Saturday, March 7, 2015

New Endeavors And A New Pattern

Well, as much as I enjoy creating Christmas designs for Grandma Kringle's Christmas In Stitches, I felt I needed a bit more variety and perhaps an escape from winter weather in general.  And, I really had a longing to return to my passion for primitives, samplers, and folk art.  Thus begins, Sweet Liberty Threadworks!  I hope to focus not only on cross stitch designs but also needle punch, wool applique, and eventually rug hooking (I just need several more hours in a day!).

Today, I'm pleased to offer you my first cross stitch design for Spring...and let's hope Spring is just around the corner!  Spring Blessings is stitched on 28 ct Vintage Pear linen using a variety of specialty and DMC threads.  I also incorporated the petite stitches using one strand of floss over one thread.  For the trim I chose to use an ivory chenille to give it a bit of a "fuzzy" appeal.  I had originally planned to spray the finished piece with a bit of walnut stain but in the end opted not to.  This pattern is now available for purchase here on my blog and I hope you'll enjoy stitching this as much as I did...and may it bring you assurance for blue skies and sunshine in the coming weeks ahead!

Happy Stitching~