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.

My first biscornu in 2004

My first biscornu in 2004

When I saw a biscornu from a gallery (I don’t quite remember which gallery), it was attractive to me. What a neat idea. So I was just looking at that picture and thinking for a few days. Ok, I’ll stitch first and then figure it out. So, I stitched one square design, and cut the same size of fabric and used a pin to make a shape. And I made it myself without any instructions. I was so proud. When I showed it to my daughter, she just took it

I made another one in 2004 for my friend. I love blue & white and so does she.

Hands of Faith

This is the third piece I stitched, in 2005.
Designed by Teme Lee Steinmeyer.
I gave them to my brother, sister and the third one was a special request from a church member.

The Bride

I stitched The Bride by Lavender & Lace four times
with some colour changes.

This is the first one I stitched in 1996 for my daughter.
This is the second one I stitched in July/2003.
I stitched this on black aida with some colour changes, yellow flowers and green leaves. It turned out so pretty. I was so pleased.
The third time I stitched The Bride was in Jan/2004,
with purple flowers in mirror direction. I stitched this one for my niece’s wedding gift.
The fourth one is a pink version I stitched in Sep/2004.
It hasn’t been framed yet. It is just sitting in my closet. It will be for one of my three nieces, which means I still have to stitch two more, but my eyes are not getting better.

Two Pouches

Designs are from a needlepoint book that I borrowed from the library. I stitched these in 2003 and have made them into pouches for home decoration.

My first cross stitch project

The House Blessing Sampler

This is my first Cross Stitch project. I stitched this kit from the Heart, disigned by Nancy Miller, in 1989 and gave it to my friend as a Christmas gift.When I visited her after she moved to her new house, I noticed that she had not hung this picture. She explained that it did not match with her new home,

so I took back the old piece and replaced it with a new piece.

I had the old piece reframed in Apr, 2004, and kept it for myself

Welcome Friends

Welcome to my blog. I have been stitching since 1989. I am early retired. I like all kinds of crafts, such as cross stitch, knitting, crochet, etc... I like to change the colours from the patterns. I stitched The Wedding twice, The Bride four times and The Holly Hobbies eight times with some colour changes. I hope you enjoy your visit.

This design is from The Welcome for all Seasons, by Mill Hill. I only used DMC floss instead of MH Beads and MH Treasures, and I also changed the USA flag to Korean flag.
First I was going to change it to the Canadian flag, but I changed my mind. I am so pleased with the result. I finished this on Sep 2/2006.