It is amazing how many birthday party a girl has to go through in her life. It keeps you busy and at the same time you try to think what you could make to be taken as a gift. Personalized gifts are always loved and cherished. A little bit of inspiration & time and you are ready to do your magic again. Which -in practical- means turning your storage boxes upside down until you find what you are seeking. And you know what you are seeking only then when you find it. Oh, I didn't know I had this, this is great!!! :)
This keyring got idea from old
Cross Stitcher magazine (January 2006, pages 39-41).
I didn't have Framecraft luggage tag for which the designs were made
for. I had only rectangular Framecraft keyring which design size was
34x44mm. Instead of 14 count aida I uses 16 count aida. Still the
designs of luggage tags were too big to fit into the keyring so I
decided use half of the bigger design which ended up to fit pefectly to
this small project. Again, all the materials are left overs and loose
ends. It just needed -as usual- a bit work to sort it all out before
starting. :)
This tablecloth is actually a towel for a violist who can wipe with it the violing after playing. The design is from Donna Kooler's Cross Stitch Designs (333 Patterns for Ready-to-Stitch Projects) book, the page 52.
I used loose end threads but still it looks fine. The design was made
for a hand towel but works fine with other ideas too. The towel is
napkin size so it doesn't need a lot of fabric and lace.
This
book of Donna Kooler is interesting and has many different kind of
designs for many kind of occasion -from babies to Christmas. I can
recommend this book for you to borrow it from a library or to buy it for
yourself. With this book time and money is not watsed. Multi-useable
book which I have bought years ago and am still using. The designs of
the book are mostly small so they are fine with a busy stitcher and low
budget gifts.
PS. It was great to have a message "Thank you, the woollens socks were something I needed!"
