Cross Stitch for the 4th of July! America by Little House Needleworks!

Hey hey hey friends! It’s Friday! Yippeeeee! And it’s gonna be a hot one around here!! Hope you had a great week! I’ve been busy this week, crafting and fun things with friends, and stitching! Yay! I have a fun project for you today – a cross stitch I finished for the 4th of July! If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve been seeing the progress of this cross stitch piece. My goal was to have it completed by the 4th of July…. Well, you know what? I finished it at 9:30pm on July 3rd! Go me! Haaaa. I framed it this week and took my final photos, so it’s time to share with you the final look. I think I’m going to leave it up year round, now that I see it done. 

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Here is my finished and framed piece! It’s called “America” by Little House Needleworks! It’s so pretty! Just the right amount of prim, and modern. It was an easy stitch. I used 14 count Aida. I almost always use my own color choices for my cross stitching because I tend to like brighter colors. I swapped out the colors here to make it my own. The finished stitching area on 14 Aida is 6″ x 8″ so I used an 8×10 frame and it was perfect!

 

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I found the frame at Michael’s and it was the perfect look I think. I also bought a brown frame to see if I liked that better, but I think the contrast with the white is better for this piece. I did a really simple framing on this one because of the look of the pattern. It’s very old school. To frame, I iron my piece really nicely. (iron on the back side of your piece). I used natural cotton batting between my fabric and the frame to make it a bit ‘puffy’ in the frame. I think it looks better with some softness, but this is totally a matter of preference. 

 

A bit about my thread choices! I used all DMC floss except for the red, which is ‘fancy floss.’ I use this awesome color chart from DMC to decide my colors and bring it with me when I go thread shopping and cross reference with the called for colors. The chart has actual pieces of the floss, not just a color chip. If I’m choosing colors, I will look at what the pattern calls for, and then look at similar colors to see what I like the best!! You can definitely shake it up and use your creativity on the patterns. Make it your own!!

 

 

 

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I love that little birdie!! Hee hee, so fun to stitch! Just a side note, I almost always stitch on Aida… I have VERY bad eyesight and need a lot of light and a magnifying piece!! I just take my time and enjoy the process.

 

Here are some of my “in progress” photos….

 

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Here it is all done, before ironing!

 

And before framing!

 

 

Thanks for spending some time with me this week! It’s fun to share new things with you! What are you working on right now?? In the mail this week, I got my first delivery of Halloween stamps and dies! YEAH! This makes me happy! Fall is around the corner and I’ll be switching modes pretty soon. Have a great weekend and whatever you do, keep on crafting! XOXO

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