I’ve tried something a bit different with this project. I was reading somewhere about someone with a site where you can leave your secrets anonymously. The site doesn’t matter, but it got me thinking about the subject of secrets. We all have them. We try to bury many of them deep down in dark places, […]
Finally, here is my bee purse! And the beehive side: It’s a little work to sew these frames on, but it isn’t hard. This is part of my effort over the past year or so to take the embroidery “off the wall”. Or perhaps in my case, out of the box. I have 3 boxes
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
April 2013 Journal Project Read More »
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
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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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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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
