Beyond Cross Stitch

Long before I became a quilter, I was a cross stitcher.  So in addition to the dozens of cross stitch pictures hanging on my walls, I have many more in a chest.  Framing them all is just too expensive, and I haven't the wall space for all of them.  I also have small cross stitch pieces that I have turned into needlebooks, scissor fobs, pinkeeps, and pincushions.  But I have many more that are sitting unfinished in drawers, just waiting to be finished.  Last week I finished one of them into a pinkeep:

This is a Victoria Sampler Beyond Cross Stitch kit.  These little kits are designed to teach specialty stitches.  Herringbone is the stitch in this little piece.  I was going to give this to a friend of mine for her birthday, but I decided that she  isn't a stitcher, so she might not 'get' needlework smalls.