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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 |
Lil' Elmer4094 viewsI call this piece "Lil' Elmer" - for his Elmer Fudd eyes. One can only imagine that before he started going after "wascally wabbits," he was once a wee bairn, who perhaps looked like this one. Hmm...though I guess most of us really don't want to know. ;D
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Floral Wreath4578 viewsThis was a kit I had bought on sale at a craft store. I really liked the colors. (LOL, not that I don't still like them...it's just that I bought and made this a very long time ago.)
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Picot lace choker4726 viewsThis is a picot lace choker, made from a lace pattern in Beadwork magazine. I made this as a choker.
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OMNI Bookmark7951 viewsThis was a bookmark I created from the logo for my favorite magazine (now long out of print).
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The Earthdancer4786 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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Rupert's sweater - bunny buttons4554 viewsThis is another view of Rupert's sweater. In case it's hard to tell, the buttons are bunnies. (Rupert makes quite the handsome model, doesn't he?)
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Clipper Ship3741 viewsThis was another kit.
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Hair ornament4036 viewsA simple stringing design and beaded bobby pin. I made this in a moving car. The charm is a comedy/tragedy mask design. It's held on with a lobster claw, so it can be switched out as needed.
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 Last additions - beadmaster's Gallery |
Top pic 45146 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Top pic 36641 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Top pic 29708 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Top pic 15203 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Bottle8587 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Mask6802 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Box, pyramid & necklace7493 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Pendant8853 viewsJan 31, 2014
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