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laying down ferret card

Dapper Ferret

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We’re getting a little closer to the end of the #cardproject2019! This ferret was a pretty quick stitch. I got the pattern from dailycrossstitch.com. I chose to only do the Mr. Ferret part of the pattern. Partly for time, but mostly because of the space on the card.

This card is headed to my brother in law who once had a ferret toy. I was pretty young when my sister was dating him (and married him). I remember he bought this ferret toy that didn’t work right. I begged to go to the store with them while he got a new one.

This toy was a ferret attached to a ball, the ball was battery powered and when you turned it on it jumped around and looked like it was playing with the ball. I’m sure by today’s toy standards it’s pretty boring, but at the time it was the coolest thing ever.

side front view of ferret

Now you know the story behind this card. And I have no clue if he actually likes ferrets or not. When picking out cards I tried to find something that I know the person likes, or something that was from a memory I had with them to make the card personal. I chose the background paper for it’s pattern since my brother in law is a mechanical engineer. I was going to emboss dots on plain paper, then ran across this and changed my mind.

Stitching

Started: September 4th
Finished: September 7th

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full front of ferret card

close up of stitching

Rhino in a Tux

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This card is for a cousin of mine who I hope likes rhinos. His company logo and business feature a rhino, and when I saw this pattern he was the first person who came to mind.

The Rhino in a Tux pattern cane be found at dailycrossstitch.com if you want to make it as well!

starting out Rhino in a Tux

This pattern has very few colors and was pretty easy to make. Counting the body takes a little bit of time, but once that first row is done you can base most everything off of that to eliminate long lines of counting.

The pattern calls for Anchor thread, I converted to DMC since that is what I have. CyberStitchers has a simple conversion chart in case you ever need it.

To get this pattern to fit on a smaller card I used 18 count Aida cloth. This time around I decided to also do it with only 1 thread for the x’s. It looks find in person, however I noticed in the photos the black looks a bit thin/see through.

front view standing

The whole thing was done with one thread, but for some reason black looks a little thinner than the rest. Probably the higher contrast between black and the white fabric. Either way, in person it doesn’t seem as thin.

standing side view

For mounting I used my mom’s really old interfacing fabric (I think). It didn’t make it stiff really, but seems to be holding up for all the trimming I did without any fraying. I used foam tape to mount the rhino to the front of the card.

Stitching

Started: May 15th
Finished: May 21st

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front view full card

from the top

Scholarly Cat

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When I asked my cousin what her sons like, I was told Larping. That is something I’m not sure has ever been captured in cross stitch form. I was also told they like cats (although one is allergic) and reading. Luckily these are things much more readily available in the cross stitching world.

all laid out

I found a pattern on dailycrossstitch.com with a cat sitting on a pile of books. This was the perfect fit! Logan is also off at college so the extra large books are also quite fitting for this stage in his life.

Yet again I found myself lost as to how I was going to assemble this card. The ideas aren’t coming like they were before. I’m in a Cross Stitch Club on Facebook and the day I finished this card she answered how she was able to cut around her patterns for cards and not have fraying.

Interfacing fabric. Who knew that you can make your own iron ons?! Luckily for me JoAnn’s was having a sale the weekend I learned of its existence, so I purchased a yard of the stuff to try for myself. Cost under a dollar with tax! Great price for trying out something new.

side view

You can see a little bit of separation of the interfacing fabric and the Aida cloth in the image above, but I don’t think it’s too bad for a first try. I was told it would be quite stiff, but it didn’t really do that to me. I think it was the kind of fabric I was sold, it was called “Lite” and I was told there were thicker ones, but the salesperson felt it probably wasn’t what I wanted. This seems to work ok, it holds well and give more “stiffness” to the piece than just tacking it on would.

from the side

The background is from my massive wallpaper collection. I thought the pattern fit a kind of Larping theme. It makes me think Medieval, something from a family crest maybe.

It was fun trying out a whole new way to mount a cross stitch to a card. Now I have square with frayed edges, mounted in a “frame”, and this, cut out no fray.

Stitching

Started: February 28th
Finished: March 10th

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full front of card