10. Drawn Thread - Be Well

The Drawn Thread - Be Well freebie

Given as part of the #bewellandstitch SAL

Stitched on 35 count sand linen using one strand DMC

Chart found here.

Features satin stitched bees:

Scrapbooked using some ribbon gifted by an Italian friend:

09. Blue Ribbon Designs - Trimming The Tree

Blue Ribbon Designs - Trimming the Tree

From the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Special 2019

Stitched on 32 count Twilight Blue linen

Scrapbooked on a page from a calendar

08. Plum Street Samplers - Fox Few

Plum Street Samplers - Fox Few

Stitched on 32 count Khaki evenweave.

I used the DMC conversion for this with the exception of the yellow for the bees.

 They recommended a brown 435 for Amber but I used 783.

 I backstitched the pale blue flowers as they blended into the fabric colour.

 The chart says to use a dark blue for the centres but the cover picture shows them as white. There is a symbol for white which isn't used anywhere so I guess that is a mistake.

I also used a blend for the hillside rather than a variegated thread. They recommend 3012 which was too close to 3011 which I used for the flower stems. 3013 was too close to the fabric colour but blending it with 3012 was perfect and makes a nice mottled effect for the grass. 

07. JBW 12 Days of Christmas Book 1

JBW 12 Days of Christmas Book 1

stitched on 40 count white linen

I added petite red beads for the holly berries

06. Cross Stitcher Butterfly Card

Cover kit from Cross Stitcher magazine issue 356

Stitched on 32 count white evenweave

05. Just Nan Crystal Heart

Just Nan Crystal Heart

stitched on 32 count Lavender Murano

04. Hands On Design Bat Balm

My first finish in the Scary Apothecary series:

Bat Balm

stitched on 28 count linen in Radioactive from Chromatic Alchemy

I am using the DMC conversion for this, except for:

the black which is Weeks Dye Works Kohl 

(charted for CC Zack Black or DMC 317).
  

I also substituted: 

DMC E316 (metallic) for Kreinik 5013, 

DMC E317 (metallic) for Kreinik 011HL and 

a blend of DMC 3853 and 5284 (metallic) for the orange Kreinik 027.

The other changes were outlining the bats in black:

And underlining the word Balm in a turquoise metallic:

I finished it in this frame from B&M

For the horizontal frames, I have used some scrapbook paper.  The plan is to stitch some poison bottles on perforated paper and add them to the piece.

Framed with Bitter Brew and Broomstick Fuel

03. Just Nan Christmas Memories Ornament

Just Nan - Christmas Memories Ornament

stitched on 28 count Platinum Cashel Linen

I finished it with a ruched ribbon trim

Reverse

02. Just Nan Christmas Friends

Just Nan - Christmas Friends

stitched on 28 count beige evenweave

It was only when I started on the white corner pieces that I realised this was an un-evenweave! So the piece is not square. Luckily it looks OK being slightly elongated.

Scrapbooked with some ribbon trim

01. Jessica Savage Achieve

Jessica Savage - Achieve

stitched over 1 on 25 count blue evenweave

Published in Cross Stitcher magazine

Finished as a foldable book:

On the reverse, I used the snarky sayings from our work calendar:

The whole thing concertinas up and is secured with a ribbon:

36. The Sweetheart Tree Merry Christmas Bellpull

The Sweetheart Tree Merry Christmas Bellpull

Stitched on 32 count linen

From Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Special 2004

35. Stitchonomy Snowflakes

Stitchonomy Snowflakes

Stitched on 28 count opalescent blue linen

charted for DMC but I used beads and metallic threads

34. Jessica Savage Embrace

Jessica Savage - Embrace

stitched over 1 on 25 count blue evenweave

Published in Cross Stitcher magazine

Finished as a foldable book:

On the reverse, I used the snarky sayings from our work calendar:

The whole thing concertinas up and is secured with a ribbon:

33. Mirabilia 25th Anniversary Cameo

Nora Corbett released this design to celebrate 25 years of cross stitch designing under the Mirabilia name.

Her official name is Portrait of Antique Vines

I chose a piece of hand-dyed 28 count evenweave gifted to me by Mouse.  That meant I didn't need to stitch the background.

I didn't have the flower beads charted so I used clusters of the black beads instead. 

Framed in a charity shop frame painted black