Cross stitch bookmark

This bookmark was given to me by my fellow friend of mine in couple of months ago. The design was simple and easy peasy to stitch.It just a stalk of tulip. She bought the kit while she is in China and courier it to me. I diligently stitch the pattern right after it has been unsealed. I am so excited to get the bookmark kit. The kit was a bit odd to me. It has translucent plastic wrap that stick at the back of the cloth. I hope everyone can see it on the photo that I enclosed.

I am not sure how Chinese did their cross stitching. I was not told to taking off the plastic. So, what I did was just stitched the pattern on the cloth and neglect the ‘thing’. It was weird when u had to stitch in such a way. Okay, done with the kit description and now the adventure begins.

I start stitching by leaving some boxes down below. I don’t count as always. After of non-stop stitching, I was shocked. It seems that I don’t have enough space on the up north of the cloth. That means I have to shrink the pattern so that it can be fit onto the bookmark cloth. What a day *sigh*. Just because of that reason alone, I was pulling off from continuing sewing the pattern. Until this posting was made, I still don’t have the yearn to start where it has been left off. I was really upset. If this doesn’t happen, it will take only a day to finish it all. I hope somebody can nag me in order for me to continue stitching this pattern.

Ice cream

This is one of my on the go project. I have been stitching this stuff all night long and hope it can be done before june ends. All of the ice creams have been ‘scooped’ up perfectly. I am still working on the frame. Doing the frame is a bit tricky to me. I have to use five colors at the same time. I am using DMC 26 needles to stitch the pattern. It was stitch on 14ct white Aida cloth. .

think the DMC floss does shine when it was stitched in a right way. I was amazed by the outcome.

I was thinking to paste the pattern on a piece of paper and add some embellishments to enhance the looks and let this be an adorable card that can be sold on Ebay. What say u.