March and April creations

I finished a few more pieces in this time period. 

I finished an needlework piece for a wooden box top to hold buttons. The box was unfinished, so I painted it with acrylic paint in a coordinating colour and then added the stitched panel to the top after lacing it to a thin but stiff piece of cardboard. It took me a while to find the right edging to finish it off, but I was going through my stash and found this purple mini bobble edging that was a dark purple, so sewed it on using a blanket stitch. This piece is by Noteworthy Needle and is called Button Box.

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It also took me a while to find the right item to place in the center of the small circle on this canvaswork piece. The designer was unable to supply the original crystal she used as it went out of production, so I ordered a few different cabochons trying to find the right fit. And one order took two months to arrive, so that really slowed me down. This piece is designed by Lorene Salt and called Sedona Soleil. I'm taking it and dropping it off to be framed in early May.

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I continued by Exploring Texture and Pattern course with 2.2, drawing with back stitch using a picture of my house for the subject. I did it really quickly, so the lines aren't all nice and straight, but it was fun and my husband liked it. 

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I did the stitching from beginning to end for this fun cross stitch piece. I loved the fabric which is called Boleyn from Primitive Hare. The pattern The Raven is also from them.

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