Vintage Look Cross Stitch Brooch Project!

Hello my sweet crafty friends! Happy Monday! We survived the excitement of The Greetery new release last week! Wowza! Did you love it all as much as I did? Did you get your orders in? I can't wait for you to create and have fun with everything! Hope you had a great weekend! It was rain and football here... Our Forty Niners won - yay!! I got in a TON of crafting time the past 3-4 days and I have so many things to share with you before Valentine's Day! This week our church is having a Bible Conference each night for four nights and we get to hear Christine Caine in person tonight. She is ammmaaaazing and always leaves us uplifted and inspired. We are so lucky to have seen her a few times. What an incredible woman with an incredible testimony. I'm so excited to go tonight! Let's have a great week! XOXO

Today's project is a fun cross stitch project and I made my stitching into a brooch that I can wear! My first time doing this, but probably not my last time. A tiny quick stitch mounted onto a form and then assembled with a pin back! There's lots of photos so you can see everything, and my supply list is at the bottom of my post as usual!

Here are the details:

Pattern: Chintz Alphabet by JBW Designs

Thread: My own chose colors - Aurifil Floss

Fabric: 28 Count Linen

 

I LOOOOOVE a jean jacket! Actually I love several jean jackets! Ha, over the years I have collected quite a few. It's one of my favorite things to wear. I will most likely wear my brooch this way - with a lace top and a denim jacket. I like wearing handmade things because it always starts a conversation and then I can gab with other creative people! I have a pretty big collection of pins - going back to the 80's! I used to wear a suit every day to work and I loved to wear pins on my suit jacket. They have good memories! I still wear a lot of them and pin them on my purse, or a hat....

 

I stitched on linen and it's so small, that it went quickly. I chose my own color palette, but based loosely on the colors in the pattern. I used Aurifil Floss this time and dang, the colors are so beautiful and vivid!

 

For the backing, of course, I used gingham! I affixed the pin back using hot glue.

 

Here it is in my hand so you can see the size and scale.

 

 

Here is my finished stitching still on the wee hoop!

 

Here are my supplies.... The finishing form has two pieces. I used batting in between the stitched fabric and the metal form so it is a bit poofed out. Perfect. So, to make it you put your stitching and batting around the metal piece and criss cross it on the back with thread to hug it in shape. I did the same with the gingham. Then I used hot glue to glue the two ovals together. It's actually an ornament form, but I made it into a pin!

 

Here is the pattern....Chintz Alphabet by JBW Designs....

 

 

And I stitched only this small portion of the pattern.... I might go back and make myself a W pin using the alphabet! I think that would be kinda fun. Like Laverne and her "L" on her sweater!!

 

So that's today's project! Not sure what I'll be posting next. I have some valentine ideas rolling around in my brain. Let's see if I can make them in time! I do know that February is going to be VERY busy. So many good things coming from our favorite companies. I think I might have said yes to too many things, but we will make it happen here in the craft room!! Have a great week! XOXO

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Comments

[Becky Green]

LOVELY WORK, Wanda! I like that you made this into a pin. SO PRETTY!!! I'm a big pin fan too! ;) AND YES, I think the "W" would be SO FUN! ;) STAY WARM! It is warming up here, & FINALLY above freezing! LOL

[Anne Sturgeon]

WOW this is pretty! I love those forms for stitching projects. Makes the process so doable. Love the colors and it will surely look great on that jacket. Enjoy your evening!

[Amy L Burkholder]

This is so cute! I have not cross stitched in years! You make me want to start again! I am so in love with this pin!!
You are the most talented person!
I look forward to your blogs. Thank you for doing what you do and sharing your talent with us!!

[Christine Dol]

Wanda...you are simply amazing! You craft with such love and such talent! I had to laugh when you said "like Laveren and her L." Oh my that was a great show!!!
I love how you wear your brooch with your jean jacket!!!!
I tell ya...what would the crafty world do without our Wanda!!!!

[Jeanne]

Oh my goodness, Wanda! I LOVE what you did with your stitch. That is one of the sweetest things I've seen in a long time. You did an outstanding job on the sweet stitch and the finished pin. Wow! Thanks so much for sharing! Love that you love pins/brooches and jean jackets. I had a favorite back in the day, too!