Stitchqueries: Should I Avoid Cashel Linen?

This question came to my email from Lisa about stitching on Cashel Linen.

Hi, Loretta. When you were stitching your snowflake pattern you twice mentioned that Cashel was not your favorite fabric choice, but you were using it from your existing stash. I’m new to evenweave/linen stitching and mostly just curious if there is a reason you don’t like the Cashel fabrics and if maybe I should avoid them in my stitching projects?

Good question. It’s really just personal preference on my part.

While I’m happy to stitch on just about any evenweave or linen fabric, Cashel is probably among my least favorite. I just find it to be very thin and have too many uneven threads [Read more...]

Goddess Bookmark as Stitched by Cynthia

GoddessBookmarkCrossStitchedbyCynthia

Stitched by Cynthia

This is one of my favorite free patterns here on the site. Okay – maybe they’re all my favorite, but this was one of the first free patterns I offered way back when.

Cynthia used 28ct Mercedes Cashel Linen and DMC threads in 550 an 3837 to stitch up her Goddess.

==> This pattern is available for free by clicking here.

If you stitch this or any of the other patterns available from Stitching the Night Away I would love to add your photos to the gallery too! You can email them to me or post them in our Facebook community.

Happy Stitching!
Loretta

Finished Stitching Snowflake

This is my first finish of the year ~ YAY! A fluffy white snowflake ornament stitched on a 28 count Cashel Linen solo fabric from Silkweaver that my son picked out of the stash cabinet.

2012 Ornament Pattern Club Cross Stitch Snowflake

The fabric color makes me think of a winter sky at dusk when there’s lots of fluffy snow on the ground and a snowman in the yard. [Read more...]

Turtle Silhouette is Cross Stitch Chart of the Week

As many of you already know, I get a little excited when I find a turtle or a tortoise in cross stitch ~ it completely makes my day! So I would like to present this week’s chart of the week with a huge smile :)

This is Turtle Silhouette from Artecy Cross Stitchand it’s in my shopping cart. Maybe I should start calling this part of the blog “stash confession of the week” instead of chart of the week -lol-

This counted cross stitch pattern of a decorative Turtle Silhouette design was created from an image copyright of Kopirin. Only full cross stitches are used in this pattern. [Read more...]

Cross Stitch Tattoos

This cross stitch tattoo was too cool not to share…


And here’s another one, equally cool… [Read more...]

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