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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 |
Little Red Riding Hood cape - a different angle6372 viewsThis is a different angle of the Little Red Riding Hood cape.
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The Earthdancer7380 viewsThis is my version of Marilyn Leavitt Imblum's incredible piece, the "Earthdancer." I took the suggestion on the pattern and used only one strand of the specialty thread for the dreamcatcher (the picture on the pattern showed it made with at least three strands, perhaps six). This is not quite finished...one thread from the dreamcatcher became loose, so it needs to be tightened and woven under again. The other thing I haven't finished is figuring out what color to make the two feathers under the dreamcatcher. Because I changed fabric colors (the designer's color choice was a beigy brown I didn't like because it somewhat obscured the dancing Native American woman), the feathers then blended into the fabric color. I tried outlining the feather on the right, but don't really like it, so will have to someday rip out the stitches and change the floss colors to something else. LOL, am I too picky? Probably!
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Purple peyote bracelet in three shades5306 viewsThis bracelet actually uses three shades of purple, but the light purples are iridescent and solid. The iridescence doesn't show in the pic.
This was the first beaded item I ever made.
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Hang In There Bears8172 viewsThis was supposed to be placed in a small plastic frame, which I no longer have. I believe the frame was an oval shape.
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Love, Joy, Peace4422 viewsI got this as a free kit from a cross stitch store. It includes beaded embellishments. It's a simple kit, but it has nice colors and a very eye-pleasing design.
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Three Christmas Bears6783 viewsThese three little bears were kind enough to pose for me after I did a little stitching on their outfits. The two girls are wearing Aida cloth aprons and the boy is wearing an Aida cloth scarf.
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Love Bearth All Things3939 viewsThis is my oldest counted cross stitch piece that I still have. It was before I knew about making the work neat on the back, so it's very, very sloppy, with a lot of visible thread ends on the reverse side.
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Parrots5450 viewsThis is a pretty old kit of two parrots. I love the bold colors.
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 Last additions - beadmaster's Gallery |
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Bottle8698 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Mask7082 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Box, pyramid & necklace7591 viewsJan 31, 2014
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Pendant8983 viewsJan 31, 2014
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