frankie2013

@frankie2013 (381)

Canada • Age 70

Joined myLot 11 years ago

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Picture of my brand new afghan

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 15 Jun 21

Good evening to all of you mylotters. I am showcasing a picture of my latest finished crochet piece. It is a large afghan called a Mosaic Persian Tile afghan which has become very popular lately. It took me about 4 months to...

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A picture of the cross stitch/embroidery quilt

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 20 Jan 21

To those of you who might have read some of my posts, you know that I am doing a cross stitch/embroidery quilt slowly but surely. I have already a full panel of a total of six patterns all done and now I am working on my second...

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The third pattern is started

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 20 Jan 21

This is the last pattern of the three patterns of my cross stitch/embroidery quilt. It is basically a miniature replicate of the other two patterns. On both sides are the smaller replicas of the large red flower (identified as a...

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The large red flower is complete

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 12 Jan 21

Above is the second pattern of my cross stitch/embroidery quilt. The large central red flower is all completed. I still have some satin or filling stitch to put in the smaller blue flowers on the left and right sides of the...

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The large red flower

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 4 Jan 21

On one pattern of my cross stitch embroidery quilt there is a large red flower which I present above. It is halfway done. There remains some pink and dusty mauve to cross stitch and leaves and some smaller blue flowers to do on...

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The second pattern is just starting

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 30 Dec 20

The picture above presents the start up of the second pattern of my cross-stitch/embroidery top quilt. It is a large red and eventually also pink flower. Again I do not know at all what type of flower it is. I will slowly finish...

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The first pattern of three is done

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 30 Dec 20

Above you see a picture of the complete first pattern of my cross stitch/embroidery quilt top. It contains 2 tit birds and bell flowers, a large blue flower and pink flower along with branches and leaves.

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The last flower is done

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 30 Dec 20

Yes the last pink flower is done on the first pattern of my cross stitch/embroidery quilt top. Once again I ask the my lot community if anybody knows what is this flower.

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Leaves and bell flowers

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 21 Dec 20

Again I present anther part of the latest pattern of my cross stitch/embroidery quilt. All the leaves, branches and bell flowers are done. Above all this is another flower which I will be doing shortly...

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Another bird is done

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 21 Dec 20

On the latest pattern of my cross stitch/embroidery quilt, there is another bird on the left side of the blue flower. And here it is in all its glory. Again I will ask mylotters if by any chance they know what bird it represents.

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A cross stitch/embroidery bird

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 14 Dec 20

Right beside the blue flower on my upcoming quilt is a cross stitch/embroidery bird hanging on to a branch that I finished yesterday. Above is its picture. Again I will ask mylotters if any of you know what kind of bird this is? I...

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Leaves added all around the blue flower

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 12 Dec 20

Yes the blue flower is surrounded by light and dark green leaves which are now all done as of the 11the of December 2020. Next will be the bird on its right hand side.

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Now the blue flower is all done

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 12 Dec 20

This blue flower took some time to do. It is due mostly to the middle satin (or filling) stitch. By any chance does anybody here on my lot know what type of flower this could be? I know it is a stylized pattern but still it should...

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The blue flower is almost done

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 12 Dec 20

The first of three cross-stitch pattern is almost done. It is a blue flower with satin stitch all along the middle of the flower. This dates from the 8th of December 2020. This pattern along with two more patterns repeated over...

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Keeping up with the cross stitch

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 8 Dec 20

On this latest picture taken on the 8th of December 2020 I started the outline embroidery stitch of the center petals along with the satin (or filling) stitch of the same petals. I also cross stitch the lighter blue of the very...

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Cross stitch/embroidery progression

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 8 Dec 20

Some of you might know that I am doing a cross stitch/embroidery quilt with 3 patterns that I repeat until I have enough to make the quilt per se. I just thought that you might enjoy seeing the daily and or weekly progression of...

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The inevitable happened

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 20 Nov 20

On the 6th of November I wrote a post stating that the CISSS of Gatineau Quebec was going to force registered nurses and other health workers to work full time whether they liked it or not. What I did not know si that this is part...

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Keeping up with my needlecrafts (part 3)

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 20 Nov 20

And now I want to showcase the third pattern of cross-stitiching for my projected quilt. Yes it will be a cross-stitch quilt after all the assembling and quilting will be done. At the rate I am going I predict that it will take me...

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Keeping up with my needlecrafts (part 2)

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 20 Nov 20

Since I do not know if mylot allows more than one photo per post, I will now present you my second finished cross-stitch pattern of many more that will be incorporated in a quilt.

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Keeping up with my needlecrafts

frankie2013 @frankie2013 (381) • Canada 20 Nov 20

Since I have had my left eye cataract done, I have been able to resume my needlecrafts, mainly my cross-stitch. But even though my left eye is now great for seeing at a distance, it is not so great for seeing up close. Plus my...

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