All about ME: March 2011

Sunday, March 27, 2011

I Stitch

Stitching

I made a little progress on my elf's last night.

New Beading Patterns

Two patterns will soon be added to ZaneyMay and The Bead Coop.

Indian Summer Necklace

Beaded Cuff Bracelet

Jewelry

For sale at ZaneyMay's only...

Stained Glass Necklace - will be listed soon.

Stained Glass Earrings - will be listed soon.

Snowflake Earrings - will be listed soon.

Lil Bundle of Flowers Earrings

I don't think I ever mentioned that Dylan named the Lil Bundle of Flowers design.

Lil Bundle of Flowers Earrings

Lil Bundle of Flowers Bracelet

Four Leaf Clover Earrings

Four Leaf Clover Bracelet

Flip Flop Earrings

Flip Flop Bracelet

Chain Flip Flop Necklace

Candy Stripes Bracelet

Butterfly Kisses Necklace

Butterfly Bracelet

My Week

Not much going on this last week. Cleaned out the end closet and went through a lot of stuff, it went from having 10 storage containers in it to 5 containers. Orgainzed the stop shelf for gifts, birthdays', baby showers etc.

Kayden has been coming over on Wed, Th and Fridays. He wants to go out and play but it has been a cold week here. I hope warm weather will be here soon.

I looked into selling my patterns at another site, but they only pay 10% to me and payment is quartly. Doesn't seem like it would be worth all the work you have to but into it. I removed all my patterns from BPB a while back, the lady that runs it was driving me crazy, I have never in my life seen anyone that needed their A** kissed as much as she did and wine about everything. She still hasn't sent me my money for the last order from Dec. 24th.

Etsy is going pretty good lately so far this month I have had 36 orders. I think that is the most I have had in one month at Etsy. They have been doing really good at The Bead Coop too, last time I checked Ihad sold 23 patterns this month and there are a few days left in March. Hoping for a few more sales before the end of the month.

Well that was my week hope you had a great one.

Friday, March 25, 2011

How to frame your cross stitch Tutorial

How to frame your needlework...

I know some will scoff that the way I frame my needlework, but this is the way I was taught by my Mom, years ago. I have some of my Mother's work that is almost as old as I am and it is still as beautiful today as it was years ago.

Material List: Finished needlework piece, Frame, Spacers, Masking Tape, Iron and Board, Cutting Mat and Rotary Cutter.

Step 1: Clean and press your finished cross stitch piece. I wash mine by hand with a gently soap, lay it flat to dry on a couple of towels. Then press with iron. *If you have bead work, charms, etc. place a towel on needlework then press with iron. Also if you have used overdyed thread on your piece, I would not wash it, the dye could bleed in the material.

Step 2: Clean the glass in the frame and measure the frame. Then place spacers on the frame, remove the paper from the spacer and stick directly to the glass, as close to the frame as possible. *I place a ruler in the frame and cut the mat board to the measurements. Step 3: Cut mounting board on cutting mat with rotary cutter and straight edge. *I place the cutting mat on the floor, the mounting board on the mat and the straight edge where I need to cut. One knee and one hand holds the mounting board and straight edge in place, while I use the other hand to cut the mounting board with a rotary cutter. Step 4: Pill off the paper from the mounting board and place piece directly on the sticky side of the board. When placing the needlework on the board, place it lightly. If it is not centered you and gently pick it up and reposition it on the board again. Once you have the needlework centered on the mounting board, start at the center of the needlework and press it down and out to the edges of the mounting board. *You can use the lines in the material to place it straight on the board; aida material makes this much easier. Step 5: Cut off extra material from the needlework. Leave an 1 to 1 1/2 sticking out from the mounting board.

Step 6: Put small pieces of masking tape on the cross stitch piece, pull gently holding the tape and tape to the back side of the mounting board. Repeat until you have the sides down, but leave the corners open. *If you get a bubble in the material between the tape, just add a small piece of tape to the bubble and gently tape it to the mounting board.

Step 7: Clip the corners of the material. This will keep your corners looking nice and clean. Then tape then down.

Step 8: Place needlework and mounting board into the frame.

Step 9: Cut paper of the back and tape along the paper and the frame. This will keep the dust out of your frame. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and please feel free to share it with other cross stitching friends.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Felt like spring...

New Pattern Sets at ZaneyMay's only...

Easter Egg Patterns all five patterns.

Orbit Set Patterns

Fire Polish Patterns

Crystal Patterns

New Pattern at Etsy and The Bead Coop

Easter Egg Elegance

My Week...

We had Kayden over for two nights while Dara and Brandon went to Chicago to celebrate their engagement. I was so happy that the days we had Kayden were the first day we had 60 degree and 70 degree weather. We sent all day outside, playing and cleaning up the yard. I racked and bagged over 20 some bags of leaves, we even cleaned the gutters, garage and van. Needless to say he slept like a baby both nights. LOL!

Cleaned out pictures and videos from my pc and put them all on DVD, that was very time consuming, but so glad I did it.

I'll be adding finished jewelry to my shop next week.

Well, that was pretty much my week, hope you had a good one. Leave a comment if you have the time.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

A little beading and a little stitching

New Patterns

Can be found at ZaneyMay's or The Bead Coop.
Elegant Bracelet Pattern, pattern instructions include both finishes, with and without the seed beads around the pearls.

Elegant Necklace

Exquisite Easter Eggs

Sister Dolls
The complete series only at Etsy shop.
From left to right Debra Louise, Carol Jean, Loretta Sue, Barbara Ann and Mary Joyce.
Individual doll pattern are sold at both Etsy and The Bead Coop.
Each doll pattern is a little different then the next.
They all have different hair, dresses and arms.

A few finishings...

Take a bath by Calico Crossroads, all the frames were made by Shari's hubby.
I picked up the frames Friday and framed the pieces that night.

Stitched in 2010

Clear your ears by Calico Crossroads.

Stitched in 2010

Brush your teeth by Calico Crossroads.

Stitched in 2010

Last year Kayden made this frame for me. But I needed it modified for the stitched piece to fit in the opening and Shari's hubby did a great job. Dara started stitching this piece in 2007 and I finished it in 2010

Be Mine, sorry I stitched this so long ago. I don't remember who the designer is or what year I stitched it.

Feels so good to have some of my stitching in frames and hanging on the walls.

Tutorial

I added another tutorial "Pin Keeps", last week. Feel free to share with your cross stitching friends. I will try to put one together on framing your cross stitch soon.

Hope everyone had a great week and thanks for stopping by. If you have the time, please leave a comment.