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Showing posts with label cross stitch pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross stitch pattern. Show all posts

Sunday, July 24, 2016

#CRAFTS WITH ANASTASIA--CROSS STITCHED APPLE PIE


What could be more American than a slice of apple pie at a summer picnic? Okay, a slice of watermelon springs to mind. Perhaps that will be a future cross stitch project. For now, enjoy stitching up this quick and easy design.

Stitch count: 19 x 19
Size: approximately 1-3/8" x 1-3/8" when stitched on 14-ct. fabric



Cross stitch with two strands floss. Backstitch with one strand black (DMC 310, Anchor 403).

Sunday, June 5, 2016

#CRAFTS WITH ANASTASIA--COUNTED CROSS STITCHED #SPATTERWARE COFFEE POT

Spatterware is very popular as a collectable. This blue spatterware coffee pot would make a great complement to anyone's collection as a magnet or stitched on a potholder or kitchen towel. Stitch on 14-ct. Fiddler's cloth or white, cream, or ivory Aida cloth.

Stitches: 17w x 19h
Approximate Size:1-1/4" x 1-1/3"

Cross stitch with two strands floss. Backstitch with one strand black (DMC 310, Anchor 403).