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The Five-Minute Stitch! Mini Kit Rotation – EP14

Little Thread Crafts Five Minute Stitch

Welcome to Episode Fourteen of our Mini Kit Rotation!

The Current Project: Teapot by Artiste

In today’s episode, I start on the teacup – specifically the actual tea portion.

Friday Finishes #29: Butterfly

Little Thread Crafts Friday Finishes

Today’s Finish!

Today’s Friday Finish takes me back… I finished this project a long time ago. It was my first project that I did Five Minute Stitch videos on, and it was the first project I decided I would take progress pictures on!

Name of Piece: #021-1389 Butterfly

Designed by: Kooler Design Studio

Distributed as a kit by Janlynn under their “Design for the Needle” series.

Kit Contains: 18 ct. cotton aida fabric, 6-strand embroidery floss, frame, self-adhesive mounting board, needle, graph, and instructions.

Finished Size: 2.25 inches by 2.75 inches oval

Term Of The Week: Craftermath

Little Thread Crafts Term of the Week

Today’s Term of the Week was posted on my Instagram feed, and I decided I must do a Term of the Week on it! It fits so many so well.

So, what does the word Craftermath mean? It’s pretty basic. A Craftermath is the aftermath of a particularly intense crafting session. It is most often demonstrated by your crafting area of choice being a total disaster.

I’m sure we’ve all been there. You get into a particular groove and you can just go and go and go! And when you’re finished, your area looks like a tornado blew through it. There are fabric and bits of thread everywhere. I never look forward to cleaning up once I’ve had a long stitching session, as it usually gets pretty messy! Especially if I kitted up the project at the same time as well.

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The Five-Minute Stitch! Mini Kit Rotation – EP13

Little Thread Crafts Five Minute Stitch

Welcome to Episode Thirteen of our Mini Kit Rotation!

The Current Project: Teapot by Artiste

In today’s episode, I finish out my attempt at the solely Danish method of stitching. I didn’t actually do it wrong, I just didn’t have to do it quite as much as I did.

Progress Report: Families Photo Album, Part 5 – A Finish!

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Families Photo Album: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

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Here is the finale on the Families Photo Album piece! It was a bit of a trial… I should have done 18 count instead of 16 count to get the size I wanted, but I didn’t realize I miscalculated until it was too late. I made due with what I had, and I think it turned out all right, all things considered.

Progress Report: Families Photo Album, Part 4

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Families Photo Album: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

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I was able to complete this piece in time for Christmas… it was all wrapped and everything! But then I didn’t actually see the recipient at all. Even now months later we haven’t seen each other! I may need to just send it in the mail so he’ll get it…

Anyway, here is some more of the progress on this piece!

The Five-Minute Stitch! Mini Kit Rotation – EP12

Little Thread Crafts Five Minute Stitch

Welcome to Episode Twelve of our Mini Kit Rotation!

The Current Project: Teapot by Artiste

In today’s episode, I try out the Danish Method of stitching only to not have to carry my floss at all and it… only sort of works.

Progress Report: Little Princess, Part 3 – A Finish!

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Little Princess: Part 1, Part 2

I actually finished this piece on January 2nd of this year, but it’s taken me awhile to get the pictures all together. I need a better picture organizing system. So here is the last Progress Report for the Little Princess piece!