Cross Stitched Easter Egg

Here is the sixth Easter Egg in the Spring Series from Frony Ritter Designs. Spring is my favorite season as the world awakens and comes to life. I love seeing the new life, from budding leaves to baby animals. Eggs, the symbol of new life, are one of my favorite things to design. I stitched this one three different ways. One is on 28 count pink Jobelan. The next is on perforated paper and the third is on Mixed Berry 28 count Jobelan. I used Mill Hill beads but French knots can be substituted for beads.

A game with Repurposed Fabric

Here’s what I do with my leftover fabric and floss. This is for a game I made up because I am in charge of shenanigans and games for our local annual Rotary wine tasting trip. I call this game, “the best pairing.”

After stitching the words, I backed them with fabric. I then laminated them because I know my friends are spillers and I didn’t want them to get stained. Then I punched a tiny hole and put beads, tiny rotary wheels and other stuff I had in my room o’ stuff. Each pair of words matches exactly its pairing partner other than the word so they are a set, but each word can also describe its owner by itself.

As each person gets off the bus, they grab a charm out of the bag. They find their partner and take photos with their pairing partner and send them to the judges. Prizes will be given for most original, silliest and most beautiful photos.

Here are some of the word pairs: love it/lick it, suck it up/buttercup, king/queen, lucky/dog, wild/free, spooky/batty, hot/spicy, huggy/kissy, pro/con, grumpy/dopey, lol/wtf?/ human/kind, peppery/salty, fun/frolicky, witchy/scary, silly/serious, bad/ass, super/cute, devil/angel, crazy/sane, drunk/sober, biter/licker, Bonnie/Clyde, feisty/tame.

(Ok. I am in charge of the games every year, but I provide the shenanigans as a bonus.)

Beaded Bees

I needed some bee ornaments to put in my Bee Tree so I beaded some using Delica beads.

Using Charts to Bead

I was showing my cousin Karen, Greek goddess of cheerfulness, appreciating good humor and beading, my beaded version of two of the fall designs. She suggested that I frame them. So I sewed them onto white silk, painted some raw pine frames black and framed them. Conversion from DMC to Delica beads is on the website, fronyritterdesigns.com.

Beaded Wine Charms

Just for fun I took the Birthday Wine Charm kit and converted it to beading, using flat square stitch, instructions on www.fusionbeads.com under techniques. Here is how they turned out.