Even though the instructions for this tutorial aren’t in English, the photos are so great, you should be able to easily follow along and be able to create a lovely star ornament for your tree. In fact, it’s so pretty, it would be fit for a tree topper for a small tree. Check out the tutorial.
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Designer Spotlight: Stone Street Stitchworks
If you’re a fan of ornamental folk cross stitch designs, you’ll want to check out Stone Street Stitchworks, an Etsy designer based in Houston, Texas.
According to their shop description, they feature designs with an “ornamental country style” inspired by cottages, country landscapes, primitive and folk art, as well as Americana and samplers from the colonial and Quaker eras, and American and European samplers.
As of this writing they have a little more than 30 designs, which definitely have an early America feel to them.
I love the Day to Night pattern, which features a little house and a big sky changing from day to night that looks like quilt blocks. There are actually several patterns that feature stars or snowflakes or other designs evocative of quilt blocks or knitting colorwork designs, which just goes to show that all crafts are connected.
There are historical samplers as well as designs made with more modern quotes (like “The time is always right to do what is right” from Martin Luther King, Jr.). And of course the one pictured, called Bookhouse, which features a quote from Neil Gaiman: “I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”
The design features two trees (the leaves are meant to evoke books) and a tall house with a light left on in a window for the reader in the house (which looks a little bit like a TARDIS, though I don’t know if that’s intentional). The design was inspired by classic book covers. It measures 93 by 81 stitches, or 5.8 by 5.1 inches (14.7 by 12.9 cm) when worked on 16 count fabric and uses only full stitches and some back stitching on the book spines.
This would be a great one for a library or to put on a bookshelf.
You can check out all the designs with a classic feel even though they might have modern content at the Stone Street Stitchworks Etsy shop.
[Photo: Stone Street Stitchworks]
Debbie St.Germain says
I wanted to let you know that I have a new freebie for halloween.
Debbie
Marjorie Arciniega says
This looks so easy, maybe I’ll try it, thanks! Note that the site is all set for translation to English. Just look at the top of the page and push the button.
Marge