Little Sheep Canvas Work

In keeping with the "little" pieces of stitching I've been doing this year, I recently finished this "Little Sheep" canvas work.

Originally stitched with a blue background by Sylvia, I instantly fell in love with this pattern. And then I was inspired to do the pink background when I saw Chris's piece on Fiona's blog. I'm so pleased with how it turned out . . . it's very tiny . . . and very cute.

Maybe I'll have to make it in blue, too!

Pattern: Little Sheep Canvas Work
Designer: Sylvia Frazer, inspired by a Penny Winter Design

Tiny Christmas Canvas

I absolutely loved working on this tiny little Christmas canvas piece. It's only 2 inches square.

What is it about miniature things that fascinates me so?

This little piece has a Christmas tree, complete with tinsel decorations.

But . . . if I'm being honest . . . it's really the wreath of French knots on the front door that I love the most. I couldn't wait to get all the stitching done to add this last little detail!


Pattern: Christmas Canvas Work
Designer: Sylvia Frazer
Publication: http://sylviastitch.blogspot.com.au/

Canvas Work Pin Cushion

What could be better than spending a day stitching with a group of like-minded ladies? That's exactly what I did at the Stitching On The Lake day, hosted once again by Sylvia and Fiona.

The day begins with a wonderful bag of goodies - kits for 6 lovely stitching projects.

Then the dilemma . . .  which one to do first!

I decided to do this canvas work pin cushion because I hadn't really done this sort of thing before and thought I'd give it a try.


For some reason it took me a while to get my head around it. I don't know why. I mean, I don't have any trouble with counted cross stitch, but getting started and counting correctly on this one took its toll. I unpicked the centre a couple of times due to mis-counting, but then, once I got going I was alright!


I chose colours that looked a bit Civil War era to me in the thread box, but the end result feels more Moroccan! I'm really pleased with the end result. The little band around the sides looks like a hat band. The 2 stitches are rice stitch and long legged cross stitch - I really like the braid effect with that one I must say. The whole thing is quite petite at just 2 1/2" square, which I think adds to the appeal.


I don't think this is the end of my canvas work adventure . . . more like just the beginning!


Pattern: Canvas work Pincushion
Designer: Peaceful Threads By Fiona
Publication: http://peacefulthreads.blogspot.com/