Little Peacock Free Cross Stitch Pattern

For today, I have a free Little Peacock Cross Stitch pattern:

Just right click on the pattern and save to your hard drive.  Then open it in any graphic software and click print.  It will fit on a full 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of paper.

Perfect as a small crazy quilt motif or a cute little cross stitch door hanger!

Happy stitching!

Crazy Quilt Peacocks

I was asked if I could post photos of all the Peacock Crazy Quilt Pieces I did over the years.

This one was a lace peacock:

And these are the ones with the fancy tails:

Last but not least is this piece:

I stitched the peacock back in the 1980's.  About 2 years ago, I decided to make it into a wall hanging with crazy quilting on either side.  I just need to put it together which I'm planning on doing this Summer.

So, I think that's all of them!  At least so far!

Crazy Quilt Color and Composition Classes Lesson 7

Lesson 7 of my Crazy Quilting Color and Composition Class is now available!

 

Lesson 7 - Proud As A Peacock

Lesson 7 covers:

• Transferring a design
• Mastering the Feather Stitch
• Long and Short Stitch
• Couching
• Peacock Tail in Fancy Yarn

Lesson 7 is now available at Magcloud!

Hand Embroidered Gifts

Could someone please tell the weather that it's Spring now!  It's another cold and windy day here but we did have some sun so that was nice.  I'm just looking forward to green grass, flowers and leaves on the trees!

I finished up another of my Hand Embroidered Gifts:

The peacock is a vintage brooch that I've been saving for something special.  This pretty door hanging pillow is a gift for a friend.

In other news, I start stitching on my Strawberry Ornaments.  Stop back to see my progress!

Peacock Heart

I worked on this a bit last night. As you can see, I have the peacock embroidered on here. I used 3 strands of DMC cotton floss and then highlighted the wing with some Kreinik #4 braid in a light lavender color.



Looking at it now, the peacock does not "pop" like I want it to. Does any one know what the "fix" is for this? There's always a way to fix something. I'll be outlining it with metallic gold thread.

In other news, I ran up to Hobby Lobby this past Saturday and picked up some white Kona Cotton and a nice red Gingham like fabric to make my custom apron order. Today, I will pull my vintage iron-on transfers out so I can get myself ready for stitching. Once the stitching is complete, I'll do the assembly work on my sewing machine. Stop by tomorrow to see the fabrics and transfer design.

Update On Heart

I'm really posting late today. I had the chance to spend some time with my sister this morning and I didn't want to miss out on that!

Here's a quick update on my heart block:



I'll be working on this more shortly. For those of you who guessed that the focal point will be a peacock, you are correct! I'll be using one of those funky earrings that I bought last weekend for the tail. Be sure to stop back to see that!