{"id":2622,"date":"2009-03-23T21:11:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T02:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2009-03-23T21:22:58","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T02:22:58","slug":"cross-stitch-purse-other-craft-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2622","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Stitch Purse &#038; Other Craft Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago I saw a cross-stitch magazine with a plastic box purse on the cover. The sides were cross-stitch flowers, stripes, and funky circles. I bought the magazine  thinking I would do the project immediately. Then I saw how much the purses cost. They are awesomely designed purses from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zbeckybrown.com\/\">Z Becky Brown<\/a> but the price tag is not for the faint of heart. I shelved the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer I visited a locally-owned craft store and there among the closeout specials was one single Z Becky Brown purse. And it was in my price range! I bought it and ran out of the store before the clerk knew that they were losing money on my transaction. Needless to say, I found the pattern and began work. I&#8217;ve worked on and off on the stitching since August. I finished it today. Tra-la-la! Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5641.jpg\" alt=\"Hibiscus Purse\" title=\"Hibiscus Purse\" width=\"499\" height=\"392\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5641.jpg 499w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5641-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5646.jpg\" alt=\"Back of the Hibiscus Purse\" title=\"Back of the Hibiscus Purse\" width=\"500\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5646.jpg 500w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5646-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also finished another short project today. My contribution to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetoysociety.blogspot.com\/\">The Toy Society<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5639.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Bird of Happiness\" title=\"Blue Bird of Happiness\" width=\"499\" height=\"755\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5639.jpg 499w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_5639-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve actually had the bird done for a while but hadn&#8217;t had a plan for him. Today I made up the tag and the note explaining what The Society does to go with him. I&#8217;m going to be in downtown Huntsville on Wednesday so will leave him someplace where he hopefully will be found by a child in need of a toy.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re asking yourself, &#8220;What will she work on next?&#8221; I&#8217;ll be starting a portrait of Erwin Schr\u00c3\u00b6dinger from Greta at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=6200706\">Larripin Labs<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/schodinger.jpg\" alt=\"Sch\u00c3\u00b6dinger\" title=\"Sch\u00c3\u00b6dinger\" width=\"500\" height=\"601\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/schodinger.jpg 500w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/schodinger-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Greta has created some nifty portraits of famous physicists. I asked Stephen if he&#8217;d be interested in having one and he picked this one. I&#8217;m going to be making some color alterations so stay tuned to see if I can make it all come out right.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be working on a Mario Mushroom from the <a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyflamingo.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/cross-stitch-patterns.html\">Friendly Flamingo<\/a> for Eli. It&#8217;s tiny but oh, so cute. I can&#8217;t wait to work on both of these new pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago I saw a cross-stitch magazine with a plastic box purse on the cover. The sides were cross-stitch flowers, stripes, and funky circles. I bought the magazine thinking I would do the project immediately. Then I saw how much the purses cost. They are awesomely designed purses from Z Becky Brown but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2622\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cross-Stitch Purse &#038; Other Craft Goodness<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}