Cross Stitch Finish: Spring Pillow

I have another cross stitch finish!! I’m so excited as I got it done in plenty of time to display this Spring.

I started the stitching and finished it in a day. It was a simple stitch. Once I had everything memorized, I didn’t even need to look at the chart.

It was a freebie from Glory Bee. You can find the freebie HERE. I looked and looked for a better version of the chart, but didn’t find any.

Well, I was ready for some cute things for my decor, so I jumped in and finished it right away. Luckily, I already had an idea of how I wanted to finish it. I needed some green fabric. I thought this would do just fine. I like to use small-scale prints for projects like this.

I cut a piece and added it to the stitched piece.

Then I made a backing like this…Leaving the whole in the back will allow me to turn it right side out and to stuff it.

Both pieces got interfacing on the wrong sides.

Then I sewed the two pieces together. I often make the backing bigger than the front with I do this. That allows for shifting.

I trimmed the corners and turned it right side out. Hmm. This wasn’t what I envisioned. There was too much green for me.

I turned it wrong side out, took it to the cutting table, and whacked off about 3/4″ of fabric.

I resewed the edge, retrimmed the corners, and turned it right side out. Yes. This was MUCH better.

I stuffed it with a combo of crushed walnut shells and Poly-fil.

I ladder-stitched the opening closed. Then I headed to the trim. I wanted something to jazz it up. I came up with this yellow twine. I have pink that I tried first. It looked cute, but it’s not often that I have a good opportunity to use the yellow, so I went with yellow.

I just love it. I stitched it with DMC…I did modify the called for colors. They were really bright. I toned them down a bit.

I love it when I can stitch a freebie with DMC and use things that I have here to finish it. Cross-stitch doesn’t have to be an expensive hobby. If you are new to stitching and want to try a project, this one is absolutely perfect.

Yahoo…another cutie for my dough bowl is done!!