I have now completed my next project, another lovely kit by DMC, called Bedtime Boofle Bear. It will now be winging its way back to its owner in the UK. Dmc have a wide range of beautiful cross stitch kits which you can view or purchase here.
What’s in the Bedtime Boofle Bear kit?
This Boofle Bear Sampler is a 14 Count Cross Stitch Kit
and contains the blank Aida, needle and presorted good quality threads along with fully charted instructions.
The kit is quite easy to complete and I would suggest that it is ideal for anyone who has had some cross stitch experience because there are some half stitches and quite a lot of backstitch detailing which I found quite fiddly particularly on the stars. I preferred completing each star as I went because the thought of having to go back to it was quite daunting.
For customer privacy, I have had to scribble out the name and date of birth of the lucky little girl. I did find that the name box on the sampler only allows you to place your child’s first name. However, with some adjustment, I managed to fit the date of birth also as requested by the customer.
There are several beautiful Boofle Bear kits by DMC, like this one – which you can view by clicking on the large image above. Having looked at them I think Bedtime Boofle Bear, for me, is by far the cutest.
As with most of the DMC kits I have done, this one had easy to follow instructions and stitching charts. As with all DMC kits, the threads were of a very high quality.
If you would like to purchase this kit for yourself you can do so by clicking the link in the picture at the top of this page.
DMC Irises Kit number CK4151 kit that arrived partially done as shown below.
This DMC Iris’s Kit number CK4151 is was very similar to kits that I have done before. The approximate size is 25.5 x 30.5 cm and it is on 14 count Aida fabric. It comes complete with pattern Aida and DMC yarns.
This is a fairly easy kit to complete. However the hardest part, I found, was finishing off the leaves – all of which interweave with each other. Adding the flowers in their bright vibrant colours and the intricate detailing on the bowl meant the overall result, with time and patience, was beautiful.
This Tinkerbell cross stitch project is the first big cross stitch project I have ever taken on.
Measuring 59cm x 33cm, (containing 75 colours) with every single piece of blank Aida requiring a stitched. I will be using a 14ct Aida and my prefered choice of threads are DMC Stranded cotton.
I started this about 3 years ago as my daughter was a fan of the Disney Tinkerbell fairies animation films. So as a surprise, I decided to start the project.
Now I can finally see the end in sight and thankfully my daughter still enjoys the Tinkerbell movies.
I now only need to add some hand stitched detail into the picture just to highlight the wings.
The image was sourced on the web then used free conversion software to convert it to a detailed cross-stitch design. This also included the colour number for each thread, although with hindsight I feel they are slightly darker than the original colours which are a bit of a disappointment.
Below is the finished design without the detailing which I will upload when I have found the time to finish the project.