Nothing wrong with being a day late as usual here. I’m working on two projects, although one is on the sidelines while waiting for more crewel colors. My new dragonfly stumpwork is getting all the attention while waiting. The camera pretty much hates focusing on the fabric when there is too much dimension, so I’ve […]
These were all so much fun to make! I love pulling them out now and then to look at and think what else could be done. They’re a great chance to test out the needles and creativity. What I’ve made is only a start for what can be done. I go through them all in
Here is another one of the embroidery patterns I created with people new to stumpwork in mind. These little insects are probably the most fun to stitch! For this project, I took the help of Trish Burr’s book, Color Confidence in embroidery, which is a really great resource. I’ll say more about it later because
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I’ve just finished a fun crewel project I adapted from an earlier design. I love the bright colors on the little bird, and the way the wing turned out. I have another couple of crewel projects I want to do before I turn to do some stumpwork projects. I’ve promised to make the dragonfly project
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This is another of one of the stumpwork designs I made this past year with beginners in mind. The ladybugs are such fun to make. I love the dimensional effect of them. It always makes me want to get busy making more, just talking about them, and soon I will, but first a few more
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I’m celebrating a new finish! This little owl was lots of fun to stitch. I really like the big staring eyes. They look almost worried, but it must just be the snow that’s the problem. 🙂 I have a pile of new designs in the works, all waiting to be stitched up, so it’s
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This project was a reproduction kit I bought some years ago and made. It’s from a design that was found in the south of Sweden. The fabric is a thick wool felt, really nice to feel, but less easy to push the needle through. I so loved working with the wool threads though! This is
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I’ve made a companion crewel design to the popular Bee’s World. The bees are such fun to stitch, I doubt I will be able to keep myself from making another pattern with this theme.
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This project was developed with the idea of making a series of stumpwork designs that would give beginners practice with certain techniques. In this project, the focus is on detached wired shapes and covered beads which are a couple of my favorite techniques for creating dimension. I have loads of ideas for more such projects,
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This one I made last year. The sides of the box are made out of Timtex which you can use to make all sorts of shapes. These two pictures are when it was in the WIP stage. As you see, I used all sorts of fibers and fabrics to get different textures. And here is
