Ice cream double scoop cone - Summer fun cross stitch design bookmark

Ice cream double scoop cone - Summer fun cross stitch design bookmark

Colour	Where is it used	Anchor Thread numbers
Dark green	Outline on mint scoop	209
Green	Main colour on mint scoop	206
Dark pink	Outline on Raspberry scoop	35
Pink	Main colour on Raspberry scoop	1021
Brown	Outline on cone	1049
Tan	Cone main colour	852

Reference image found in the public domain here:
https://pixabay.com/en/ice-ice-cream-sundae-cream-cups-1428089/

Hello everyone,

I am currently wishing for summer to finally arrive, its been cold, wet, windy and miserable. So to cheer myself up I designed this cute little ice cream cone bookmark to remind me of lovely warm beach holidays.
This will be perfect for my summer beach reading, or the book I will take with me on the long journey to warmer climates. I'll sew one for my friends to mut change up the colours of the scoops to be their favourite flavours of ice cream.

If you are sewing this design for a fun greetings card it would be fun to use beads on the top of the scoops along with the coloured stitches to look even more like sprinkles. I left them off the bookmark version since little beads could dent the pages if squashed inside a book but on a nice card it will add a nice sparkle and a little dimenstion to the stitch.

I really should start getting my easter designs ready soon but with the weather it has been more like the depths of winter this week. Perhaps more excuse to stay in and stitch!

Much love and Happy Stitching

Gemma xxx

Food

Marmite jar

Raspberry ripple ice cream in cup
Ice cream cone with heart decoration
Kawaii coffee cross stitch design - I love coffee, coffee loves me

Other spring/ summer

Cute bird sitting in some bushes
Blue and green sewn bird
Bright orange and yellow summer sun motif
Bunch of colourful balloons

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Elemental coasters - simple cross stitch designs

Elemental coasters - simple cross stitch designs

Earth

Air

Fire

Water

Colour	Where is it used	Anchor Thread numbers
Blue	On water, and air	145
Black	Outlines	403
Brown	Earth (bottom of mountain)	351
Yellow	Middle of fire sign	288
Orange	Main colour of fire sign	304

Hello everyone, 

Today I'd like to share with you a little collection of simple designs for cross stitched coasters. This set represents Earth, Air, Fire and Water, the four essential elements. You could sew them individually if you like or sew the whole set to display together. 

For more cross stitch designs here are some links:

Motif collections

Cinema themed motif collection
Tattoo style dragons
New home card motifs
Square flower motif
Small motifs for St Patricks day cross stitch cards

Other designs

Geometric black and purple cross stitch design
Rainbow coloured Geometric pattern
Wishing well card sized cross stitch design
Question Mark Maze
Cute bird sitting in some bushes
Blue and green sewn bird
Bright orange and yellow summer sun motif
Bunch of colourful balloons

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Small motifs for St Patricks day cross stitch cards

Small motifs for St Patricks day cross stitch cards 

Leprechauns hat

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Green	230
Brown	324
Yellow	288

Leprechaun

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Green	230
Pink	271
Black	403
Orange	303
Yellow	288
Brown	324

Lucky Clover

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Dark green	230
Light Green	241

Lucky Horseshoe

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Dark grey	235
Light grey	397

Hello everyone,

Since theres a month to go to St Patrick's day and I have been asked to make a few quick little motifs for St Patrick's day cards.
The lucky clover and horse shoe could also be used for a simple Good Luck card or lucky charm piece.

For some more small motif collections here are some links:

Cinema themed motif collection
Tattoo style dragons
New home card motifs

For a few more designs for popular holidays find a few recommendations below:

Valentines day Designs

Large Simple rose
Valentines motif collection
Simple, modern Valentines day Card designs
Love cushion with flowers
Fancy pink heart
Two hearts become one
Envelope with hearts
Valentines cards cross stitch design - love
Ornate two colour heart cross stitch design
Kawaii coffee cross stitch design - I love coffee, coffee loves me

Easter

 Simple Easter bunny - Large and small versions
Pink Bunny Silhouette - Large snd card sized versions
Cute Easter cards with bunnies 
Daffodil Spring/ Easter card designs

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Dynasty Warriors Lubu sprite Valentines card

Dynasty Warriors Lu Bu sprite Valentines card

Photo of the finished piece

The full sprite

Colour	Where is it used	Anchor Thread numbers
Black	Outlines	403
Dark grey (actually two thread colours sewn as one)	Armour	One strand of 403 and one strand of 235
Light grey	Halbeard	234
Red	On armour, feathers on head and backstitch on halbeard	334
Yellow	On halbeard	290
Light pinkish brown	Skintone	311

Hello everyone,

Its almost Valentines day so I thought I'd share the card I made for my lovely Fiancee. Hes not into lovey dovey things but he is into Dynasty Warriors. We have completed several of the games on two player mode. I usually pick some of the bad ass ladies while my lovely partner will often pick Lu Bu so I decided to re purpose a Final Fantasy 6 sprite of the Fighter class into a approximation of Lu Bu from Dynasty warriors 8. Of course being such a small sprite I couldn't get all of the detail into the design that is present in the full game. I did make sure to include his impressive red feathers which he always wears on his helmet and his signature halberd complete with red tassle which he can be found wielding in almost all of the games he features in.

