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Swedish Huck Weaving/Monk's Cloth
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These are some bookmarks I created with Swedish Huck Weaving (a.k.a. Monk's Cloth). They were all stitched on 14 count Aida cloth.
I absolutely adore Huck Weaving. It goes very quickly. A bookmark is a project that can be completed in a relatively short amount of time, as compared to something cross stitched. (I don't have a photo of the backs of the bookmarks, but people always marvel at them, because you can't see anything! Literally, the back of a huck-woven piece has no threads showing whatsoever and looks like an unused piece of fabric.)
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=
4 files, last one added on Feb 15, 2010
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Small cross stitch pieces - "cover kits" from British cross stitch magazines
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These are some small cross stitch pieces I made from British magazines. Though I've bought many American cross stitch magazines, I especially liked the British magazines for both their detailed projects and the free cover kits. :) I never met a free cover kit I didn't adore! ;D
13 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Small cross stitch pieces from various places (mostly kits)
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In order to feed my cross stitch addiction, I often purchased small, inexpensive kits that I could carry around with me. They fit in my handbag and were good for times I got stuck waiting somewhere, when a larger project would have been too cumbersome.
8 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Cross stitched bookmarks
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These are all cross stitched bookmarks that I made. Some are from kits included in British cross stitch magazines (which are also in the album of British cross stitch magazine cover kits), some are from inexpensive kits I purchased to carry around with me for times I'd be stuck waiting somewhere. At least one of these is my own design.
6 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Cross stitched "tags"
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Many years ago, I found a few "tag" kits to cross stitch on sale. These were small kits that didn't take a long time to make. They're a little too big to classify as bookmarks (and they're not really bookmarks, as they're made to be hung on a wall!), too small to be classified as medium sized pieces. Thus, I say they deserve their own album!
Note: I had forgotten I had a name tag in here. This was not from a kit. It came from a British cross stitch magazine, Mary Hickmott's New Stitches. I'm including it in this album because it's a tag!
4 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Medium size cross stitched pieces
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These are pieces that required a pretty decent amount of work, but don't qualify as large pieces. Many of these were kits.
6 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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My own designs
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I have a few designs I created...some are licensed characters (like Tweety), which I can't sell. A few of these are in this album.
3 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Large cross stitched pieces
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These are the biggies, the ones that took months and months to stitch. I normally didn't keep track, but I do remember one of the pieces took about 6 months altogether to finish.
10 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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 Random photos - beadmaster's Gallery |
Pulled Work Heart4386 viewsIt's not really cross stitch, but I bought it from a cross stitch store...which should count for something! ;D
Seriously, I thoroughly enjoyed making this piece. I haven't got the guts for Hardanger, but there was no cutting involved in this...the "holes" in the fabric were all made with stitches that were pulled tight to create them. In addition, there are beads in this piece.
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The Earthdancer7378 viewsThis is my version of Marilyn Leavitt Imblum's incredible piece, the "Earthdancer." I took the suggestion on the pattern and used only one strand of the specialty thread for the dreamcatcher (the picture on the pattern showed it made with at least three strands, perhaps six). This is not quite finished...one thread from the dreamcatcher became loose, so it needs to be tightened and woven under again. The other thing I haven't finished is figuring out what color to make the two feathers under the dreamcatcher. Because I changed fabric colors (the designer's color choice was a beigy brown I didn't like because it somewhat obscured the dancing Native American woman), the feathers then blended into the fabric color. I tried outlining the feather on the right, but don't really like it, so will have to someday rip out the stitches and change the floss colors to something else. LOL, am I too picky? Probably!
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Picot lace choker6415 viewsThis is the happy client wearing her picot lace choker.
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A Good Book is a Welcome Friend Bookmark3201 viewsThis is one of my earlier pieces, which was a kit.
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Bracelets8265 views
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"I Love You"7908 viewsThis came with a plastic heart-shaped frame, which I didn't like. I liked this design, though it included fractional stitches, which I didn't like!
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Love, Joy, Peace4420 viewsI got this as a free kit from a cross stitch store. It includes beaded embellishments. It's a simple kit, but it has nice colors and a very eye-pleasing design.
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Floral Bookmark2708 viewsThis was a free cover kit from a British cross stitch magazine.
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 Last additions - beadmaster's Gallery |
Top pic 45387 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Top pic 36890 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Top pic 210137 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Top pic 15473 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Bottle8693 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Mask7078 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Box, pyramid & necklace7587 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Pendant8980 viewsJan 31, 2014
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