29. Turquoise Graphics Downdraft

 

Turquoise Graphics & Design Downdraft
From the Just Cross Stitch Halloween Ornament Special 2020
stitched on 32 count Platinum linen
I used a Jodyri variegated thread for the smoke and some random beads for the sparkle

Scrapbooked with Happy Halloween:

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28. Moss Creek Designs Amaryllis

Moss Creek Designs Amaryllis

from Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Special 2013

Stitched over one on 28 count white evenweave

Sent to Clare for her Church Christmas Tree Festival

Finished by Clare:

27. Judith Stanley Bramble Harvest

Judith Stanley designing for Needlepoise - Bramble Harvest

Stitched on 28 count Annabelle evenweave

using the threads from the kit.

A mixture of Anchor and Perle Cotton

I stitched most of this back in the late 1990s and only had the blackberries to complete.  I discovered a mistake in the placement which is probably why I had stopped stitching on it!

26. Hands on Design Broomstick Fuel

My third finish in the Scary Apothecary series:

Broomstick Fuel

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 used a blend of two DMC for the pink around the word "Fuel" rather than the charted variegated

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 Bat Balm and Bitter Brew

25. JBW 12 Days of Christmas Book 3

JBW 12 Days of Christmas Book 3

stitched on 40 count white linen

I added petite red beads for the holly berries

24. Just Nan Jasmine Mix

Just Nan Jasmine Mix

Stitched on 32 count Vintage Country Mocha Linen

23. Lyndisfarne Designs Discworld Mapp

 

Lyndisfarne Designs Discworld Mapp

Stitched on 32 count Murano custom dyed by Sparklies

22. Just Nan Morning Meadow

Just Nan Morning Meadow

Stitched on 32 count pale green linen

Substituted blended threads for the Caron Waterlilies

Stitched as my Summer Sampler SAL with Leonore

21. Passion Creative Portrait of Alice

Passion Creative - Portrait of Alice

Free design found here

Stitched on 28 count linen from a Crafty Kitten grab bag

Scrapbooked with some Cheshire Cat coloured ribbon!

20. Just Nan Holly Noel

Just Nan Holly Noel

stitched on 28 count beige evenweave

I didn't have the holly charm so I used a little candy cane instead

Scrapbooked with a ribbon border

19. Just Nan Spring!

 

Just Nan Small Delights Spring!
Stitched on 32 count pale green Belfast Linen

skein of DMC shown for colour matching

Framed in a charity shop frame

18. Brooke's Books Stitcher's Alphabet Book

Brooke's Books Stitcher's Alphabet
found here - Brooke's Books Freebies

I started this way back in August 2015 as part of The Alphabet Club.  For 26 months I stitched one block per month and then planned to finish it into a cloth book.

I stitched it on an afghan fabric which I cut into a long thin piece.

Here are the individual pages of the book:

I actually finished the stitching in September 2017 and there it sat until this year when I decided to add it to my WIPocalypse and actually fully finish the thing.

The first thing I did was add a title - My Alphabet Book, a bar code and an ISBN to the back:

And, yes, that is a real ISBN.  Look it up and see why it is appropriate.

The barcode also matches that book as close as I could make it.

Then came the tricky part, sewing it together.  What I did was fold over the top edge along the thicker woven part and whipstitched the top of the first page to the top of the page with D,E,F and G.  Then whipstitched the page with H,I,J and K to L,M,N and O.  and so on.

Then I turned it over and did the same with the bottom of the book pages.

Then I cut four pieces of thin card to size and slipped one inside each page, the openings are at the spine end of the book.  Finally I took the two half pages from the beginning and end of the alphabet and whip stitched them to the page with X,Y and Z.   The orange selvedge marker makes a nice line down the centre of the back of the book.

Here are a couple of videos so you can see how the book looks: