modern folk embroidery

A year in the making : The fruits of plenty from Charm About You

It took a year...

How it started...

How it's going...

Done!

It's not often I complete something in a year, my work in progress pile can attest to that! This stitch-a-long is the third one I've completed from Modern Folk Embroidery, obviously I highly recommend his patterns and this was a joy to stitch. It was lovely receiving the next part of the pattern each month and I've really enjoying seeing all the other versions as they've been stitched on instagram #MFESAL2021, so many interesting colour combinations. The pattern is The Fruits of Plenty. Also ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 2 years, 12 months ago. under aurifil , aurifloss , belfast linen , cross stitch , grime guard , mfesal2021 , modern folk embroidery , quaker sampler , sewing method , stitch-a-long , stitching in hand , the fruit of plenty , zweigart

Love Thy... from Charm About You

neighbour X work in progress X cross stitch X Aurifloss

My current cross stitch project for the year is coming along well, there's been a little bit of unpicking but that is most often the result of late night stitching. The pattern is Love Thy Neighbour by Modern Folk Embroidery and I started stitching it as part of Jacob's Summer Stitch A Long. Summer may be nearly over but I am in no rush to finish. The original pattern is stitched in one colour but like my last finished cross stitch I enjoy making it my own and ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 4 years, 1 month ago. under a cross stitch , aurifil , aurifloss , colorful , colours , counted cross stitch , cross stitch , cross stitch pattern , featured , handmade , modern folk embroidery , needle minder , thread , thread box , work in progress

kindness & fortitude from Charm About You

Last year I chose a cross stitch pattern to work on throughout the year. This was started in January 2019 and finished in December 2019 (only just got round to properly blogging about it), 15605 crosses in total. Of course I worked on other things too during that time but it was lovely to have this project to pick up in between. It was serendipity because my word for 2019 was fortitude. Obviously it wasn't just the title of the pattern that drew me to it, it is full of beautiful Quaker motifs inspired by antique samplers. There is ...

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