Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Happy 1st day of March! The year is "marching" on, isn't it!? I love it when everything turns green and the flowers bloom! We've had some sunny days here and renewal is in the air. I love St. Patrick's Day for lots of reasons.... Mostly because my beloved kitty cat was born on St. Patrick's Day - and that's why his name is Lucky! So shamrocks, and gold pots, and rainbows and leprechauns it is! Today I'm sharing two cross stitch projects that are for St. Patrick's Day! I actually finished stitching them AND finished them too! Yayayayayay for me! Hee hee. I'll share my two projects, and then the supplies will be listed out in the narrative and in the supply list! Let's go!
First up is this fun Leprechaun stitch - complete with a rainbow, some four leaf clovers, and his pot of gold! Isn't he cute? This was a really fun stitch!
PATTERN: O Lucky Day by Brenda Gervais
FABRIC: 30 count Natural Brown Linen
THREAD: DMC threads - my choices
FINISHING BOARD, AND RIBBONS: Hobby Lobby
CHARM: Tim Holtz
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I bought the heart board and the ribbons at Hobby Lobby and I used my hot glue gun to make the bows and affix them to the board. I hot glued the charm to the center for a little bit of whimsy!

The pot of gold is dark gray thread, and then I used gold metallic thread for the coins! It's so cute in person!!
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Is it weird that I LOVE his little shoes and socks! Ha!

Lots and lots of green threads! Just a little bit of back stitching for the stems of the four leaf clovers. The area of the stitching is approximately 5"x7" so it isn't a large stitch and it went pretty quickly! I really like this fabric - makes it look a bit vintage.
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My second project for today is Lucky Charm! It features a huge four leaf clover, a horseshoe, and pretty text! I added the button to the center of the pattern to add a bit of texture. I used the free pattern, and the called for threads from DMC. I finished it on sticky board with batting to make it a little puffy. The ribbon will be used to hang it on the wall.
PATTERN: Free Lucky Charm Pattern from FQS
FABRIC: 14 count Aida Vintage Country Mocha
THREAD: DMC threads as called for
FINISHING BOARD, AND RIBBONS: My stash and Sticky Board
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The little center areas of the horseshoe are gold metallic thread! There are so many pretty greens in this pattern. It looks so good on the 14 Aida - nice and crisp. The finished smaller area with the stitching is 7" x 7" and the larger green part is 9" x 9". I found the fabric at my local quilt shop and I used sticky board, tape and my hot glue gun to wrap and finish the piece. There is batting also - to make it puffy.

I used a green button from my stash to put into the center of the clover. I just felt like it needed a little something something.....
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I hot glued some ribbon to the back of the piece to use to hang it on the wall...

This one is for Lucky boy - my Lucky charm!!
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That's it for my first projects for March! I don't think I'll get any more stitching done for St. Patrick's Day - but I do definitely have some paper projects to share in the coming weeks! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! See you soon! XOXO
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