Hello, dear friends. Have you already transitioned into Valentine stitching? I officially started stitching Valentine's last week and am loving it. I have been so inspired by all of the lovely stitches that I have been seeing on Instagram. I do not have a lot of Valentine decor, but slowly it is growing with each sweet little stitch. This past weekend, I worked on a little design that I could incorporate in my Valentine decor but can also stay out year round.
I love sheep. I love old crocks. So why not put a sheep in a crock? Lol. This piece is called "Ewe Have My Heart- 1869 Crock".
I had posted another crock piece in December called Fall 1869 Crock . You can find it by clicking on the name.
Six floss colors were used in this piece which were DMC 3345, blanc, 310, 221, 224, and 842. I stitched mine on 14 count tea dyed aida that came out so nicely. My tea dyeing is a hit or miss. 😂 This time it was a hit at least for me.
This is a small measuring 44 x 39 and on 14 count aida that measured 3 1/8" x 2 3/4". Love my smalls.
As I stitched it, I knew I wanted it to be a round finish, but did not know what I was going to complete it on. After stewing over it for a few hours , eureka! Fortunately, I had a little round paper mache' box that I had purchased at Dollar Tree, and I knew it was somewhere deep in my finishing stash. It would be perfect. I was doing a happy jig when I realized yes it would fit.
I painted the box with black and chocolate brown paint- trying to give it a prim look.
I then mounted the stitched piece on mat board with 2 layers of batting and tacked it to the lid of the box. I created a little jute cording with jute from the Dollar Tree.
The box looked sort of plain so I added some homespun to the box. Inspired by my IG friend, Nancy , I wrapped a double twine bow around the box and with that I had a finish. I have to say Nancy is a prolific stitcher and has amazing finishing ideas. She is always sparking my imagination. Thank you , Nancy.
I hope to add more crock stitches to my collection. I think one would be so cute mounted on a cheese crock or even in a pie tin. So many ideas whirling in my head.
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| Ewe Have My Heart - 1869 Crock & Luv Ewe |
Luv Ewe was a freebie last week.
I would be delighted if you added this to your future stitch list. If you are interested, just check out the pdfs below. Now I am not a professional designer so no professional set up here. I have to put each page in its own pdf.
For the instruction page , click here .
