Here are my new Bee Minis, inspired by Peggy from The Crafty Framer in Largo, Florida. I stitched them on three different fabrics, and embellished them with Mill Hill Beads and buttons from Just Another Button Company. I have decorated a “bee tree” with them for the summer.
Here is the fifth design in the Summer Series. I used all my favorite colors and threads. The fabric is Cornflower Blue hand dyed linen from Wichelt. I also used DMC floss, The Gentle Art over dyed thread, Kreinik Rainbow blending filament, Sulky Holoshimmer thread and Mill Hill beads. I can only get away with that much color and glitter at a five year old princess party or designing counted cross stitch.
When Stephanie from Hand Dyed Fabrics from Stephanie handed me this cool linen called “Jell-O shots”, my brain said Popsicle. Then all things summer materialized along with the Popsicles. I then stitched it on Pink Lady Aida from Wichelt and added Mill Hill beads, and I also stitched the Popsicles on perforated paper to make wine charms. Because I need a need cap and want to say “I’m cool” to the world, I stitched it on a blue cap using waste canvas. My husband said wearing that could be false advertising. That may be true, but is there a confection that says, “I’m a grouchy curmudgeon”? I don’t think so.
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