These are the sides to a new small purse I have been working on. I’ve already sewn it all together, but my photos weren’t so great (they were terrible in fact!!), so I will be back with it all sewed together soon. Just some fun stitching. The tiny bees were probably the best part! I’m […]
Time for another embroidery journal project! I call this one Night Flyers. There is a story behind this project. One night we were outside putting out the pellets for the ducks as we always do. We weren’t quite quick enough, so the ducks were already flying. (They live down in the river nearby.) They won’t
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I’ve had this design sitting around for a long while. I even colored my vector drawing. It must have been at least a year ago that I did this. But the time was finally right to make it into a project. I was inspired by the way the web has transformed connections between people. Wires
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I have finished my embroidery journal project for this month. I had the idea at the end of February, so I went ahead and started it. I got this idea from watching the birds, of course, as I often do. These blackbirds love to eat fruit. Apples are a favorite, but I think they like
I think that must have been true then as it is now. You certainly have to love embroidery to make it through a project of this size!!! This project is nearly 2′ x 2′. I have come back to my reproduction wool embroidery that has been pushed to the side for a very long time.
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That’s the real title of my latest project but I will come back to that in a moment. Last week I had a serious case of stitcher’s block. Actually it’s still there, but I can’t let it stop me. It’s not a lack of project ideas or designs or anything, but it’s a matter of
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Here I am finally! This time I have my embroidery journal project along with me. This year I decided to give myself more freedom with the size of the project to allow the size to suit the project instead of the other way around. I like the 4 x 4 inch format though, so I
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It’s neither fall nor 2012, but I did have one final stop I lined up before Christmas. The holiday got in the way though, but it’s always better late than never. This final stop is Ann’s lovely blog called Harvest Moon by Hand. Ann does quilting and embroidery and a good many other crafts. One
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Here I am once again with a new finish. The first for the new year! Although I have cheated by working on this during December too. It’s already been nearly a week since I finished this. The color choices caused me great pains. I somehow managed to pull it together well enough for it to
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This was the theme I chose for my January 2012 embroidery journal project. Little did I know that that theme would stretch through the whole year. Actually, I purposefully didn’t choose a theme. I didn’t want to limit myself. I wanted the freedom to make a project for each month as it came. Each of
