A Photo from Ina!

Ina, from Germany, has very kindly sent a photo of her finish of Coffee Mug Mat and said I could post it here. I think it turned out great and I'm so pleased that Ina took the time to stitch it, frame it, and share a picture of it! Thanks for sharing, Ina!

March Madness Begins

As usual, I'm running behind - on everything! Writing down my goals didn't seem to help me much so I will just have to muddle through like usual. So first things first. Monique sent me some pictures of the coffee fob she stitched using one of my charts that she has altered to read Coffee Addict. Very cute! I hope you will take time to visit her blog and see the other fobs and projects she has stitched. She and I have in common the love of small quick projects and especially scissor fobs! I think I will chart another coffee one using her Coffee Addict idea.


I love seeing what stitcher's do with my charts - I like that each one gives their own personal touch to what they do. I have often bought charts just for one little area of the whole design, knowing full well that one little area is all I will stitch. And I love pulling out little motifs, etc and using them on scissor fobs (of course!) and other small projects.

If you have stitched any of my charts, even if you've made changes to suit yourself, whether in the design itself or color changes, I would love to see photos and post them here for others to see.
If you hesitate to do so because you are afraid I will be offended because you have changed the design, don't worry! I've been making changes like that since I first started stitching!

Cross Stitch, Coffee & Cats

I've charted the cat, cup and needle in case you can't find buttons or charms for them.

Pictures from Aury

Aury sent pictures yesterday of two of my charts (here and here) stitched up and finished and I'm very happy to post them here! Thanks, Aury! Please check out her blog - she has lots of cute charts and is starting a new series of seasons charts, starting with a snowflake. http://aurytm.blogspot.com/ She and some of her friends have established a Spanish blog to show completed projects stitched from freebie charts found on the Internet - don't miss it! You can find it here or http://bordandofreebies.blogspot.com/.

Coffee Mug Mat

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Today's chart is another in the coffee theme. It was designed as a mug mat, but can be used otherwise.

Coffee Break Scissors Fob

Well, setting up this blog has certainly re-kindled my interest in designing and stitching! I've been very busy tweaking some of my old designs as well as charting some new ones to post here in the days ahead. Don't be surprised if you see different versions of a chart as time goes on - I frequently use a chart as a base for a new idea I have for it. For instance, the heart outline I used in Kortney's Hearts, has been the basis of many scissors fob designs as well. I love scissors and love to decorate the ones I collect so expect to see lots of fob designs!

Today's chart is "Coffee Break Scissors Fob." I haven't stitched it yet, I thought I would work on it at lunchtime today. If I decide to change something as I go along, I'll post the changes here.

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©2007