The owl has been finished into a small cushion, complete with buttons and rick-rack. The fabric on the back is a similar print to the front, but in green instead of pink. I think this turned out really cute, and I hope Adrienne’s preschool teacher likes it!
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Carrie
I have decided to make the owl into a mini cushion. I sewed the cross stitch part onto a piece of calico fabric and cut the backing from a different color and pattern. Tomorrow when I go to town I will find some rick-rack or other trim that matches, and possibly some buttons, to add to the front. I will attach these before I sew the backing on and stuff the cushion.
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Carrie
Here is the third and final day of stitching, Monday. The owl is complete! I think it turned out really cute. I used 14 count white Aida and three strands of DMC floss to make it really “pop”. Now I just have to figure out how I want to finish it. I am thinking of making it into a mini cushion with some vintage fabrics. An excuse to go shopping! I think I will check out Pinterest and Google images for inspiration.
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Carrie
My daughter will be graduating from preschool at the end of the month and I have decided to cross stitch gifts for her two teachers. One loves elephants, which just happens to be my daughter’s favorite animal as well. I wasn’t sure what to stitch for her other teacher, though. Then Adrienne told me that she loves owls, so I was on a quest to find a cute owl chart. I found lots of charts in my stash, but they were either way too big, the wrong subject (an owl with a bandaged wing and the saying “get well soon”? I don’t think so!) so I searched online. I found a picture of an adorable already-stitched owl but unfortunately didn’t know who made the chart. It was quite a simple design, though, so I just got out some graph paper and used the photo to see where to put each stitch.
Here are the progress photos for Saturday and Sunday.
Hopefully this will only take another 2-3 stitching sessions to complete. Once it is done, I will start on the elephant. I am not quite sure yet how I will finish them off. Frame? Mini pillow? I guess we’ll just have to see.
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Carrie