Remember the Country Sampler

that I showed you a couple of postings ago.

Well, I did get the nerve to do what I wanted

to do with it. See, when I saw that Sampler -

my eyes saw alot of things! Ah - it took all

my strength to cut it! But let me tell you that I

am glad that I did it. If you decide to do

something like this make sure that you know

what you want to do with it so you do not

waste any part of that sampler. After all you

worked hard on it. I knew what I wanted

to make out of all of it but in the end the last

piece did not work out like I thought it would.

So I took that little piece & basically

stuck it to the inside of the fabric basket with

pins. When I do figure out what I want

to do with that piece then its still

there in the basket for when I need it.

This is what I saw out of that sampler.

I saw a nice pincushion just from the

center piece. It is backed with

soft red flannel. I could have used

matching thread but I didnt want

to. I zig-zagged all around the piece.

Talk about easy to stuff!

The sampler has greens, pinks,

yellow golds, purple & white. So

any color to stitch would be fine, plus

it helped give me the country effect

that I was after.

Pastel baby buttons of all colors

works very well embellishing it.

I was able to get 2 twin scissor cases.

Each of these pieces were on the left &

right sides of the centerpiece.

Here is the other twin

scissor case. Its identical,

except the button colors

differ. I have plenty of these

little buttons.

This is a little piece

that I wanted to wrap

around a small wooden

spool. Yea, I had planned

this also. It is a

bottlecap pincushion.

The bottlecap pincushion

has baby buttons around

the edges & a couple of

buttons going down the

one side of it.

It has the baby buttons

going around the top also.

And my small embroidery

scissors needed a wooden spool

to hold it. Yep I had planned

also to cover one of these large wooden

spools. The little design was only

about a half inch short of the wooden

spool but I knew that. Because I

had measured it before I even cut it.

I had to decide how I was going to

take care of that problem before I

cut any of the sampler.

Here is the photo going the

entire way around the spool.

The 3 dolls in the wagon was

so cute.

Here is some more of that

cute little design.

See how I attached it. All I did

was sew the little cross stitch

design onto some red flannel.

Then to finish it - I glued it

together. No, the glue is only

on the red flannel - not the wooden

spool. Then I embellished it with

2 cute little blue heart buttons.

Just to give that country touch.

So, this is what it looked like.

And to further country-fi it, if

you look at the first photo you will

see that I popped on a piece of red

flannel with a small green crochet

to top it off. Hope you like the little

scissor fob. This fob has now been

changed because I was able to get

4 scissor fobs out of that sampler.

The little rabbit fob & the little

pie are on the large scissors that

are in the scissor cases. These are

lightly stuffed. Since this photo was

taken, this little scissor fob was taken

off & the little house fob was put on.

It also was lightly stuffed.

This little heart fob is the

only fob left that is not

on a pair of scissors. I might

find a use for it later. It is

not stuffed. I think I like

the stuffed better. So if you

do this - lightly stuff your fobs.

Well, I didnt stop there. I had

to take it further. I had another

small 4 inch doily so I decided

to make me one of those

pincushion-needleminders. The

top is the pincushion. It holds a

little pink heart to keep in with the

country theme.

And just under the coat button is the

magnet for the needleminder.
And no - I didnt make a biscornu

for this set!

I had some small threads so

I placed them in a bag & glued

on just a couple of buttons. I didnt

want to go overboard with them.

Maybe it could use a few more buttons

but I am happy with just a couple

on it.

Well, as you can see I didnt stop

there! I threaded 6 little thread spools

onto some small chocolate brown

rick-rack. And I tied the rick-rack

onto those bows. All 4 sides of this

fabric basket are done this way.

Below is another photo of the

inside of the basket.

The last photo shows you the only

little piece that I have left. The

cow is pin stuck onto the basket.

If you have cross stitch that

you are no longer using or you

have outgrown it. Think about

cutting it. It is better to use it

then not. Yea sure its gonna hurt

your feelings but you will be able

to look at it every day & enjoy

a piece of your heart - that is

after you get over the fear of

FIRST CUTTING IT! That is

the hardest part of it all!

I have just now realized that the

little basket does not have a needlebk

so I guess that little leftover piece will

come in handy for that. I will leave

it there & just stick the needles to it.

Maybe I will glue a magnet underneath

the cow to hold those needles!

Keep stitching!

by Hopblogger