Friday 18 April 2014

Hot. Cross. Stitching.

Inspired by all the Easter stitching goodies I've seen on Pinterest this week, I decided to put thread to needle and do some stitching of my own.


I like the "dusted" look of this little French Knot Bunny. I made a stencil of a rabbit and traced it on to the linen. A quick outline in back stitch and then it was on to the French Knots . . .


Originally I planned to make this in lovely soft pastels, but then I liked the simplicity of the white on natural so much that I just stuck with that.

This is an idea that could be used for all sorts of shapes, letters and words. And with threads or markers - see here for more ideas about that.


And then there's the Cross Stitch Bunny using the Spring Rabbit pattern from The Little Stitcher. This little guy went together pretty quickly. I like the simplicity of this design and was thinking of making it into a little lavender bag. But then I was inspired by Cindy's little fabric weights over at Fluffy Sheep Quilting . . . so it's now my latest pin cushion, filled with silica sand so it's nice and substantial to do double duty as a fabric weight!

I don't usually do much in the way of decorating for Easter . . . but the rabbit designs seem to have caught my imagination this year. What Easter crafting are you up to?



Pattern: Spring Rabbit
Designer: The Little Stitcher
Publication: http://thelittlestitcher.blogspot.it/

Fabric: 32 count linen
Thread: Cosmo 8040

4 comments:

Barbyaro said...

I love this unique idea. Thank you for the inspiration!

Unknown said...

Very nice Mrs.Sue.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful work! Thanks for posting not only the finished piece, but the “beginning” photo as well.

Anonymous said...

Gracias por compartir tu inspiración muy hermosa como tú dices simple sencillo y más es menos sin tanta cosa queda li gracias gracias.Yolanda Ojeda Colombia Pasto Nariño

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