'Baskets of Hearts'

Here is the pattern. Enjoy!

by Hopblogger

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I stitched it again.

This time in brown, blue & pink. It turned

out adorable. I used DMC 801, 809 & 899.

If you need any help putting one of these

together - just let me know. I dont mind

talking you thru it - no matter how long

it takes.

It is made a little differently

than the first biscornu.

Yep, look on all 4 sides. I

purposely left out part of the

pattern. It then made it much

more faster to stitch. However

it does look like something

is missing doesn't it. You could

sew on heart charms or some

basket charms in this area.

But if you do this - then sew it

all on before you stitch up all

the sides of the biscornu.

Both the front & back have the

same charms that say

'love forever'. See the back.

By now - are you

wondering what kind of charms

they are? Especially since I

had 2 of them that were the

same!

I took the backs off of 2

earrings. They weren't doing me any

good just sitting around unused.

Take a look in your jewelry box

and see if you have some

costume jewelry that you

dont mind parting with.

Also add jewelry to your

scissor cases & fobs. Add them

to your pincushions along with

other cute things that you stitch.

Thanks for visiting me!

by Hopblogger

I tried putting this new

Biscornu on the blog last night - but my camera

absolutely refused to do it. Just in time for

Valentines Day. It is called

'Baskets of Hearts'. This biscornu is

SUPER QUICK & EASY! And it can be

completed start to finish in one day. That

is - if you can find the time to stitch it. The colors

look great together. Colors used

are DMC 320, 3801 & 798. My friend doesnt know

it yet but this is going to her house. I am

going to stitch it again

in chocolate brown & pink for myself.

Someday I hope to fill

my basket full of biscornu's. Give me time

to get the pattern fixed and then I will

put it here for you all!

Thank you for visiting me.

by Hopblogger

What to do with a pillow

that is pretty but not in your color

pallette. Well thats not completely true.

The white is starting to come into my home.

But the golden color is not. However

those cupids are so darling - I just cant

resist them. Hate to cover them. I have had this pillow

forever. Or at least it seems that way. Time for a change!

What to do. Thats easy enough. Just take

2 placemats. Yes I did said placemats & use them

to cover the pillow. These placemats were white on both

sides but one side had a little stain. The good thing about

using placemats is that - on the inside you dont have to worry

about the fabric fraying. Zoom in you can see the edges are

bound together. Be sure to leave a big enough opening!

Stuff that pillow in there anyway that

you can. See its in there.

Last - just sew it closed. Its a brand new

pillow.

Its a great lumbar pillow for the computer

chair. Ahhh it sure does feel good!

Looks pretty too.

I hope you start looking at those placemats a

little differently from now on. Another

thing that I would like to say is - I hope that

all of you that do Miniatures really consider using

SCRAPBOOK PAPER for those walls that need wallpaper.

Dollhouse wallpaper is about $15.00 a roll.

I only used 5 sheets of scrapbook paper

for the entire apartment. Each sheet was only 69 cents each.

Thats a great savings. And I like it that not everyone

has this in their dollhouse! And I applied it to the walls with

Mod Podge. Also think about these placemats.

Zoom in on this pillow - & you

will see a nice pattern. What about using it for

MATALASSE' bed covers for your miniature beds!

The pattern is just the right size. Now

if I could only find those other 2 white

placemats - then I could stitch them up for those

naked dollhouse beds!

Thank you for visiting me.

by Hopblogger

Hopefully this works!

So sorry about that - I dont know what happened.

If this doesnt work - then let me know.

by Hopblogger

Here are the patterns

for Grandma's Afghans, front & back.

The front & back are meant to be 2 separate

patterns. Their colors do not have to match.

You can totally ignore my colors or make

up your own. However I do like the use of black on the

front. The back pattern that I offer here is different

than mine. Mine is more haphazard with the use of

some floss scraps. Your design will

be more orderly even when you use floss pieces.

If you do not use floss scraps then try to incorporate

more colors in the design. The back colors will pop! -

with the use of more color.

