EMS Garden Alphabets Freebie

"Bless Our Home" What a lovely designs.

I have stitched a few different words using this alhabet.

I add some butterflies, bees and ladybugs.

"HOPE" in Nov/2004, "Bless Our Home" in Jan/2005, two sets of "Open" & "Closed" and "Bath"

I stitched two sets of open & closed signs for friends for their business stores. One set was stitched on 14 count aida with backstitch on each letter.(Sep/2005) A second set was done on 18 count aida without backstitch. Personally, I like it without backstitch.(Mar/2008)

The last one I stitched was a "Bath" sign for the bathroom. I made three of these in Mar/2008.

The Last Supper

I stitched three Last Suppers.
They are all different patterns, with different designs.


The third Last Supper I stitched was in 2002, design is from The Leisure Art leaflet #2768, and I gave it to my sister.

The second Last Supper I stitched was Omnibook Collection, designed by Jeanette Crews. I stitched this in 1996 to replace the one I gave my parents, but my younger brother wanted it, so I gave it to him

The first one I stitched was designed from Stoney Creek Collection. I stitched this in 1991 and made orininally for myself, but when my parents visited to Canada from Korea, my father liked it, so I brought it back home next time I visited Korea.

Jesus in the Garden

I stitched this project, designed by Carol Emer, twice.I gave the first one to my parents.

This is the second piece, which I stitched in 2003, with some colour changes, red to green and green to purple.

It turned out Ok. I really enjoyed changing the colours.

I gave this one to my younger sister.

10th Holly Hobbie

I stitched one in brown from the pattern.
I only changed the hair colours, and the skirt to white.
So far I stitched 10 Holly Hobbies in these colours:Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Dark Blue, Purple, Pink, Purple (2nd time) and Brown.

9th Holly Hobbie

I stitched another one in purple (2nd time). It was fun to change the colours.

I enjoyed it a lot.
I don’t know what I’m going to make with this yet.
I used DMC 898, 552,209, 211, 700, 434, 208, 553, 604,964, 754, 704, 726, 436, 3371, 322, 958, 210, 602, 3837, 3371, 801 and B5200.

12 Days of Christmas Wreath

Twelve days of Christmas designed by Robin Clark. I finished this wreath Dec/2003 for my daughter.

Special Gifts

Three years ago, I received the following beautiful gifts from “Forstitch” friends from Korea. They planned this project in secret about 9months before my 60th birthday, and I received them two months before my big day. 34 people shared their time and love for this special project. It was a dream come true. I was touched and speechless by their warmth and thoughtfulness. Thank you everyone for this lovely and memorable gift.

Quilt blanket and pillow
This lovely Quilt blanket is a surprise gift from stitching friends. Each of the 21 blocks was done by a different cross-stitch friend, and the whole quilt was assembled by a quilt friend.

Needlerolls
These 12 beautiful needlerolls were a special gift for my 60th birthday from 12 friends, who shared all their love and time. I was touched and speechless by their warmth and thoughtfulness.

Card
This card was stitched by Sara for my 60th birthday, and came with the cross-stitch quilt and needlerolls. Thank you for this beautiful card.

Winter in the park

Original artist Diane Ronanello, adapted for cross stitch by Deborah Campbell. I stitched this beautiful winter scene for my daughter in 2002. Background is supposed to be half stitching with 2 strands, but I did full stitching with one strand instead

A token of love

Design is a part of “The Token” by Long dog samplers. I stitched this in Jan/2009 and finished it into a needle case in June/2009.

Lilies in my mini garden

I put 4 small rectangular wood pots in my balcony. Last year I put lilies in one pot and this year they started coming out in late April. This week they started blooming. They are dark orange in colour and are beautiful.

Kitchen Basket

Design is from Korean designer, Jasuzip Cross Stitch Design Group. It's a Kitchen Sampler of nine blocks, but I stitched only five of them.

I sewed them individually with some beads

I arranged them with dried flowers on a wicker basket shape. I gave it to my brother’s family for their new home.

8th Holly Hobbie

I again stitched Holly Hobbie, this time in pink version. It’s my 8th one and it turned out pretty bright pink.I used DMC, 155, 208, 318, 333, 367, 433, 436, 601, 603, 700, 702, 727, 728, 754, 792, 801, 898, 915, 917, 3607, 3608, 3689, 3750, 3787, 3814, 3842, 3843, 3865 and white.



One of my friends in Korea who does quilting made this one into a nice bag. I mailed this piece in March to Korea, and got it back last week.
I know it’s not easy to match the colours of fabric around a stitched piece, but she did a good job. I’m so pleased with this bag. I carried this bag yesterday to Church, and I received lots of comments

A Soon

It was a 16-part SAL from a European web site, started in Sep/2007 and finished in Feb/2008. I have made these into a nice bag and I love the result.

Holly Hobbie

I stitched seven Holly Hobbies in mid 2004. They are blue, red, green, yellow, purple, dark blue and orange.
It was so fun of changing the colours when I was doing these.
I have made them into cushions, and three were given away as gifts.

This year, I stitched one more with bright pink colours for myself. At the moment, this one is in a quilter’s hands, to make it into a bag for me.
Once it is finished, I will post an update. I can’t wait to get this bag.
Some day, I want to stitch more of these in different colours. Any suggestions??

Cherry Blossoms

In the beginning of April, my grown-up children and I went to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms. It took about 10 hours to drive from Toronto and it was my first time visiting Washington DC. It is a very beautiful city and the timing was perfect. We looked around the White House, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol building, the Library of Congress, the Cherry Blossom Festival, etc.
Cherry blossoms are all around of the tidal basin. It took about an hour to walk around. Some branches are touching the water, some make an arch … just beautiful.
On the way coming back home, we stopped at Luray Caverns, too. I hope I can visit for cherry blossoms again in the future.

The Wedding

I stitched this one in June 2000, for my daughter.
I displayed The Bride and The Wedding at her wedding reception. I got lots of comments

I stitched the second one in June/2003. I changed the colours again to purple.

New World

Discovery of the New World

Designed by Linda Gillum, Kooler Design Studio. I stitched this in 1999 for myself, and this is one of my favourites.

Columbus Day

Designed by Linda Gillum, Kooler Design Studio. I stitched this in 2001 for myself. This is a companion set with "Discovery of the New World"

Four Seasons Biscornus

Four seasons biscornu


I chose small designs from freebies, and arranged them to make my own biscornus. I picked tulip designs for Spring, fruit designs for Summer, Halloween designs for Autumn and Christmas designs for Winter. They turned out pretty good. I already gave Spring biscornu away.

Basketful of Ornaments

I enjoyed stitching the Christmas ornaments from all different books in 2003, but they were lying around for a year before being sewn together.
I gave them all to my daughter for her Christmas tree, but somehow she gave them away to her co-workers as small gifts.