Cross Stitch Blog, page 4

LJT Blog Butterfly sampler 3

29th Aug 2023

The third motif of a simple butterfly in blackwork with a few cross stitches. I hope you are enjoying this design, and, if new to black work, then not finding it too difficult.

Hope you all have a good week. Happy stitching,

Lesley

LJT Blog Butterfly sampler 2

22nd Aug 2023

The second motif for our New Butterfly sampler. Hope you are enjoying it.

Happy stitching, Lesley

LJT Blog Butterfly sampler 1

15th Aug 2023

The first of the butterfly motifs is ready for you to download. I do hope you will enjoy stitching this series, and I hope you all have a good week with plenty of stitching time, Lesley.

LJT Blog Butterfly sampler

8th Aug 2023

A new week and a new design! I do hope you enjoy this Butterfly sampler. Based on the lovely Blackwork technique with a few cross stitches. Fairly small motifs which shouldn't take too long to stitch. The border for the sampler is ready for you to download with the Key and all of the details to get everything ready. Happy stitching and I hope you all have a good week. Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 9

1st Aug 2023

Week 9!!  The weeks seem to have gone so quickly and so we are now at the end of my pretty Leaf sampler. I do hope you have enjoyed stitching it and, are looking forward to seeing my new design for you next Wednesday.

Till then, happy stitching, Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 8

25th Jul 2023

Part 8 of my Blackwork Leaf sampler. I do hope you are enjoying this as we now have just one more leaf to add!

Happy stitching,

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 7

18th Jul 2023

The 7th leaf motif for our Blackwork Leaf sampler. The weeks seem to be going quickly.

Happy stitching and I hope you all have a good week. Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 6

11th Jul 2023

The second row is now complete for my Blackwork leaf sampler with the 6th leaf motif ready for you to stitch.

Have a lovely week, with hopefully lots of stitching,

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 5

3rd Jul 2023

 I hope you are enjoying working on this project of my Blackwork Leaf sampler. The fifth and central motif this week is ready to download.

Happy stitching.

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 4

27th Jun 2023

The fourth leaf design for our Blackwork Leaf sampler and the start of the second row.

Hope you all have a good week with plenty of stitching time.

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 3

20th Jun 2023

Top row of this pretty sampler is now complete. I hope you will enjoy stitching the third motif.

Hope your week goes well and happy stitching.

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 2

13th Jun 2023

The second leaf motif is ready for you to stitch from my Blackwork Leaf sampler. I hope you all have a lovely week and happy stitching,

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler 1

6th Jun 2023

The first leaf motif, which I hope you will enjoy stitching, is the start of this new Wednesday Blog series which will be available for you to download over the next 9 weeks. For all of the details for the border pattern then please check out last Wednesday's Blog page.

Happy stitching everyone.

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Leaf sampler

30th May 2023

I decided to go with another blackwork based design for our next project, this time choosing leaf shapes with a lovely tracery pattern in green that makes up the patterns. Today, the pdf file for the border is available for you to download, along with all of the details you will need for this design. A leaf motif will become available each week, for the next 9 weeks, on my Website Wednesday Blog page for you to stitch.

I hope you...

LJT Blackwork Floral sampler 9

23rd May 2023

The last motif for our pretty Blackwork floral sampler. I do hope you have enjoyed this one as much as me. Of course, it means I have had to think about a new design for the coming weeks and for the next Wednesday Blog I will have all of the details for the start of a new project.

I hope you all have a lovely week with plenty of stitching time,

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Floral sampler 8

16th May 2023

This sampler has been such a pretty design to work on and I am delighted to see your stitched updates. Thank you.

Have a good stitching week,

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Floral sampler 7

9th May 2023

Week 7! I will have to get my 'thinking cap' on for the next one. Hope you have all had a good week and managed that all important time for some stitching.

Lesley

LJT Blackwork Floral sampler 6

3rd May 2023

The 6th motif is of a pretty blackwork flower. Thank you for all of your pictures that you are sending in, it is lovely to see them.

Happy stitching,

Lesley