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september 2010 happiness is cross stitching search this blog privacy policy cookie policy home about me the absolute beginner s guide to cross stitch in 2026 everything you need to start today free mini cat and other cross stitch patterns _ calendar mini cat 2018 free patterns more free patterns finishing ideas for cross stitching ffo little house needlework an exchange and my first hardanger piece 24 comments hi everyone i hope you are all well and doing lots of lovely stitching i have been stitching a little house needlework design called daisy lane cottage i am also working on my first piece of hardanger and i have an exchange to show you that i made for margaret from a sampler of stitches blog here daisy lane cottage from little house needleworks here is the exchange i made for margaret it is not the exact photo of the one i sent to margaret it is the one i made for yana but i forgot to take photographs although they are more or less exactly the same except for the polymer clay thread holder margaret made me an absolutely beautiful exchange that you can see in the previous post here is my first piece of hardanger it is a work in progress at the moment however i am not too sure i like doing this type of stitching i find it boring i prefer to have some colour to work with and i found the stitches a bit repetitive happy stitching everyone thanks for your visit share 24 comments the winner is and another exchange to show 22 comments congratulations to to cole from something for cole blog click here for blog cole please leave me your email address i drew the name out of a hat sorry but i don t know how to do this electronically it took me ages but i finally have a winner thankyou so much everyone for entering my giveaway i do hope you will continue to visit my blog please don t be disappointed if you did not win i have entered lots of blog giveaways and i have not won anything ever maybe one day i will be lucky stitching news i have not done much stitching but i have an exchange to show you this is the one i made for staci at snippets and stash blog here i also have another one to show but i will show that on my next post i made this pinkeep with a ladybird design on the back i then decided to use the fabric as a theme to base my design on the little bottlecap pincushion is supposed to be a ladybird this was based on the little bottlecap pincushions that jenny segrest makes here i decided to just embroider mine with the little daisy pattern to match the pinkeep the needlebook is my own design made from felt and blanket stitched around the edge the alphabet is a free design i can t remember where i got the grid from for the cross stitch but if anyone would like a copy please leave a comment with your email address and i will send it to you here is the lovely exchange that staci made for me staci made the two lovely pillows and stuffed them with crushed walnuts i thought this was a lovely idea i particularly liked the way that staci trimmed the reverse side of the pillows also included were the threads that staci used in stitching the design and the buttons ribbons and thread will certainly be useful for my forthcoming projects thankyou staci i enjoyed our exchange i shall treasure these gifts and i will put them in my new craft room when it is finishesd happy stitching everyone until next time share 22 comments sorry for the delay 3 comments hi everyone sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of my giveaway i will not get chance to sort it all out until this weekend i also have a couple of exchanges to show you and i have not had the opportunity to take the photographs yet please bear with me and i will announce the winner sometime over the weekend thankyou for all of the wonderful comments i am thrilled that you liked my giveaway i would also like to welcome all of my new followers and thank all of my regular and new readers for leaving comments you were all so generous to me i tried to respond to everyone and visit as many blogs as i could however some of you have your email set as no reply therefore i could not reply personally thanks everyone i will be in touch over the weekend happy stitching share 3 comments newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom my cross stitch finishing blog click the image for finishing ideas home is where the heart is contact form name email message redirected to this page if you can t find a specific pattern please reach out via my blog s contact form if it s a free pattern i m happy to email it to you please ensure you include your email address in your message follow my blog click the link to calculate your fabric size beginners guide to cross stitch finishing ideas home covered boxes needlebooks pillows project bags scissor fobs click the image for the patterns page free printable bag blog archive 2026 12 september 3 august 1 june 2 may 1 february 5 2025 9 december 3 july 2 may 1 april 1 march 1 february 1 2024 8 december 3 november 2 october 3 2019 26 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