Love Cross Stitch

I do love cross stitch, but this is the little LOVE freebie from the Workbasket that I finally finished and framed.  I used DMC 115 on linen.  I think it turned out nice! It was supposed to be done by Valentine's Day, but you know how that goes...  I finished it last month, but just now got around to framing it in a cute little 5x5 square frame I picked up at Michaels! 

First Cross Stitched Ornament of the year

DMC Freebie Pattern

DMC floss used

Stitched on Natural Linen

This is the first ornment I have ever made.  I have always admired them but never sewed one together.  After veiwing so many beautiful handstitched ornaments on trees this season on various blogs, I felt I should give it a go.  I have cross stitched ornaments, but I used to put them in tiny small frames and then hang those on the tree.  After seeing Faye's coffee ornament for a friend, I knew it would be a perfect gift for one of my dear friends whose birthday was just a couple of weeks ago. She loves coffee SO much, and I had it in mind that she could hang this off of the doorknob on her pantry door in her kitchen. 

Here is the backing fabric.  I loved the swirls in the design and copied Faye's idea of using a swirl background to back it, and used a silver and copper colored bead at the base of the gingham ribbon.



Here it is hanging on MY closet door!  I did choose other colors for the cup itself, and used two different colors of floss to make the "froth".  Thank you Faye for sharing with us your design!  I just love how it turned out!

This is now my NEW stitching bag!  I get so many complements on it.  My friend Annette, who I made the coffee ornament for, made me this bag for Christmas and I just love it!  It has a padded pocket inside where I place my scissors and it is SO big, I can carry my stitching, graphs, books, even my iPad!  Next I am working on a "LOVE" ornament for another friend.  I do need to make some for me though!  Hopefully soon!