Too busy to blog!

I'm happy to say that over the past few weeks I've been too busy to blog. That's because I've been stitching my little heart out. I've gotten several things done to give as gifts and some things to list for sale.

This is one of my latest sale items. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160386060175&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

It turned out so cute. Here's one of my others that I got done. This is a cute feather tree pattern with holiday buttons on it (picture at the right).




Here's another one I finished and listed on ebay. It's a
foam block covered in fabric with the cross stitch on the front
with cording and ribbon. Warm & Wooly Winter Time!

Hope everyone is having a great time getting ready
for Christmas. Here is a link to photos of my completed items on Flicker.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchcrafts/

Cross stitching

Cross stitching seems to be a hobby or craft that has gone by the wayside. Other crafts such as making jewelry, soaps, body lotions and potions have pushed what once was a creative past time into oblivion.

I get a huge amount of satisfaction from taking a paper pattern, a blank piece of material and turning out a highly detailed work of art. Patterns can be very intricate with lots of detail or much simpler and old fashioned looking. No matter what the pattern, when you are finished, you have a beautiful piece of art.

The hardest part, to me, about cross stitching is deciding upon the one pattern in my library of patterns to stitch. I can spend hours flipping through my patterns until one just begs to be stitched.

If you haven't tried cross stitching, maybe it's time to give it a chance.