June's Fully Finished Objects

Thank you Rachel for hosting another opportunity for us to share our finishes. Pop over to Rachel's blog Ten Hour Stitcher to find the links to everyone's FFO posts.

I have a very special finish to share this month, our daughter and son-in-law have moved into their first house. When then moved into their apartment I stitched two coasters (link to my previous post) so it seemed appropriate to stitch two more.

I decided not to do cross stitch but embroidery. I drew the design on squared paper and used it as a guide although embroidery does not really follow straight lines. I was so pleased with how they turned out and the new home owners liked them.

I also finished a bookmark for my friend who needed a bit of a hug. My stitchy friend Julie gifted me the bookmark chart, it was a kit she had stitched with lots of threads unused so she passed it on. I had some aida band in my stash and just added a row on the left to make it fit.

I also finished this name plaque for our daughter's best friend's little girl. I stitched one for her first daughter Orlagh,  our daughter is her Godmother, so I wanted to stitch one for Innes too. The design is by Durene Jones and was in a magazine many years ago. I have used it many times changing the letter characters to suit, there's rabbits, cats and butterflies on some letters but I swapped them to be all girls. Orlagh was so pleased her little sister has her name too,  I do my gift stitching to make others smile and that really made me smile.

You'll see these projects again soon in my GG post for June, I will have some special gifts to show too.