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I am adding some art prints to my Etsy shop. This is a set of three digital downloads that can be printed from a home printer or a professional print shop. They are suitable for framing - a really nice addition to a boy's room.
The three prints look great together in a group or singly.
I love the way these turned out! You may recognize the art work from the Cowboy embroidery pattern set:
Remember when I made this pillow?
I think the cowboy theme works really well as both embroidery and art prints!
You may remember back in October I posted about a gift I was stitching up a for a new baby boy? It is all finished and I wanted to share the end result. I made a pillow for his cowboy themed nursery:
If you recall from that post, I used these motifs from the Cowboy embroidery pattern packet and I was struggling a bit trying to find the best colors and stitch to use for the rope.
Problem solved - I went with this rich brown floss, and did a chain stitch. I also took out the yellow star and just went with the red, blue, brown and silver.
I really love this color palette:
The chain stitch worked really well even on all the curves in this rope!
I also added this fringed suede trim - so perfect for a cowboy theme. I just stitched it into the side seams. I decided the trim would work better on the side seams than on the bottom edge where it would always be getting wrinkled.
These are all the elements I used:
I made sure to record everything in my embroidery project journal, I may want to make another one of these pillows!
Here is the color palette I used for this project:
I am stitching up a project for a sweet baby boy that has just been born. We had a cowboy themed baby shower earlier this summer for his mom and it really inspired me to make a cowboy themed hand embroidery pattern set. I am so glad I did because now I am embroidering a project for his nursery. I started by putting together several of the motifs from the Cowboy pattern packet and transferred them onto this beautiful linen fabric:
I have done some of the stitching but now I am re-thinking the floss color I am using for the rope. I had used the variegated floss you see on the left and I liked it until I was done. Looking at it, I realized it wasn't going to be a good match with the other strong colors in this project...
such as the red I am using for the name. So I switched to this brown and I am so much happier with it. I am thinking I will use silver metallic thread for these horse shoes you can see above the name:
they will match the spur I have already done on his boot:
The baby's nursery is all done in barn red, brown, blues and cream. I hope these colors will be perfect!
I have listed a new pattern set in my shop. It is called Cowboy. I love all the fun cowboy and old west inspired motifs. I am already stitching the border on a pillowcase with one of the motifs. This little rope, horseshoes and stars grouping:
I am using the split stitch for the rope. I plan to do two or three rows of it, side by side to make a nice rope-y texture:
I love the color palette I am using and of course, remembering to keep track of my floss colors!
This is a picture of the pattern packet :
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