Monday, February 10, 2014

Cross Stitch Tag



Gathering Eggs by Mirabila

Cross Stitch Tag!

I love Cross Stitch and have been doing it off and on for years. I started in the early 80s. Yes, I'm "that" old. lol  I came across this tag on YouTube and thought I'd add it to my blog

Feel free to consider yourself tagged if you love to cross stitch too.

 1. How did you start or who introduced you to cross stitch?
Santa Claus introduced me to cross stitch. He left a little beginner cross stitch kit of a mouse sledding on a candy cane in my stocking. After that, I was hooked.

 2. Do you have a favorite theme or designer?
Not really. I like to do all sorts of themes.

 3. What floss brand do you use?
DMC

 4. What is your fabric of choice?
I like 18 ct. Adia but I have used Evenweave and did an over two threads stitch before.

 5. Do you use a needle threader or are you a "floss licker"?
I have this nice LoRan needle threader that is just a must have for me.

 6. What kind of stitching frame do you use?
Plastic hoop. I have many colors of them around the house.

 7. How many projects have you finished?
I have never counted. There are many I have given away and forgot about.
But there are quite a few.

 8. How many completed works do you have currently displayed in your home?
One. It is a Mirabila design called Gathering Eggs. It's a vintage little girl with a big skirt holding an easter egg basket.

 9. Do you do more stitching for gifts or keep them for yourself?
I just stitch to stitch. I am doing one project specifically for someone but usually I just stitch for myself.

 10. What is your favorite project or finish you are most proud of?
I would have to say it's the Gathering Eggs project. I had stopped that for 5 years and put it aside because it was my first two threads up, two threads over project and I thought I had gotten myself off the design. Other than that, my Friedrich the Cat is pretty special to me.

 11. What has been your least favorite or worst exp while stitching?
That would have to be working on that Gathering Eggs project. I was teaching myself to stitch by reading magazines and just learning by doing. And I think I messed up this poor little girl's skirt but you really can't tell I had any trouble by looking at the finished cross stitch. The counting of two threads up, two threads over got a bit daunting after awhile. This is why I like stitching on just basic Adia. It's easier on my mind. I like to stitch just to get my mind off the stresses of the day

 12. What do you love and what do you hate about cross stitch?
I hate that I don't have more DMC floss colors. But I did win the entire line of floss back in the 90's. I subscribed to a new cross stitch magazine and I guess I won the big prize. I found this huge box on my door step and it was filled with floss. I was SO surprised!
Friedrich the Cat


13. Have you introduced anyone else to cross stitch?
Not really. People know I do it. At least, the people in my family know. But I don't go out of my way to show it to them. I have been posting stuff on Facebook about it lately.

 14. What was your first project and did you finish it, if not what was your first finish?
First project was in my stocking in the 80's. It was a little christmas ornament of a mouse on a candy cane sledding. I think of it fondly. I remember thinking how much I really enjoyed it when I was doing it. I wanted to get a new kit immediately when I finished.

 15. How do you store your cross stitch floss?
I have little cardboard bobbins that I wind my floss around. I have plastic cases where i keep the floss in order. But I only put floss on a bobbin when I'm actually using it. If it is new, I put it in plastic bags and store them in my cross stitch sewing case. For example, all the 400's in the color line are in one plastic baggie.

I hope you enjoyed my little jaunt down memory lane. Let me know what lovely things you are creating. They don't have to be cross stitch related.


Toni
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