Hello, and welcome by today. I don't know about all of you, but I just LOVE to cross stitch and do hand stitching projects. I was taught as a very young girl, and I took lessons over the years to improve my craft and learn different varieties of stitches. It was a fond memory for me with particular women in my family including my dear Aunt Betty and my sweet Great Aunt Chlorence. I'm so grateful for their influences, and also for my Jr. High School Home Economics Teacher, Miss Karen Harper, who taught me to sew and to love sewing. I took further classes in sewing as well as the stitching; so I guess I've always been a crafty kind of girl.
I miss doing this type of handiwork, and when I saw the new challenge over at Double D Challenge Blog calling for stitching (real or faux) I just knew I had to play along. What a perfect opportunity to create something involving stitching. I used one of my favorite sets from Papertrey Ink, and cut my hearts (2) from ivory wool felt. I stuffed the hearts and hand stitched them together using ivory DMC floss. I added some French knots, and did some straight stitches here and there.
I've made these very same little hearts in the past. They're fun to make and they don't take terribly long to put together. I enjoy the hand stitching part. It's relaxing for me, and I usually do it while watching a tv show. I have jars and jars full of buttons, so this is also a great way for me to use up some of my button stash. The scalloped border is from Paper Sweeties and the flower dies are from Frantic Stamper.
If you haven't seen the FUN challenges over at Darlene & Diane's Double D Challenge Blog, you will definitely want to put this one on your challenge "list" if you have one of those. I just know that I like to play along there whenever I'm able. This particular challenge really spoke to me. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.
Blessings,
Karen
I'm playing along in the Double D Challenge: Stitches - Any Kind (Real or Faux)
