Small Steps

A few little projects have been on my horizon lately - nothing fancy, but fun to stitch. Cruising eBay one day I found this little booklet of Brightneedle freebies, with a lot of sweet designs that looked quite my speed. I love Brightneedle and am sorry they don't seem to be designing any more.

Many of the charts called for specialty threads that I don't have (not much of a stash of those yet, though I'm trying) and had no DMC conversions. But this one did! And my marbleized scissors were calling out for a fob, so here it is:

Bunny Hop
Brightneedle
28 count linen
DMC threads

Dearest Friend (detail)
Brightneedle
28 count linen
DMC threads

Sorry for the shadowy second picture - Blogger sometimes turns my pictures sideways (go figure) and I had to use a different one than I had planned.

I also stitched up a freebie by The Sampler Girl that I've seen on a number of blogs. Being from southeastern Massachusetts, it seemed like the perfect project.

In Thankfulness of Heart
The Sampler Girl
28 count platinum linen
Crescent Colours threads

This one will be my first foray into trying to make a little pillow, if I can just figure out how to get the edges straight. I'm tempted to just make a pinkeep, but "been there, done that" and it isn't going to help me to get over my FOF (fear of finishing) if I keep going over old ground. Tune in next time for "as the pillow turns."