Stitched Flowers for Mom or Grandma

This is a really pretty cross stitch design for Mother’s Day that has the benefit of being appropriate for moms or grandmas.

Better Cross Stitch Patterns shows this floral Mother’s Day design in two color palettes, saying either “for my mom” or “for my grandma,” depending on who you are stitching it for.

It’s a somewhat large design — 109 stitches high and 139 wide — but the designer calls it “low count” because there are large sections of the same color, so you don’t have to spend a huge amount of time counting as you go. And of course they are flowers so if they aren’t exactly perfect that’s how nature makes them, too. It’s available as a free PDF.

[Photo: Better Cross Stitch Patterns.]

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I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]

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