To celebrate my first year of blogging and to thank you all for the wonderful messages you have left me I have designed this mini stitchery wall hanging for you. I will release one block each month (no special date each month) over the next year for you to download.
The little painting below which I have done is for you to load into the sidebar of your blog with a link back to me, this way we can all enjoy the Arks that are being stitched around the world.
If you have a blog I would love it if you can share your finished blocks with your readers as you make them and put a link back to me, if you dont have a blog please encourage all your friends to visit me.
The finished size (I havent quite finished mine yet) will be approx. 12" x 16". This is only approx. as I have not quite decided how to finish mine off yet!
Requirements:
30cm (12") cream on cream print for
background
Scraps, assorted prints, I used 3 x
reds, 2 x blues, 2 x rusts, 3 x greens and 1 x charcoal
DMC stranded cottons to match your
fabrics. I used #221 old red, #310 black, #356 soft orange, #469 green, #926
blue, #3041 soft mauve, #3721 soft red, #3768 dark blue, #3781 dark brown,
#3828 yellow, #3865 off white and Ecru
30cm (12") iron-on stitchery
stabilizer
Fine tipped permanent fabric marking
pen, brown colour for preference
Lightbox, optional
General handsewing supplies
Month 1- The Rabbits
These rabbits are so in love and very excited to be going on a cruise!
Finished stitchery block size 2 1/2" square, plus log cabin border.
Download file for The Rabbits now
Month 2 - The Dove
This peaceful dove is bringing hope to all aboard the Ark.
Finished stitchery block size 2" square, plus log cabin border..
Download file for The Dove block
Month 3 - Rainbows and Cows
Happy cows. Dont forget to add the X's to their spots, I forgot to put them onto the pdf file.
Finished stitchery block size 3" x 5 1/2", plus log cabin border.
Please be patient it may take a moment to download, thank you
Month 4 - The Kangaroos
Having lived in Australia now for 18 years I could not forget to include these roo's to the ark.
Finished stitchery block size 2 1/2" square, plus log cabin border.
Download file for The Kangaroos
Please be patient it may take a moment to download, thank you
Month 5 - The Elephants
Finished stitchery block size 2 1/2" x 4", plus log cabin border.
Please be patient it may take a moment to download, thank you
Month 6 - Noah and the Giraffe's
Finished stitchery block size size 2"w x 4 1/2"h, plus log cabin border.
Download Noah and the Giraffes's pdf
Please be patient it may take awhile to download, thank you.
Month -7 Rainbow Top
Finished stitchery block size 1"h x 7 1/2"w, plus log cabin border.
Please be patient it may take a while to download, thank you. If you have problems email me and I will try to help.
Month 8 - Tortoises and Birds
Download tortoisesand_birds.pdf
Please be patient it may take a while to download, thank you. If you have problems email me and I will try to help.
Month 9 - Mr and Mrs Penguin
Please be patient it may take a while to download, thank you. If you have problems email me and I will try to help.
Month 10 - (soon to be) Mr and Mrs Lion
Please be patient it may take a while to download, thank you. If you have problems email me and I will try to help.
Month 11- The Bugs
Month 12 - The Ark
For some reason I could not get this file to save as one file so here it is as two files!
Please be patient it may take a while to download, thank you. If you have problems email me and I will try to help.
The Mud Map
I thought I would draw you a mud map so you can see where each block will eventually be placed. Please note that each block is a different size! Also it should be noted that my images have not been sized accurately for this mud map and as such this map is a guide only. The lions are a bit squished!
I hope that you are enjoying stitching these blocks as much as I enjoyed drawing and stitching them. Thank you to all of the wonderful bloggers who have stitched and posted about their blocks, its such fun for me to see the different fabrics and thread colours that you are all using. Love it all, thank you.
If you are participating in this Noah's Ark free BOM leave a message here and then everyone will be able to visit your blog and see your Noah's Ark blocks.
bye for now
