A new mini chart, designed and stitched with a very loud choir of frogs croaking in the background in the evenings. They were busy in other ways as well, since I found about 100 polliwogs swimming around and waiting for their legs and vocal chords to develop.
These patterns are available in the June issue of Just Cross Stitch. I stitched these on 14 ct Mixed Berry Jobelan Aida from Wichelt and put them in boxes made by Patches N Planks.
Stitched on 28 count Morning Dew Jobelan using one strand. Pattern by Frony Ritter Designs.
This is the cross stitch version of a quickie. I stitched and assembled the top one on a flight from Salt Lake City to Nashville in two hours, while a fascinated and horrified young man next to me was being invaded by a craft room on the tray table next to him.
When I was about six I made a lantern with Tennessee fireflies in a jar until a Ranger threatened me with jail for false imprisonment. Luckily no fireflies were harmed in the making of this memory as I set them free to avoid embarking on a criminal lifestyle. But I still love fireflies and made this design as a companion to the dragonfly I designed last year.
I used Sulky Holoshimmer thread for the firefly body and lettering. And I used Kreinik rainbow blending filament added to color for the wings, and Kreinik glow in the dark blending filament for the tail, for a glow around the tail, and just for fun in the flower centers.
An as child, I always wanted the job of painting the sunset every evening. So I did the next best thing, and designed and stitched my version of what it looks like in my mind. Kreinik has micro Chenille in Peacock, which I tethered down like the little people tethered down Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels. I added Kreinik Pearl blending filament to the wings and sprinkled the garland with seed beads.
When I finish snacking on my Altoids I repurpose the tins by spraying them with white. I then cross stitched on perforated paper and used acid free tacky glue to affix them. I used green hemp to wrap around the base. These designs that I made to celebrate my love of all things Irish (yes that includes a wee nip of Jamison and Middleton from time to time) are in the April 2018 issue of Just Cross Stitch.
Keep your snacks close, but keep your cross stitch closer!
Here is another design that I am bringing to the Nashville Needlework Show. All my friends who are under thirty including my offspring said, “Oh. A snowman selfie.” And I said, “Um…Yeah… That’s what I meant”, while thinking “That’s a great idea. Wish I would have thought of that. I was just squishing them together so I would have room for both.”
Here is my latest design in my Celtic Series. I stitched it with beads onto perforated paper and also stitched it on Jobelan using DMC floss and Kreinik metallic threads. It is sparkly, fun and the symmetry of the design is satisfies my need for order.
The pattern will be available at the end of this month.
Paper Smooches has die cuts that allow you to cut your own perforated paper. I have a friend who makes me laugh and has put me in stitches—twice and I have the Frankenstein scars and two new hips to prove it. I put this pattern on my website Fronyritterdesigns.com under free patterns.
Frony Ritter Designs