I hope you stitch this one!

by Hopblogger

I am so late

in showing this. Sorry Catherine. Grandma's

Afghans Biscornu put me behind on many

things that I was going to post. I wanted to show

you the things that Catherine from DiamondC sent to me.

If any of you want to visit her blog then go to my

profile and look under blogs. She is the first blog listed.

I visit her often.

Look at the beautiful card that she sent to me. I love the

black and white theme of the card. See the little metal tag

attached. It says 'You're Special'. Catherine is so thoughtful.

Several times I tried to get a good clear photo of the inside verse.

But my camera wouldnt hear of it. I will forever keep the card

and find a way to use all of it with my crafts.

When Catherine and I would email each other, I

told her that I was looking for '

The Spirit of Christmas' books.

She offered to send me 2 that she had.

I was so thrilled!

Now I only lack 5 of those books and then I

have a complete set.

Constantly I look through them. Now I have

to concentrate on getting the other Christmas

books by Leisure Arts.

And then as if that werent enough

she sent me the Christmas issue

from Just Cross Stitch 2010 magazine.

There are so many pretty items in here

to make.

Thank you Catherine for your

wonderful gifts. I love them!

It is so nice to give and to receive.

by Hopblogger

Love to play Free Cell - #4467

Well I do. Playing these games keeps the mind active.

So I decided if I won any hard games to

put the answers here. Only HARD games will be put on my blog.

So play along with me!

Please refer to the first game that I played so

you will know some of the lingo

that I use.

Follow these directions to SOLVING

FREE CELL GAME #4467

1. double click Ace of spades to put it in the top right spaces.

2. Put Jack diamonds upstairs (in top left spaces).

3. Put 2 hearts on 3 clubs.

4. Put 5 spades upstairs.

5. Put 10 spades upstairs to release the Ace clubs.

6. Put 3 diamonds upstairs.

7. Put Jack diamond in free space.

8. Put 10 spades on Jack diamonds.

9. Put 5 clubs upstairs.

10. Put Jack spades on Queen diamonds.

11. Put 8 diamonds upstairs.

12. Put 9 diamons on 10 spades to release 2 diamonds.

13. Put 3 diamond on 2 diamonds.

14. Put 7 spades on 8 hearts to release the 2 hearts.

15. Put 3 hearts on 2 hearts.

16. Put Jack hearts & Queen spades on King hearts.

17. Put 9 diamonds on 10 spades on Jack hearts.

18. Put Jack diamonds upstairs.

19. Put 8 diamonds in free space.

20. Put 7 clubs on 8 diamonds.

21. Put 5 diamonds on 6 clubs.

22. Put Jack spades & Queen diamonds on King clubs.

23. Put 4 spades on 5 diamonds.

24. Put 10 diamonds on Jacks spades.

25. Put 9 clubs on 10 diamonds.

26. Put 7 clubs & 8 diamonds on 9 clubs.

27. Put Queen spades on King diamonds.

28. Put King hearts in free space.

29. Put 5 hearts upstairs.

30. Put Queen clubs on King hearts.

31. Put Jack diamonds on Queen clubs.

32. Put 9 diamonds & 10 spades on Jack diamonds.

33. Put 9 spades upstairs.

34. Put 8 clubs on 9 diamonds.

35. PUt 8 spades on 7 spades.

36. Put 6 hearts on 7 spades.

37. Put 5 clubs on 6 hearts.

38. Put 9 spades in free space.

39. Put 5 clubs & 6 hearts on 7 clubs.

40. Put 7 spades & 8 hearts on 9 spades.

41. Put 7 diamonds on 8 clubs.

42. Put 6 clubs on 7 diamonds.

43. Put 3 clubs upstairs.

44. Put 10 hearts upstairs.

45. Put King spades in free space.

46. Put Jack clubs in free space.

47. Put 10 hearts on Jack clubs.

48. Put 4 diamonds on 3 diamonds.

49. Put 9 spades on 10 hearts.

50. Put Queen diamonds on King spades.

51. Put King diamonds in free space to release 4 clubs.

52. Put 5 clubs on 4 clubs.

53. Put 5 spades on 6 hearts.

54. Put 7 clubs in free space.

55. Put 6 diamonds on 7 spades.

56. PUt 10 clubs on Jack hearts.

57. Put 9 hearts on 10 clubs.

58. Put 7 hearts on 8 spades.

I WON!!!

by Hopblogger

Floss Scraps

Remember Grandma.....

