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!

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:

Christmas Village Embroidery - Santa's cottage

I recently finished stitching this cottage from my Christmas Village pattern set.  

This is actually on pale blue fabric, although the background looks white in my pictures!

Here are the stitch details for this project.  The trees are all done with layers of Lazy Daisy Stitch.  I combined two threads of pale green with one thread of white to give a snowy effect.  The holly leaves are Fishbone Stitch.  The holly berries and the roof lights are French Knots.  

The snow, the snowflakes and the eave accents are all Straight Stitch*.   Everything else is Back Stitch and Stem Stitch.  

I outlined the door and window with Whipped Back Stitch. The white x's on the door are Cross Stitch.

Here are the thread color numbers I used for this project: 

*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.

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

The letters are all stitched using Back Stitch.  The wheat is Lazy Daisy Stitch, Straight Stitch, and Stem Stitch for the stems. The ribbon is Back Stitch.

Here are the floss color numbers I used in this palette.

Honey Bee Embroidery Design - Details

Remember this project?  Here are all the project details: the stitch list and the color palette floss numbers. 

For the red berry clusters, I used French Knots.  The stems were done with Stem Stitch.  The crown was done with Back Stitch and Straight Stitch.  The bee antennae and top of the wing outline are Stem Stitch.  The bee's head is Satin Stitch:  

To mark off the color lines on the bee's body, I used Double Knot Stitch.

The circles are done with Back Stitch, the dark teal flowers are Lazy Daisy Stitch and the bluish green flowers are outlined with Chain Stitch and filled with Pistil Stitch:

Here are the floss color numbers that I used for this project:

Autumn Monogram Embroidery Pattern

 This beautiful monogrammed table napkin is from my new embroidery pattern, Autumn Monogram. 

This was really fun to stitch, I think these monograms would be beautiful as part of a Thanksgiving table setting. 

Honey Bee Embroidery Pattern

 I have a new hand embroidery pattern available in my Etsy shop.

Here is a look at the pattern set: 

I will be back to share all the stitch and floss color details I used on this bee soon!