Cross Stitch Blog, page 19

Sunny Wednesday

25th Apr 2018

What a glorious few days we have had in the UK which has enabled David and me to do some catch up in the garden. It's quite amazing how a bit of warmth makes everything grow twice as fast! 

The new addition to our Royal family was good news this week and for those of you who have new babies to look forward to then here are two ideas for decorative samplers for both a boy or girl that are just...

Wednesday chat

18th Apr 2018

The sun is shining! Having spoken to a friend in Canada yesterday where snow is still on the ground I think perhaps we are a bit spoilt here, especially on the East of the UK in Suffolk.

Hope your week has gone well, but I have to apologise for not getting my new blackwork design on to my Shop as I said I would. I decided to tweak a small section as I wasn't completely happy about it and it just...

Another week.......

11th Apr 2018

Hope your week has gone well wherever you are in the world. Here in the UK our weather has improved quite a bit and I think we are all loooking forward to some Summer weather now. Here is a preview of my latest blackwork design that will be on sale this weekend. The design is a simple clematis flower and buds with the addition of a lovely Great tit and butterflies.

Don't forget that this Friday 13th!! I will be adding...

Dog and cat day!

28th Mar 2018

Two new designs have been added to my shop of a cute dog and sleepy cat. The colours shown on these designs is just for guidance as the idea behind both of these is to try and give you, the stitcher, the option to choose your own colours for the cushion patterns as this will allow for oddments of threads to be used.  Both designs can be viewed above, but for an example, I have added two more colourways here,...

Update on my SALs

21st Mar 2018

We are well and truly into both SALs now, and I am getting such lovely feed back for both the Floral Sampler and our Sunbonnet Sue designs. Here are just a tiny assortment  to represent them both. It's lovely to also see how some of you are adapting the designs to make them more personal. Keep the pictures coming and thank you for all of your lovely comments. It is SO appreciated. x

Another week!

14th Mar 2018

Where does the time go!

I have been busy drawing up new designs which I hope to have out in April. One is a new blackwork design that will be a companion to the blackwork flower and wren that is so popular with you all. Here is a little section of my work in progress of the new design.

This week, on the 15th, you will be able to get the latest issue of Cross Stitch Crazy which has my design of...

Wednesday chat.

7th Mar 2018

The snow has finally gone here and I hope that the rest of the country is finally getting back to normal. The scenery was stunning and Tilly really enjoyed the snow but we are now looking forward to Spring.

I had a lovely photo sent to me yesterday from Monique in France of my Blackwork angel. I popped it onto my FB page yesterday but just in case you haven't seen it I thought I would add it here. I think...

Wednesday update

14th Feb 2018

A busy week but I have managed to get two more Costume Dolls finished; Australia and New Zealand which you can see above; or go to my link to see the full series so far: http://www.lesleyteare.com/shop/costume-dolls Canada will be next.

The picture you can see here is of my Spring Hare which is in the latest edition of Just Cross stitch magazine. This is both simple to stitch  and great fun to do. It looks particularly good on evenweave but...

New designs

7th Feb 2018

Thanks to Debbie Sewter who sent me a picture of her stitching of my monthly flowers. The group of 12 designs was published as a diary in 2016 in World of Cross Stitching. It reminded me about them so I have decided to make a start to add them to my Shop. The first one, January, that you can see here, is ready, but Debbie is wondering whether to add a border to each of her monthly stitched flowers. I...

Victorian lady

31st Jan 2018

This picture of my lovely Victorian lady was sent to me by June Peart. With such beautiful stitching I'm not surprsed that she won a prize at her local Devon garden and craft show last year.

If this has tempted you to stitch her then please go to this link:

 http://www.lesleyteare.com/shop/figures/ljt236-victorian-lady

Chinese dragon

24th Jan 2018

Join in with the Chinese New Year celebrations in February by stitching this mesmerising dragon. It symbolises power and good luck and will make a stunning piece to stitch and display in your home. Find it in the latest issue 265 of World of Cross Stitching out on Friday.

Wednesday update

17th Jan 2018

I will shortly be adding more large floral pictures to my shop. The beautiful Opium poppy is now available - see above - and a pink rose, pink hydrangea as seen here and anemones and an iris will be added in the next couple of weeks.  All are simple to stitch as only whole cross stitches are used.

Please, don't forget to join me on Friday this week, when we make the start on our floral sampler. This you can download...

New website features

6th Dec 2017

After a few teething problems I hope you, and me, are getting used to a slightly different format. The new system allows your messages to come directly to me so I can keep up to date. I'm still finding my way round it so bear with me if there are a few mistakes! I am really busy with a large commission at present but will add a few new designs to my SHOP site early next week. Hope your stitching is...

Tilly into trouble!

15th Nov 2017

Hope your week is going well. I am at present on a very large commission so no time to catch up with other things, so I thought you might like to catch up with our Tilly. As you can see at 13 + weeks getting into trouble. We have had to remove all of the garden lights, but she still managed to find one more! 

Remember this Friday is our last motif to stitch for my weekly Christmas SAL sampler. Catch...

Nativity themed alphabet

5th Nov 2017

Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in cross stitch with simple nativity motifs that will be perfect for personalising your Christmassy makes and gifts.

Find this alphabet in the latest edition of World of Cross Stitching, issue 262

Another Tilly week

18th Oct 2017

I can't say that I have been very hard at work this past week.......some how, a little bundle of fur has taken up quite a bit of our time. Tilly is now 9 weeks old and a bundle of energy; not phased by anything it seems. The vet said it's because she has been bred from good 'working stock' ......perhaps he is right. The problem will be whether I have the skills to train her..... time will tell.

I have added...

Welcome to Tilly

11th Oct 2017

Finally, at 8 weeks, Tilly has joined us at home. Sandie, our 13 year old Cairn, seems quite happy, and for two nights now, both have slept together in Sandie's bed. Our next purchase....a larger bed!! ......must get a picture, this morning's attempt was blurred....too dark to really judge what I was doing.

Are you all ready for the Christmas house motif for our SAL? Remember it will be out for you to download this Friday 15th October.......it should be a...

Glorious seahorse

19th Sep 2017

Just in case you don't follow my Face Book page, I am showing this stitched design of my seahorse by Brenda Allan here this week. This chart can be found in World of Cross stitching 259 or it will become available, if you can't get hold of a copy, from my Shop page around February 2018.

 What I like is that Brenda has 'done her own thing!' without compromising my design.

She stitched it on 14 count white Aida and to keep...