Hopefully you were fortunate enough to have

a grandma that was always crocheting something. If you

were - do you remember what those afghans looked like.

Did she make the afghans out of scraps of yarn or was she

lucky enough to be able to buy her yarns needed. This biscornu

front & back is made to look scrappy. While the front has

order to it - the back does not. It is called

'Grandma's Afghans'. And it took me every bit

of 2 weeks to stitch. At every minute I was stitching

as hard as I could. The bottom picture shows

the complete set that I made which includes a needlebook

needleminder & a scissor fob. The front of this biscornu

even has fringe on all 4 sides. Although I could

have trimmed them - I didnt want to. I wanted to make

it look used and well loved by letting the fringe

appear uneven. And look - no button in the

middle - only 2 strands of floss was used. It is to give

the appearance of the thread knots showing through.

When you get ready to do the center just thread a large eyed

needle from the front & pull the floss thru to the back. Be sure

to leave a long tail on the front & knot it many times so it doesnt

pull through to the back. When that is done then pull the threads

in the back really tight & go back through to the front. Do this many

times & each time that you go to the front knot the floss from your

needle with the tail of the thread that you have. Once you are done

then end at the back of the biscornu. Knot it many times & leave a long tail

just like the front. Trim these tails down to whatever size you want.

If you dont want to trim them - its okay. Anything goes with this

biscornu!

And here is the back. It is so colorful. The

back is most suited for all of your floss threads

left over from prior projects. The more scrappier it is -

the better it looks. If you already have a collection

of floss scraps then use them here. If not then just

try to make it scrappy. But remember if you use your

floss scraps (and you should) then it will take you far longer

than I to stitch it. And it will take lots & lots of floss scraps!



Here is a side view of the top. When you are

ready to stitch the front & back together - be

sure to keep the fringe out of the way. You dont

want to sew it into the seams!

Englarge this next photo and see where

I put my name. Yes I stitched Conny on it! Now

there isnt any question of who this biscornu belongs to. Lol's

This is just another side view of the back.

I used a small linen hankie to make the needlebook. It

lends an old feeling to the biscornu. The inside of the

needlebook is just a piece of felt with a nice subdued

color to it.



Now you can see what I did. I used the holes on the

hankie to attach the felt to it. All I did was just do half of a

cross stitch all the way around - being sure not to forget

to include the ribbon so it will close. Make sure to trim the felt

afterwards. The little gold bird is a needleminder. Aint he cute!

And my scissors holds a long tail of fake coins to it.

It jingles! Oh - I just love it.

I thought you might like to see the inside of the

needlebook. Super Simple yea!

I am very excited about this set! Gotta get the

pattern ready so I can post it. Give

me a couple of days. And then stitch up this biscornu in rememberance

of your grandma!

by Hopblogger

How Does Your Garden Gro

Here are some additional pics. Sorry that the last posting

about this biscornu was so short. I have been

preoccupied with the next biscornu pattern - so I forgot

to tell you that the the scissor fob is just 2 velvetten flowers

sewn together back to back with a piece of ribbon in between.

It only took about 5 minutes to construct. The other is a

matching needle minder. Also I am so sorry that I dont

have a pattern for this biscornu.It left my house before

I could copy it. But if you enlarge the pics you will be able

to see the pattern in order to stitch it. Also I would like to

apologize if the pics are not in order - as I am having trouble

with my computer. This biscornu is much more striking

when you see it in person. I hope all of you are stitching up

my biscornu's! Enjoy

by Hopblogger

Are you ready for Spring...

This Biscornu is! Its called,

"How Does Your Garden Gro"

The front & the back stitch up quickly.

With this pattern you can have a biscornu in less

than a week. I hope you like the somplicity of it. Come on, give it a try.

Surprise yourself!

The scissor fob and needleminder make it a set.

by Hopblogger