I finished something this week. Finally! I’ve been so busy taking care of sites and writing and getting things organized that I haven’t had a lot of time to work on new projects. I’m super happy to have finished this one. I thought a black sheep was missing from my little family of sheep. All […]
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Sheep have turned out to be one of my favorite embroidery themes. I just like their fluffy wooly shapes. They must represent some kind of calmness for me. I really like seeing them in the countryside too. I’ve collected some of my favorite representations. I have three favorite stitches to use for filling them. This
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Last post I showed off my cross stitch biscornu. I’ve also worked on making embroidery biscornu too, although I don’t have nearly so many completed. They are the same basic shape. The only difference is that I don’t make back stitch around the edge like for cross stitch biscornu, so I do the whip stitch
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I really do love biscornu. I have made a pile of them over the years. Not nearly enough, I know. I like the look and feel of them. They are colorful little pillows, perfect to hold in your hand. And they are compact art projects you can hold and interact with. And I can’t help
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Hi, all! Thanks for stopping by. I’ve nearly completed the updates to this site. There are still a few things to fix, most notably the feature pictures on the blog posts and sort them into categories. I just imported them all from my old blogger blog and it’s nice they all made it over here
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I love to make bees! They are easy and fun, and I add them to many of my projects. There are really only a few steps so this tutorial is simple and straightforward. First step is the body. I make two straight stitches in the same place. I use 3 strands of 310. It’s hard
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I’m back from my summer away and getting back in the rhythm and catching up with everything. I spent several weeks in beautiful Utah taking in the mountain scenery. So inspiring! Some exciting news too! I have a deal to write an embroidery book!! But — it will be in French!! I cannot read a
These little nests are so fun and easy to make, and I got a few questions about them, so I thought I would make a little how-to explaining how I do them. The eggs are made with polymer clay, in this case, I use Fimo. I roll up a bunch at once, often of different
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I think the last time I did one of these way back in 2009, and I didn’t complete it. And that’s a real shame, because after making this new one, I realize how much I love doing this sort of stitching. The great thing about this type of embroidery is what you can learn along
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Love! One of my favorite themes I thought it was perfect for the beginning of spring, and for a little April project. I kept a simple and uncluttered design for this in order to keep attention on the sentiment. I love these soft colors, and it suited the them so nicely. I’ll be sending this
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