Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Woven Oval Stitch
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Valentine's Day Envelope
For the color palette, I used two DMC colors:
and I also used sparkly blending filament 001L from Kreinik.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Laced Edging Stitch
Thursday, January 5, 2023
New Works-In-Progress
I have several works-in-progress to share. These motifs are from the Hot Air Balloon, Honey Bee, Candy and Sweets, and Cherry Blossom embroidery pattern sets.
I have transferred these all to fabric and have made progress on this balloon. I am experimenting with colors and stitches right now...
I am pleased with the effect these lines of Running Stitch give this white cloud:
I will post updates on my continuing progress!
Friday, December 2, 2022
Lemons Hand Embroidery Pattern Set
I have a new hand embroidery pattern set available in my shop. As you can see from the title, this one is called Lemons. I love all the lemon themed motifs, and I just finished stitching this lemon tree topiary:
I will post my color numbers and stitches used in a later post.
Here is a look at the pattern packet:
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Christmas Village Embroidery - Santa's cottage
*The Straight Stitch was not a good choice for the eave accents. They are too long and now that this project is out of the hoop, the long Straight Stitches are too loose and shift out of place when I handle the fabric. To correct this, I am going to couch them into place.
Friday, October 21, 2022
Thanksgiving Embroidery Design - Gather
I embroidered this using a pattern from my Thanksgiving hand embroidery pattern set.
The oval embroidery hoop is perfect for the horizontal layout of this "gather" motif