Pencil themed Thank you card for Teachers or artists cross stitch design

Pencil themed Thank you card for Teachers or artists cross stitch design

Thread colours:

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Brown	363
Black	403
Red	334
Orange	304
Yellow	290
Green	245
Blue	147
Purple	88
Indigo	85
White	1

Hello everyone,

Today I though I'd share a a colourful thank you card aimed at teachers or artists. The colourful pencil design is sure to bring some smiles.

Of course you are welcome to change the colours of the pencils to any colour embroidery thread you think would suit. Maybe pick a thread which is the teachers favourite? Just make sure the colour you choose for the lettering stands out over the top of which ever thread colour you choose.

If you don't fancy making a card why not pop this on a band on a simple pot to create a colourful and personal pen holder.

Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

For more colourful designs here are some links:

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
Jesters hat small card sized cross stitch design

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Giant Ice cream sundae with loads of scoops- summer fun cross stitch design

Giant Ice cream sundae with loads of scoops- summer fun cross stitch design

Colour	Where is it used	Anchor Thread numbers
Black	Outline on icecream, strawberry and wafers	403
Pink	Front scoop of ice cream	48
Yellow	Back scoop of ice cream	293
Red	Strawberries and cherries	46
White	Ice cream sauce, shiny areas on fruits	2
Brown	Ice cream scoops and backstitch on wafer (shown in blue on the chart)	1048
Light brown	On wafer	852
Dark blue	Outline on glass	123
Mid blue	Details on glass	343
Light blue	Main colour on glass	1031

Hello everyone,
Its a suprisingly sunny week this week so I thought I'd draw a nice cooling ice cream sundae. Oh man I really want an ice cream now but no I must resist I am trying to get a beach body!

Oh what the hey, my beach body can just be however I enter the beach. I mean I will be a body on the beach, it doesn't matter what size it is (unless I guess I take up the entire beach which I think is impossible) Im sure a few ice creams won't make THAT much of a difference right?

I wish cross stitching burned a whole bunch of calories. If it did I'd be a supermodel by now! tee hee

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

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

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Facebook page spotlight - CS Love freebies source for free cross stitch designs

Facebook page spotlight - CS Love freebies source for free cross stitch designs

Hello everyone,

Just a quick post today I'd like to give a shout out to the Facebook Group CS Loves freebies

Heres a link

This is a really useful page for cross stitchers on a budget. The page is regularly updated with links to pages where free cross stitch designs can be found. From freebies offered by big name designs to blogs like this one where designers post their designs for free. There is no particular theme so you can find a little bit of all themes posted up there.

Its a great page to flick through for links to a variety of designs and to keep popping back to for inspiration. You can follow the page for notifications of updates but since its a public page you can just pop over there and take a peek whenever you are looking for a new design to start on.

Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

For a few more spotlights here are some links:

Unboxing and review of Cutiepies' Hair bows 
Artist Spotlight: Maz's Boutique
Artist Spotlight: Pins and Needles
Artist spotlight: Geeky Clean - Power-up your bath time with geeky themed soaps 
Artist Spotlight: Twinkle Kitty Boutique
Zukiestyle - Beautifully bespoke fashion and pet accessories
Rainbow butterfly cross stitch kit by Climbing Goat Designs - Unboxing and review

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here.  

Fidget spinner cross stitch design

Fidget spinner cross stitch design

Hello everyone,

There are no suggestions for thread colours on this one because it is designed to be sewn in any colour you feel like. If you are sewing it for a fidget spinner loving friend why not use a thread that matches their favourite spinner.

This design is the right side for a card but could be used for a pouch for a fidget spinner if you have some matching material for the back of the pouch to put it all together.

Not heard of a fidget spinner? They are devices which have surged in  popularity over 2017 (though they were invented much earlier) They are devices which spin on ball bearings to help people with anxiety to focus on something other than the thing which is making them anxious. It is also used for children with Autism or ADHD and provides something to focus on.

Reference image for this design was found in the public domain here:
https://pixabay.com/en/fidget-spinner-add-a-d-spin-2304681/


For some more cross stitch designs here are some links:
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
Jesters hat small card sized cross stitch design

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here.  

Cute red fox cross stitch design

Cute red fox cross stitch design

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers
Orange	316
Cream	386
Brown	380

Hello everyone,

Today I'd like to share a cute red fox design, this will make a nice easy stitch if you like to fill in a whole lot of one colour. I am unsure if this design may need two skiens of orange but I may just stock up anyway. You can never have enough threads, right?
I'd make this as a awesome cushion suitable for a modern styled room or for a animal loving person to have in their room. (in my case it would be among the dozen fox plush I have)

When I have a design with a very large area to fill I sometimes like to experiment with Variegated threads, it makes the whole stitch very interesting as you just never know exactly how its going to turn out until you are all done. Best of all if someone else tries the same pattern and same threads your stitch will still be totally unique since verigated threads never turn out the same way twice.

Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

Reference image for this design was found in the public domain here:
https://pixabay.com/en/raccoon-owl-fuchs-application-1157728/


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

Animals (pets)

Peanut the cat in a box
Border Collie Puppy 
Simple Beagle puppy
Rainbow Bridge - Angel cat with halo
Rainbow Bridge - Angel dog
Hug a pug today - cute cartoon pug

Animals (not pets)
Small wolf paw - little cross stitch design motif
White wolf howling at a crescent moon cross stitch design
Silhouette of a sitting panther cross stitch design

Counting themed designs

Kids animal counting: 1 Hippo
Kids animal counting: 2 Giraffes
Kids animal counting: 3 Monkeys

Kids Animal Counting: 8 Elephants

Kids animal counting: 11 Slimy Snails
Kids animal counting: 12 Pawprints

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