Friday 26 May 2017

Birthday cake - card sized cross stitch design

Birthday cake - card sized cross stitch design


Colour Anchor Thread numbers
Grey 234
Brown 363
Blue 129
Yellow 290
Orange 304

Hello everyone,
I have been wracking my brains this week for the perfect design to stitch for Birthday cards. I wanted something which wasn't too hard to sew but still looked very impressive since I'll have to stitch a few at once for my families Birthdays which fall close together.

However when I got down to designing I just went crazy with half stitches. I mean don't those candles and that fancy cake stand look great? However if you find half stitches a little daunting you can avoid several of them by stitching the candle in one colour and squaring off most of the half stitches in the base (or leaving off the base to stitch just the cake)

The blue icing is a reference to my friends favourite colour so I wanted to include it somewhere on the design I sew for her.However the icing can be swapped out for any colour you think will look nice, White, pink or yellow are quite traditional icing colours but with the range of food colourings available practically any shade of thread would work.

I may have to re-use the cross stitch design for this cake base, perhaps make it a little fancier and add a wedding style cake instead of a birthday cake. Lets see what I can come up with for this :)

Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

For more food themed designs here are some links:
Marmite jar

Raspberry ripple ice cream in cup
Ice cream cone with heart decoration
Ice cream double scoop cone - Summer fun cross stitch design bookmark
Kawaii coffee cross stitch design - I love coffee, coffee loves me
Cute coffee - Simple Kawaii cross stitch design


For another Birthday design heres a link:

Presents with stars - Fun and colourful Birthday card cross stitch designs

  For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here.  

Saturday 20 May 2017

Ice cream milkshake sundae - summer fun cross stitch design.

Ice cream milkshake sundae - summer fun cross stitch design.



Colour Where is it used Anchor Thread numbers
Black Outline on icecream, cherry and wafers 403
Pink scoop of ice cream 48
Yellow scoop of ice cream 293
Red Cherry and stripes on straw 46
White Shiny areas on cherry and stripes on straw 2
Brown Ice cream scoops and backstitch on wafer (shown in red the chart) 1048
Light brown On wafer 852
Dark blue Outline and details on glass 123
Light blue Main colour on glass 1031

Hello everyone,
I got a little bit peckish and decided to draw a delicious summer treat for you all.
What better to have on a warm summers day than a cool milkshake topped off with ice cream and a wafer. This is something that you would find at a beach side cafe to sip while under a beach umbrella.I may have to pack myself a nice cross stitch kit to work on while i enjoy the sunshine this year. I look out of the window and hope for some but its been raining all week :(

Feel free to change up the scoops of ice cream to represent your favourite flavours. Its as simple as picking a skien of embroidery thread which reminds you most of that flavour and swapping it out.

Anyway I hope you enjoy this design
Much love and happy stitching.
Gemma xx

For more food themed cross stitch designs here are some links:

Food

Marmite jar

Raspberry ripple ice cream in cup
Ice cream cone with heart decoration 
Ice cream double scoop cone - Summer fun cross stitch design bookmark
Kawaii coffee cross stitch design - I love coffee, coffee loves me
Cute coffee - Simple Kawaii cross stitch design

  For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here.  


Saturday 13 May 2017

Rainbow butterfly cross stitch kit by Climbing Goat Designs - Unboxing and review

Hello everyone,