I had this design idea sitting around for weeks before I finally came around and decided it was time to make it. I’m glad I did! Really glad even. I can honestly say this one was fun, very fun even. Soft wools, bright colors, fun shapes. I think I shouldn’t have waited so long! Now […]
It’s that time again! The final project for the embroidery journal project for the year. I feel this project brings me full circle, but I’m going to save the year review for another post. For now I will focus on this project! This is after a little drawing I did for our scrap book journal.
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This tip is primarily for those using Google’s blogger, but can be a handy thing to consider for others. I’ve been coming across some bloggers lately that have suddenly found that they can’t load up more photos! This is because they have come up against the limit of free space on Picasa. The limit stands
An embroidery I did last week. I finished it into a little quilted wall hanging with a vintage lace border. I’m trying to actually make some of my embroideries into something as I finish them instead of just throwing them on the pile for later. The pile is impossibly big now!!!!
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Back to stitching. For this month, I wanted to make a try at capturing a little piece of the forest around here where I live. This time of year, it’s dark and wet and gray. But not in the trees. They are pines and fir trees, green all year. Then there is the moss. It’s
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A new stop on The Floss Box Fall 2012 embroidery blog tour. This time we are visiting Janet Brandt’s blog Embroidery and the World of Possibilities. If you haven’t visited Janet before, be sure you do, her works are delightful! Stop 1: Sew in Love Stop 2: Isabell on Flickr, aka ColourinStitch Stop 3: SewAmy
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Last week I joined in TAST to try doing something with needle-woven picots. These are fun stitches, but I really haven’t used them in projects too many times. This whole little project is a little accident! Even the fabric was a painting experiment I never intended to use for a project. I was going to
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The Floss Box Fall 2012 embroidery blog tour rolls on to the next stop! This stop will be at Pam Kellogg’s embroidery and crazy quilting blog called Kitty and Me Designs. I’ve been watching Pam’s work for a long time! She makes some beautiful things, some of which she sells in her store, and she
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Welcome to another stop on The Floss Box Fall 2012 Tour of embroidery blogs! This time we are making a stop to visit Amy of SewAmy. Amy does a variety of stitching and quilting and combines them into her beautiful creations! Fall 2012 Embroidery Blog Tour Stops Stop 1: Sew in Love Stop 2: Isabell
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