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Embellished Cross Stitch Finish

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DSCN1210This detail is from a finish recently posted by a Canadian stitcher who blogs at Leftover Chocolate Stitches. That is a great blog name, by the way. She remains anonymous, but her stitching speaks for itself. She has taken a simple Lizzie Kate design the “ABC’s of Aging Artfully” and made it so much more by adding charms and other embellishments to make it very special. Head over to her blog to see the entire project and even more details from it that show the other charms and specialty flosses and stitches she used to add oomph. See how she went beyond the cross-stitch. Go check it out. And, special thanks to the Kreinik Facebook page for pointing this post out in the first place. Visit them too.

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  1. That was so kind of you to include my work in your blog 🙂 I had a lot of fun altering the pattern and getting my creative juices flowing. I’ve done this to two others of LK… to me, they are just screaming to be embelished, lol… I like to think outside of the box and don’t always follow ‘rules’… just let your imagination free 🙂 Here’s a link to my stitching photos (where you’ll see To Do List, Good Marriage and ABC one… along with tons of Mill Hills… of which a few I changed, even one I made into a stuffie 🙂

    :https://www.facebook.com/helen.omalley/media_set?set=a.10151479215540926.553446.573920925&type=1
    https://www.facebook.com/helen.omalley/media_set?set=a.10150559130685926.446605.573920925&type=3

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Designer Spotlight: Artmishka Cross Stitch

Artmishka Cross Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Italy with lots of whimsical and colorful designs and an emphasis on animals, flowers and landscapes. Let’s take a closer look!

The animal section is by far the largest, and it includes everything from realistic birds to cartoony cats, a set of little chick ornaments for Easter and a blackwork butterfly, to name a few. There are little animals in clothes and scarves, and this sweet folk art style owl in modern colors. 

This one (and lots of them, really, I think) was designed as nursery decor, and it calls for 10 colors, which you can of course change up to suit your decor, nursery or otherwise. The design is 95 by 95 stitches, which comes out to about 7 inches or 18 cm square on 14 count fabric or 28 count evenweave stitched over two strands. 

Another large category is flowers, which includes birth month flower designs, flowers that look hand drawn and colored, floral wreaths with teapots and wedding floral cross stitch designs.

The sampler section includes a variety of small patterns, images with words, colorful geometric and floral designs, and a few holiday patterns. Christmas designs include stamps, Christmas trees, stocking, snowmen and a cute box of snowflake shaped Christmas cookies in a box with a mug of hot chocolate, to name a few designs. 

There are also a fair number of designs in both the landscape and cottage categories. These include iconic landmarks and colorful sunsets, and buildings from beach houses to a mushroom cottage, book shop and a cottage with flowers bursting out of the roof. There’s also a section called girl, which has designs of a little girl in different outfits and situations and  some other characters.

Other categories on the site with smaller numbers of patterns include boy designs, princesses, plants, hobby themed designs (sewing, knitting, baking), art and bookmarks. There are also a handful of cross stitch kits, all of the little girl character. 

Check out all of the fun designs at Artmishka Cross Stitch. 

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