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| How I love Blue-tits! This is an Anchor design, which I found in an XS magazine and loved working. Isn't the detail delightful? |
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| Cross stitched narrowboat design that came from an old issue of 'Cross Stitch Crazy' |
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| Derwentwater Designs 'Bluetits and Seedheads' |
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| Derwentwater Designs 'Goldfinches and Thistles' |
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| Derwentwater Designs 'Chaffinches and Blossoms' |
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| Margaret Sherry's 'Cataflute' - HARD to stitch! |
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| Sue Page's 'Tudor Lady' featured in World of Cross Stitching July 2002, issue 60. |
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| I'm not a major L*K fan, but I loved the colours in this. I trimmed the lettering down from 'Welcome all seasons' |
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| Super cute and very English feeling - an autumnal field mice and blackberries piece from 'Cross Stitch Crazy' |
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| Worked from a feature in 'Cross Stitch Collection' for my hubby on our 4th anniversary. |
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| Worked for hubby on his MA graduation, Margaret Sherry's 'Clever' Catitude. |
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| Worked for hubby's MSc graduation! From a magazine, I think. |
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| Worked in two shades of gold (although you can't really see here) from one of those reader request features in 'Cross Stitch Crazy'. |
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| From an oriental feature in 'Cross Stitch Card Shop'. |
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| Elizabeth's Designs 'Garden Gate'. |
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| I love this as it has many of my favourite birds. The design came from 'Quick and Easy Cross Stitch'. |
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| From a Mary Hickmott planets of the solar system design. Worked and mounted in a card for hub on our 13th anniversary. |
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| From 'Cross Stitch Quick' |
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| A Just Nan design. |
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| From an oriental feature in 'Cross Stitch Crazy'. |
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| Shame it's such a small photo - 'Chinese Junk' designed by whom, I've completely forgotten! |
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| A wedding gift worked from a magazine design. |
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| From 'Quick and Easy Cross Stitch'. |
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| A design by Maria Diaz in 'World of Cross Stitching'. I added Kreinik blending filaments to the bird. |
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| From the first cross stitch magazine I ever bought - 'Cross Stitch Crazy' back in autumn 2002. |
I have worked other cross stitch pieces over the years, including many bookmarks, more cards, needlecases and so on, but these are just some of the best.
© Elizabeth Braun 2010-2012
Wow, these are lovely. Great inspiration!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely beautiful work what a treat to view. i love love the leaves long and short.
ReplyDeleteWhere do I find the pattern for the narrowboat?
ReplyDeleteI would love to do this one as I use to live on a boat.
Hi! As it says above, it was from an issue of Cross Stitch Crazy, but I don't recall which. If you want to give me your email (I won't approve it to publish, so it'll be safe), I can see if I have a digital copy around......
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