Once I take into consideration Valentine’s Day, I usually take into consideration mailing cute envelopes with cute stamps on them. Making your individual cross-stitched postage stamp as a pin is a pure subsequent step, do not you suppose?
Simply think about carrying this for Valentine’s Day and even past!
This easy challenge is a good way to sew one thing small and get in some sluggish stitching with out the overwhelm that may come from massive cross sew initiatives. The design I used is from a brand new cross sew sample in my Etsy store.
The Hearts Day Mini Stamp sample options 20 totally different mini stamp designs, together with the one proven on this challenge. The complete sample permits you to sew all of the stamps with their little perforated border, however for this pin, I used solely the within a part of one stamp. You may use ANY of the designs for this.
As an alternative of utilizing the perforation within the cross sew, the backing for this pin is felt lower out utilizing the small stamp border within the Stamp of Approval deep-etch die set (affiliate hyperlink) I designed for Benzie Design. The dies create an ideal stamp form each time, and I knew they’d be good for this.
Okay, so the reality is that I knew they’d be good as a result of I designed the cross sew patterns with this die in thoughts. They’re precisely the suitable measurement if you sew them on 14-count Aida!
Now, let’s get on to this challenge!
This is what you want:
Hearts Day Mini Stamp (no perforation) stitched on 14-count Aida
White Felt Stamp lower with small Stamp of Approval die
Embroidery Floss
Needle
Pin Again
Cheesy Glue
Be aware: The pin again I used was somewhat longer as a result of my stamp is vast. For those who make a tall stamp, be certain your pin again will match.
Trim the cross-stitched stamp down so there are two rows of Aida on both sides of the stamp. Heart it on the felt stamp piece.
Use one strand of embroidery floss and fold it in half, threading the lower ends by means of your needle. Beginning at one nook, come up by means of the felt and Aida one row away from the stitching. Return down one sew away on that very same row.
On the again of the stamp, slide your needle by means of the loop of thread and pull to tighten it. That is the loop methodology, and it’ll safe your thread and not using a knot.
Sew across the whole stamp with operating sew, making every sew one sq. of Aida.
Safe the top of the thread with a knot between the layers of cloth and felt. Use Cheesy Glue to connect the pin again. Make certain it is dealing with the suitable path!
Enable the glue to totally dry.
Now you will have a postage stamp pin that is prepared for Hearts Day! In fact, for those who’re a fan of mail, stamps, or the like, it is a good accent any day of the yr.
Do you like stamps? My grandpa collected them, so I kinda really feel just like the stamp patterns I’ve made are an ode to him. Now the large query is, ought to I design extra mini stamp cross sew patterns?