Monday, March 18, 2024

 


This embroidery is from my Butterfly Garden pattern set.  


This is a fairly good sized motif, 5.5" vertically and 5" horizontally.  

All of the stems are done with Stem Stitch.  The green leaves are Fish Bone Stitch and the blue leaves are Lazy Daisy Stitch.


The lilac colored dots are French Knots.  The lilac and green flowers are Straight Stitch, with their tops edge outlined by Double Knot Stitch.  The flower pistils are done with Pistil Stitch. The tiny leaves under the flower are Straight Stitch. For the butterfly, his wing tops are outlined with Stem Stitch and his antennae are Pistil Stitch.  He has French knots across his wings. His wing spots are Straight Stitch.  The leaf vein lines in the green leaves are also Straight Stitch.


The color palette for this project is below:



Friday, January 26, 2024

Transferring an Embroidery Pattern with Sulky Stick 'n Stitch




As the post title suggests, I am using Sulky brand Stick 'n Stitch to transfer this snowman embroidery pattern to fabric.  

I chose this snowman image from my Snow! embroidery pattern set.  I put a sheet of the Stick 'n Stitch paper into my ink-jet printer tray and printed the image.  Then I cut around the image: 


Peeled off the backing from the Stick 'n Stitch sheet:


And adhered it to the fabric:


I trimmed my fabric and then put it into an embroidery hoop:


So far, I am really impressed!  The whole process is simple and the stitching lines are clear and easy to see.

I have started stitching and am pleased that my needle has no problem passing through the Stick 'n Stitch.  I am using the medium weight sheets.


When all the stitching is complete - the Stick 'n Stitch sheet can be rinsed away, leaving just my embroidery with no stitching lines.  I will post again with that process!

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Embroidery Ornament - Finishing The Back Of The Hoop / Project Details




Here are all the details of the monogram Christmas ornament project I first posted about{here}.

I used four different stitches on this project.  For the letter, the evergreen and gold flower stems I used the Back Stitch.  The evergreen needles, the snowflakes and star are all Straight Stitch.  The red berries are French Knots and the gold leaves are Lazy Daisy Stitch.

I used a simple color palette as well - here are the floss color numbers:



Each monogram in this pattern set is perfectly sized to fit a 3" embroidery hoop.  When I stitched this, I used a larger hoop with a generous amount of fabric.  This made for an easier time stitching and also ensured that I had enough fabric so I could gather the raw fabric edges and finish them on the backside of the hoop.

When I finished the stitching, I transferred it to the 3" hoop:

Next, using about 20" of embroidery floss, I ran a Basting Stitch all the way around the hoop.  I made  sure to leave 2" tails of floss both at the beginning of the Basting Stitch and at the end. 


I trimmed my fabric to about 1-1/2" from the Basting Stitch line:



Then I gently pulled both floss tails until the fabric gathered into a tight circle around the backside of the hoop.  I tied the tails together.


To make a clean finish on the backside of the hoop, I used a 3" circle of cardstock.


and glued it to the hoop.

I added a red cord to the tightening screw on the hoop and my ornament was ready to hang!


Friday, December 15, 2023

Monogram Christmas Ornament



I have a new hand embroidery pattern set available in my shop.  This one is titled Monogram Christmas Ornament. 
I will be posting all about my stitches and color palette numbers from this "M" monogram soon!

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Autumn Embroidery - part two


I finished the stitching on this autumn embroidery project.  I am really pleased with the result!

I used the Back Stitch for all of the stems.  For the salmon pink colored leaves, I used Straight Stitch.  For the green leaves, I used Lazy Daisy Stitch with a Straight Stitch over the top.  The seed heads on the tarragon plants are all French Knots.

Here are the floss color numbers for the palette I used:




Monday, October 30, 2023

Autumn Trees Modern Embroidery - part 2

 I finished stitching two works in progress!

However, today I am sharing the stitch and color palette information for just one - this modern autumn tree panel:

If you remember from part 1 of this project, I mentioned that the autumn tree pattern had accent lines on three of the trees: 

After adding the contrasting colors:

I have decided that I like the original plain stitching, solid colors version much better!


The stitch information is really simple - the whole project is done with Straight Stitch

Here are the floss numbers for the color palette:




Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Autumn Embroidery Work in Progress

 

I have a work in progress to share.  I started stitching a small panel of autumn plants.  I selected a neutral color palette but after collecting a variety of leaves, I decided to use colors from the leaves:



So I removed all the neutral floss and started stitching with the new color palette. 

Now looking at the neutral palette - I really like it -perhaps I will transfer this image again and stitch it in the neutral!

I will post again with the finished project and all the floss color numbers and stitch information.