Four Seasons Large Cube

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving if you live in the US! I'm always in charge of the desserts in my family, so this year I made six different kinds of mini pies, two batches of homemade ice cream, and some sugar cookies.

Today I want to talk about the next release I had after the small cubes. "Four Seasons" is the first cube in my Large Cube Series.

Each of the four sides features one of the seasons, as well as a tree that represents that season. 

On the top is a panel that combines all four seasons.

This cube is designed to be part of all of your seasonal displays, so all you have to do is turn it clockwise to show the new season! 

I had a lot of fun designing this cube and thinking about what the tree would be like every season. I hope to do more large cubes like this in the future!

The large cubes differ from the small cubes not only in size, but also in construction. The small cubes are stitched on one piece of fabric and only certain sides have to be sewn together. The large cubes, however, are stitched on six different pieces of fabric and each side has to be sewn together. The layout for this project is included in the purchase of this pattern, but it is really just a matter of matching the borders up. 

Each side is 4" x 4" on 14 count fabric, and is 80 stitches by 80 stitches. Only 10 DMC colors are used: Blanc, 208, 301, 310, 322, 349, 699, 725, 801, and 3687. 

And that's it for me today! I hope you all have a wonderful day, and I will be back next time to talk about my first flat finish!

Have a great day!

~Hannah from Ladybug Stitches Shop 

Snowman Supplies Cube

 Hello again everyone!

Today I am going to talk about the last of the four cubes that I released in July 2023. This cube is called "Snowman Supplies" and is available for download in my Etsy shop.

This cube features all the supplies you will need to make a snowman when the next blizzard comes your way. I always loved making snowmen with my dad as a kid, though I wish we had done it more often. My brothers, dad, and I used to sleigh ride and build forts more than we built snowmen, and I will always have such fond memories of this time. My favorite thing was hollowing out the snow pile my dad plowed up from the driveway. We would make tunnels through it and sit in there away from the wind as long as we could stand the cold. 

Now let's talk about the supplies you will need to make a successful snowman!

First of all, of course, you will need snow! All good snowmen must first start with a good snowstorm. Then you will need to grab a hat and scarf for your snowman, because it can get chilly out in the wind.

Next, you will need buttons. Grab a few loose buttons from your mom's sewing stash and scamper out the door. Your snowman will need to see and be able to button up his snow coat.

Then you will need some sticks for arms. These might be hard to find if you got too much snow, but you can always look at the base of trees for some spares.

And lastly, you will need a carrot for a nose. Put it all together and you have a snowman!

I can't wait to add this cube to my snowman collection in January, I think it will fit in very nicely.

This pattern uses 5 DMC colors: Blanc, 310, 349, 720, and 3862. The stitch count is 86w x 114h and finishes into a 2" cube on 14 count fabric. Perfect for all the nooks and crannies of your display!

Well that's it for me today! In the next blog post, I will be talking about my first large cube, which I listed in my Etsy shop in September.

Have a great day!

~Hannah at Ladybug Stitches Shop

Christmas Cube

 Hi everyone!

Today I want to talk about the next cube in the Small Cubes series, the Christmas I cube. The pattern for this cube can be found in my etsy shop here. 

Christmas is my favorite holiday, and has been ever since I was a little kid. Every year, my family opened presents in the morning and then would go to my grandparents' house for lunch with the rest of my family. Christmas always felt like such a magical day, and I loved spending it with my family. 

Christmas looks different now, but I still try to tap into that magical feeling as much as I can. Stitching Christmas projects certainly seems to help!

I loved designing this cube, and I loved stitching it just as much! This year will be the first time I get to display this project in my tiered tray, and I'm super excited to see how it looks. 

This side of the cube is my favorite, aren't the little presents just so cute?

This pattern uses 4 DMC colors: 349, 699, 3852, and 3862. And just like the other small cubes, the stitch count is 86w x 114h and finishes into a 2" cube when stitched on 14 count fabric. 

That's it for today, I hope you all have a wonderful day and stitch lots of things!

~Hannah at Ladybug Stitches Shop 

Thanksgiving Freebies

Hello and welcome to November!

I always feel November is such a quick month, don't you? It seems there is something to do every weekend, and before you know it, the month is over! My mom works in a school so she always gets two extra days off the second week of November, and this year we are spending those two days Christmas shopping and cleaning her house. I am also busy prepping for Thanksgiving this year. My grandma and I used to bake pies from scratch together every year, and since her passing, I have been handed the baton. This year I decided to try to make mini pies, with six different fillings so that there is a kind for everyone. I will also be making homemade ice cream and some cookies, the kind yet to be determined! Do you have any Thanksgiving traditions?

Apple pie I made last year

This year is the first year I have enough room for a Thanksgiving cross stitch display, and I had so much fun with it! I'll be posting a picture giving a tour of it to my Instagram (@ladybug.stitches) in a couple days, so stay tuned for that.

Since this is my first Thanksgiving display, I knew I wanted to make something special for it, so I designed two little patterns and finished them into little pillows. 

And the best part is ... I'm adding them as little freebies for you! This is my way of saying thank you for how amazing you all are in this stitching community!

Here is the first freebie - "Grateful." 

And here is the second freebie - "Thankful."

Feel free to pick whatever colors you want, I just chose some fall colors from my stash.

If you decide to stitch these cuties, I would love it if you tagged me on Instagram @ladybug.stitches so I can see your work! Enjoy!

~Hannah at Ladybug Stitches Shop on Etsy