. There are some lovely freebies and I have stitched a couple of them for Spring. The first one, Tulips with Chick I stitched and then hemstitched the edging. It has been quite a while since I have done any hemstitching and you can tell. Very rusty! 

 

Tulips With Chick - The Snowflower Diaries.

40ct Raw Newcastle Linen.

Recommended DMC alternative threads.

So after completed the chick I decided to stitch it's friend the bunny. I did change the inside of the tulip to a more pinky colour and stitched the bunny in WDW Havana to add a bit of shading to him. I added one of my special pins that I received from Vickie in the bow too.

Tulips With Bunny - The Snowflower Diaries.

40ct Raw Newcastle Linen.

Recommended DMC 310, 471, 931, 3350

CC House Wine.

WDW Havana.

 

 

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This little Prairie Schooler freebie was something that I stitched last year. I put it away as I didn't quite know how I was going to finish it. I spotted it again a week or so ago when doing something else and thought I would finish it as a small pillow with the fabrics I had used for previous Spring finishes. They seemed perfect to go with the threads. I'm sure the freebie will eventually make it around again on the Prairie Schooler site. It's one place where you have to keep going to look as the freebies change every few months.

 

 

Peep - The Prairie Schooler (freebie).

32ct Summer Khaki Belfast Linen.

Recommended DMC threads.

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Lastly my March ornament. This has to be my favourite, favourite design and finished piece of the year so far. I absolutely adore it. Do you ever get that feeling that when you look at a piece you have stitched and/or finished and you say to yourself " I've made that!"? I don't know, it just works ..... A square stitched piece that doesn't have to be finished as a square. The bow sits there big and bold and says "here I am!" I really don't think I could of finished it much better. It's not often that I will praise myself, there's always room for improvement in anything but I am very proud of this. :) I hope you will forgive my little outburst.

 

Ho Ho Ho (2013) - Broderies Passion (Martine290).

40ct Raw Newcastle Linen.

Threads:

DMC 801 changed to WDW Mocha.

DMC 937 changed to CC Pea Pod.

DMC 321 changed to WDW Turkish Red.

DMC B5200 same

 

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Until next time ...