My new e-book Cross Sew Celebrations: Commencement is accessible now, and to rejoice, I am sharing a bonus sample with all of you! This straightforward “Congrats Grad!” design is a pleasant little further that you need to use alone or together with the patterns within the e-book.
There are many cross sew charts to work with in Cross Sew Celebrations: Commencement, they usually’re designed to be simply customizable. Which means you will discover borders, graduates, mini motifs that characterize a lot of instructional matters, and naturally, a number of alphabets. One thing that you simply will not discover, nonetheless, is any pre-designed phrases (numbers, sure, however not likely phrases!). That is so of us of any language might simply work with the patterns.
However I wished to have some type of congratulatory message that wasn’t only a DIY from the alphabets. So I made one as a bonus!
This sample is fast to sew while you need to make a card just like the one which’s within the e-book. Which is what I’ve performed right here! You’ll be able to actually use any of the designs, together with this bonus chart, to make a cross sew card.
The background coloration appears to be like slightly yellow on this as a result of, properly, it is connected to yellow paper! However we’ll ignore that.
After getting the cardboard made, add an envelope and also you’re prepared to present this to your favourite grad!
The greeting card venture in Cross Sew Celebrations: Commencement relies off of the mylar quantity balloons that you simply see at commencement events, however performed in cross sew in fact. And along with the 2024 chart that is included (we deliberate forward with the dates within the e-book!) I’ve tips about how one can use the XL quantity charts to make any of them appear like this fashion.
For the cardboard chart, I additionally included a easy border and a few customized parts like initials and slightly commencement cap. The “Congrats Grad!” sample is simply the wording, however you may definitely add a border or different mini motifs.
The colours within the chart are the identical as what you will discover within the e-book. In reality, they’re the identical ones which can be within the Celebration Streamers border that you may see on the duvet, in addition to on web page 42. It might be an ideal pairing! I am pondering, streamer border, congrats message, a smiling graduate, and a yr to essentially mark the event.
As a short apart, since we’re speaking about colours, the colours and normal chart sizes are in step with people who I created in Cross Sew Celebrations: Bundle of Pleasure! Which means for those who’re stitching for somebody who would love a vine border for instance (it will be nice for an ivy-league graduate), you possibly can simply work in that component from Bundle of Pleasure with the designs in Commencement. Fancy, proper?
If you understand somebody of any age who’s graduating quickly, I hope you take a look at Cross Sew Celebrations: Commencement and make them one thing tremendous particular!