Creating Brings Joy
Creating Brings Joy
Use the gold sparkle 2 strands around both tree cookies. Couch it down with 1 strand of the gold sparkle. Use 1 strand of green pearl cotton around the tree frosting. Couch it down with 1 strand of green. This image shows that part completed up close. Draw in garland path with white chalk. Begin …
We begin this house at the door. (I think I was afraid of the roof.) So first the bushes. Open buttonhole stitch the pots and then add 2 long straight stitches for a ribbon on the pots. The bushes are closed fly stitches somewhat randomly on the green wool. This image shows the fly stitches …
Let me begin by saying that I learn as I go–sometimes because I do it wrong and learn to advise you otherwise. Particularly in the order of the steps. So when a photo shows something done that the instructions say to do later, trust the instructions. For example, the rosette stitch for the candies is …
Begin with the little swirl mints on the roof, the chimney top, and the shutters. Place one mint at the peak of the roof, one at the bottom, and space 3 evenly between on both sides. Mine turned out to be about an inch apart. I just marked my spots with a pin. (Place 3 mints …
My favorite way to transfer detailed stitch patterns to wool (light or dark) is using Glad Press and Seal. (I get it at the grocery store.) So here is how I do it. Use the swirls pattern page in your kit. You can either lay one large piece of press and seal over the whole …
Take note of which pattern pieces are not wool as they need to be needle turned and will be cut differently. The gingerbread girl’s dress and bow are needle turned. I waited to do her bow until I was ready to embellish her near the end. I needled turned her dress by pressing it around a …
Now available as a pattern or kit at Midway Wool. First in a series of holiday designs that can be used as a mini quilt, framed, a table runner or pillow.