Nautical cross stitching
Here's my latest fully finished cross stitch project - "I love Greenock". Greenock is my hometown and a port, so I went for a nautical colour scheme and theme. I'm quite happy with it!
I thought it would look good on a "driftwood" background, and fortunately Hubby found just the right bit of wood in his stash. See, it's not just us girls who have stashes of things that "might come in handy! I sponged the wood with some watered down white paint for effect. Two eyelets at the top with some white cord through them finished the look.
I've been getting a bit muddled while trying to finish off some of my projects, but Lynn on her blog, Happiness is Cross Stitching had a fabulous tutorial on how to add fabric to stitched pieces. She has lots of photographs to show how it is done and by following her instructions, I found it a lot easier to complete my sewing. Lynn's blog is really beautiful and she has a few free cross stitch patterns too, so check it out here.
The sewn piece is attached to the wood with velcro, which means that I can change the cross stitch anytime. I added my name to the back along with a little ribbon label. The inspiration for the lettering came from a Lizzie Kate pattern I stitched recently.
Love, Liz
I thought it would look good on a "driftwood" background, and fortunately Hubby found just the right bit of wood in his stash. See, it's not just us girls who have stashes of things that "might come in handy! I sponged the wood with some watered down white paint for effect. Two eyelets at the top with some white cord through them finished the look.
I've been getting a bit muddled while trying to finish off some of my projects, but Lynn on her blog, Happiness is Cross Stitching had a fabulous tutorial on how to add fabric to stitched pieces. She has lots of photographs to show how it is done and by following her instructions, I found it a lot easier to complete my sewing. Lynn's blog is really beautiful and she has a few free cross stitch patterns too, so check it out here.
The sewn piece is attached to the wood with velcro, which means that I can change the cross stitch anytime. I added my name to the back along with a little ribbon label. The inspiration for the lettering came from a Lizzie Kate pattern I stitched recently.
Love, Liz
Comments
I love the driftwood and the lettering is gorgeous.
Hugs-x-
My hubby always seems to have “some stash” around to help me with projects!