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Swedish Huck Weaving/Monk's Cloth
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These are some bookmarks I created with Swedish Huck Weaving (a.k.a. Monk's Cloth). They were all stitched on 14 count Aida cloth.
I absolutely adore Huck Weaving. It goes very quickly. A bookmark is a project that can be completed in a relatively short amount of time, as compared to something cross stitched. (I don't have a photo of the backs of the bookmarks, but people always marvel at them, because you can't see anything! Literally, the back of a huck-woven piece has no threads showing whatsoever and looks like an unused piece of fabric.)
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=
4 files, last one added on Feb 15, 2010
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Small cross stitch pieces - "cover kits" from British cross stitch magazines
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These are some small cross stitch pieces I made from British magazines. Though I've bought many American cross stitch magazines, I especially liked the British magazines for both their detailed projects and the free cover kits. :) I never met a free cover kit I didn't adore! ;D
13 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Small cross stitch pieces from various places (mostly kits)
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In order to feed my cross stitch addiction, I often purchased small, inexpensive kits that I could carry around with me. They fit in my handbag and were good for times I got stuck waiting somewhere, when a larger project would have been too cumbersome.
8 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Cross stitched bookmarks
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These are all cross stitched bookmarks that I made. Some are from kits included in British cross stitch magazines (which are also in the album of British cross stitch magazine cover kits), some are from inexpensive kits I purchased to carry around with me for times I'd be stuck waiting somewhere. At least one of these is my own design.
6 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Cross stitched "tags"
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Many years ago, I found a few "tag" kits to cross stitch on sale. These were small kits that didn't take a long time to make. They're a little too big to classify as bookmarks (and they're not really bookmarks, as they're made to be hung on a wall!), too small to be classified as medium sized pieces. Thus, I say they deserve their own album!
Note: I had forgotten I had a name tag in here. This was not from a kit. It came from a British cross stitch magazine, Mary Hickmott's New Stitches. I'm including it in this album because it's a tag!
4 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Medium size cross stitched pieces
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These are pieces that required a pretty decent amount of work, but don't qualify as large pieces. Many of these were kits.
6 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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My own designs
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I have a few designs I created...some are licensed characters (like Tweety), which I can't sell. A few of these are in this album.
3 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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Large cross stitched pieces
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These are the biggies, the ones that took months and months to stitch. I normally didn't keep track, but I do remember one of the pieces took about 6 months altogether to finish.
10 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2010
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 Random photos - beadmaster's Gallery |
Tiles7533 views
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The Bath4058 viewsFunny story about this one: the cover picture was marked "Kitchen magnet." I haven't quite figured it out...if it's supposed to be a magnet, to what would it stick in a bathroom? If it's supposed to be for the kitchen, why does it say "The Bath"? Placement dilemmas aside, the heart behind the swans wasn't supposed to be stitched solid, but I made it solid because I preferred it that way. And there were two flowers that were supposed to be there, which I didn't like. So I didn't include them. Finally, this included a plastic frame I didn't like, so for now it's unframed.
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Hair ornament4101 viewsA simple stringing design and beaded bobby pin. I made this in a moving car. The charm is a comedy/tragedy mask design. It's held on with a lobster claw, so it can be switched out as needed.
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Flower Basket3569 viewsThis was a kit that I found on sale at a craft store. I liked this design and the colors, but felt it needed a little "something." That was supposed to be a small butterfly, but I never got around to it. And so, this poor flower basket sits, butterfly-less. Will you take pity on it and give it a butterfly? ;D (Really, I'm just kidding. And someday I may still stitch a butterfly on there.)
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Celtic Bookmark6910 viewsThis was stitched on either 18 or 14 count Aida. The blue "frame" was included; it's just a piece of paper.
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Mask10060 views
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Hummingbirds2798 viewsThis was another kit; I had originally framed it and put it on the wall, then needed the frame for something else!
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"Holes scarf" from Iris Schreier's "Modular Knits" book5811 viewsThis is the "holes scarf" from Iris Schreier's "Modular Knits." I really enjoyed the short row technique used to make this, and at first I loved the colors in this yarn, but after a while, I began to think of the combo as looking like something the cat puked up.
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 Last additions - beadmaster's Gallery |
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Top pic 29728 viewsAug 15, 2014
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Bottle8607 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Mask6832 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Box, pyramid & necklace7512 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Pendant8877 viewsJan 31, 2014
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