If you take a close look at the finished cross stitch you will see that the armour is actually sewn with one strand of black and one strand of dark grey. I found this a really effective way to represent the armour in stitches without adding extra complication for the stitcher. It really looks like the textured armour that Lu Bu wears when viewed in real life. I do hope that this comes across well on my photograph.

The text on the card reads:

Wu are Red
Wei are Blue
I would conquer
The Three Kingdoms
for you!

The backstitch alphabet I got from the following blog:
http://lecoeurdemargot.eklablog.fr/broderie-abcedaires-c24860498

Check out the alphabets on these pages they are so amazing!

For a few more game themed designs here are some links:

Link from The Minish Cap
Small Doom logo
Cute Chocobo
Phoenix Wright - Objection
Fidget from Dust: An Elysain Tail

D20 small dice design

Valentines day Designs

Large Simple rose
Valentines motif collection
Simple, modern Valentines day Card designs
Love cushion with flowers
Fancy pink heart
Two hearts become one
Envelope with hearts
Valentines cards cross stitch design - love
Ornate two colour heart cross stitch design
Kawaii coffee cross stitch design - I love coffee, coffee loves me

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Square repeating flower motif cross stitch design

Square repeating flower motif cross stitch design

Colour	Where is it used	Anchor Thread numbers
Blue	Outlines	161
Pale blue	Flower petals	128
Green	Leaves	259
Yellow	Inside of flowers	292

Hello everyone,

Today I have a nice small and easy design suitable for cards, small motifs and cross stitched coasters.

As always these thread number suggestions can be swapped out for your favourite colours or the favourite colours of the person you would like to stitch for.

This design was inspired by a recent visit to a stately home. It was for a wedding and while waiting for the bride to get ready I took some pictures of the scenery around the building. I love how these grand old houses are decorated. Watch this space I'll have some more designs for you all based on the simple repeating patterns I took pictures of.

Much love and happy stitching

Gemma xx

For more small designs here are some links
Daffodil Spring/ Easter card designs
Cinema themed motif collection
Cute Easter cards with bunnies 
Tattoo style dragons
New home card motifs
 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Kawaii coffee cross stitch design - I love coffee, coffee loves me

Kawaii coffee cross stitch design - I love coffee, coffee loves me

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Black	403
Pink	24
Brown	347
White	1

Hello Everyone,

Since Valentines day is coming up I've been wracking my brains to think of some fun and unique things to draw. However when I thought what do I love the most, I realized the answer was Coffee. So today weather or not you have a Valentine here's a design to express a love of the wonderful brown stuff which is coffee.

If you'd like to see more of the font used on this design I used my own Fancy Alphabet cross stitch design since I thought it would help capture the style sometimes used on coffee cups from fancy or expensive coffee shops. Find the link below:

Fancy alphabet cross stitch design

For more Food related cross stitch designs:

Marmite jar

Raspberry ripple ice cream in cup
Ice cream cone with heart decoration

For more Valentines day cross stitch designs here are some more links
Large Simple rose
Valentines motif collection
Simple, modern Valentines day Card designs
Love cushion with flowers
Fancy pink heart
Two hearts become one
Envelope with hearts
Valentines cards cross stitch design - love
Ornate two colour heart cross stitch design

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here.  

Ornate two colour heart cross stitch design

Ornate two colour heart cross stitch design

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Dark pink	35
Light Pink	23

Hello Everyone

Today is like to share a nice swirly heart design. I thought it would make a fun cushion or quilt square.
While the colours I have given here are solid for ease of reading the pattern I think this may look very effective if one of the colours were changed for variegated thread to give a lovely effect across the design.

Since this design only has two colours it will be easy to swap them out for any colours you like the look of, why not match your decor if you'd like to turn this design into a cute cushion.

For more hearts and some Valentine's day designs here are some links.

Valentines day Designs

Large Simple rose
Valentines motif collection
Simple, modern Valentines day Card designs
Love cushion with flowers
Fancy pink heart
Two hearts become one
Envelope with hearts
Valentines cards cross stitch design - love

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Cherry motif - Cross stitch design

Cherry motif - Cross stitch design

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Green	241
Red	334
Brown	324
White	2

Hello everyone,

Today I wanted to share a simple little motif, this can be used for a variety of cross stitch uses, it would look great on a tea towel but could also be amazing for a little card for a friend.

I hope everyone enjoys stitching this little cross stitched motif. :)

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