Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Good Enough to Eat, Smell or Stitch - Cupcake Mini Cross Stitch

Hello lovely readers. Recently I was looking for something nice and small that I could stitch up relatively quickly, which also might prove useful as a part of a Christmas gift. While looking through my stash, I came across one of the Cupcake of the Month designs from The World of Cross Stitching. So I am delighted to say I have a mini finish to show you.

I stitched the Summer themed cupcake a few months ago, had loads of fun stitching it and was extremely happy with the finished piece.  

If you missed it here's the link: Summer Time Seems a Little Nearer - Summer Themed Mini Cross Stitch Finish

When I saw the poppy one I knew it would be a perfect, quick project. I just love the colours, the design of the flowers and the swirls of icing on top.

Mini Cross Stitch Finish Cupcake Cross Stitch
Poppy Cupcake, Cupcake of the Month Series - The World of Cross Stitching issue 195

I had a quick look through my fabric box and found a small piece of 14ct Aida, which honestly I didn't think would ever get used, that was just about the right size to fit this cupcake stitch. There isn't a lot of clearance around the finished design but I think it will be enough to make this into an ornament, though not a flat, or stitch it into something larger. I was delighted to be able to find a use for one of those smaller pieces of fabric, which just appear to accumulate in my stash.

I had a whole day to just work on this, with Supernatural Season 1 DVD on in the background, and it came together really quickly. It's a nice simple design with very easy back stitching, always a bonus in my opinion. I was a little unsure as to how the poppies would look at first, I thought that the colours charted wouldn’t shade well together. I am delighted I was proved wrong, the subtle changes in shade are just perfect.

I probably would have managed to complete this faster if I hadn’t kept making silly errors, like when I had all the first half of the crosses done in the cake wrapper in the wrong colour and had to rip them all back. This was just one of many such frog related instances on this project. It was probably caused by the fact that I was trying to keep track of what was on the TV at the same time. In future I may just listen to an audio instead of trying to develop eyes in the top of my head.

I have a few more of these cupcake designs in my stash, mostly thanks to a very generous blogger and stitcher Justine. If you haven't come across her blog, do go check out her work as it is amazing: Click Here

I'm not 100% sure how I will finish this piece off. I would love to hear any thoughts or suggestions you have in the comment section below.

32 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your mini-finish and another scrummy-looking calorie-free cupcake! I remember Justine sending you some charts so it's really nice to see one stitched up - and in time for our November poppies.
    As for finishing it off - I'm a woman of few ideas so look forward to reading other people's suggestions and seeing your accompanying handiwork!! :)

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. This was another really fun stitch and a great break from my large projects as I got the finish within a day.

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  2. It's lovely! I don't know how big it is, but I might put a thin fabric border all the way around and them add a backing.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment and suggestion, that's a really nice idea and would certainly add to the size of this piece, as it is quite small.

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  3. Great finish! I hate that I always seem to make the most mistakes on small projects.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. I don't know what was happening to me that day but I just kept making really silly mistakes. I guess we all get days like that.

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  4. Cute finish :) I would probably just glue it to some cardboard with the backing fabric forming a frame around the stitch

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    1. Thanks so much for comment and suggestion. That sounds like a nice idea, a bit like a flat but with the fabric border.

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  5. cute finish, you make it into a little ornament. The twisted sister has some great tutorials.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment and suggestion, I do love to make ornaments, they make great small gifts. Will check out that site, thanks.

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  6. How cute!! Same advice as The Fairy Stitcher, go & have a look at her tutorials. They are easy!

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    1. Thanks so much for you comment and suggestion Mii, I must have a look at that site, it sounds interesting.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. This cupcake series has some really pretty design. I'm looking forward to working on some more of them.

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  8. Lovely finish.Poppies,one of my favourite flowers and cake.What a great combination:)

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. I do really like how the poppies turned out in this piece. I too love them and have a few other charts in my stash which have a poppy theme.

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  9. Congrats on the cute finish.

    Linda

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    1. Thanks so much for you comment Linda. I'm really happy with this finish and looking forward to deciding how to complete it.

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  10. Cute finish! I would make a pillow but then that's what I do with everything - it's the only finish I know!
    Sorry to hear about the frog - he's been visiting me too :-(

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment Justine. Sorry the frog visited you as well, he must be on his rounds :D

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  11. Congratulations on your very quick and pretty finish! I've had some frogging too but now I'm done with him, he's out of the stitching table, lol.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. I sounds like the frog has been traveling around causing a lot of trouble for people :D

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  12. Your cupcake is darling! It is so frustrating when a project requires a lot of frogging. What a fun finish. Being a huge fan of crazy quilting, I would incorporate this into a crazy quilt project. I look forward to seeing how you finish it off!

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment and suggestion. I would love to give quilting a try but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Hopefully sometime soon I will find the time.

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  13. Beautiful stitching! Sorry about all the frogging, but it really turned out lovely! :D

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. I am very happy with the result and the frogging was mostly caused by me not paying enough attention to what I was doing.

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  14. Really cute stitch! Its nice to be reading your blog again, I hope you are well :) x

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. It's nice to be posting again, hopefully I can keep up a regular schedule.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment. It does look like a really delicious cupcake.

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  16. Congrats on the finish!!!! I love it!!! How is Supernatural? I see it on Netflix but I am not sure if I would like it or not.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment and I'm so glad you like this finish. I quite like Supernatural, it's a very solid show. It has some really good Gothic horror type episodes and some very fun ones as well. I have only seen to the end of Season 3 but am enjoying it so far. If you like X-Files or Buffy type shows I would say give it a try.

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