If you have a few spare minutes, I’d highly recommend checking out Jude Hill’s blog, Spirit Cloth. She is a talented fiber artist who creates incredibly detailed, hand-embroidered work. Definitely a must-read!
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I know that this project is a little late, seeing as it’s the Easter weekend already, but you’ve still got a couple of days!
To begin, cut egg shapes out of different colored felt - these ones are approximately two inches wide:
Place them on a second piece of felt, but don’t cut it out. Instead embroider […]
A Joyful Abode has an easy to follow tutorial on how to embroider shisha mirrors. What are shisha mirrors you ask? They are little mirrors that are used to embellish clothing, textiles and home accessories - most commonly found in east Indian textiles. Go check it out!
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If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have an excuse to buy more fabric.
Because fabric is pretty!
I like to wear unique things.
Off the rack clothing can be a challenge to fit sometimes (I’ve got a long waist).
I can make sure that my blouses & shirts are long enough.
And my pants & skirts don’t gap at the back […]
We’ve chosen a subject and taken photos.
We’ve used photo editing software to simplify the image.
We’ve sketched (and sketched, and sketched and sketched) and then painted.
We’ve used photo editing software again to help us decide on where to embroider.
And then we finally got to embroider :-)
But I wasn’t quite satisfied, so here’s my final solution:
There was […]
I suggested playing with photo editing software to help with plan out stitching lines. Now that we know where we’re going - it’s time to stitch!
I began with two shades of yellow - both plain old polyester sewing machine thread. I wanted the yellow to be small “pops” of color to make it more interesting […]
Aww - I have have the best readers :-) Thank you all for your lovely comments, things are feeling much more positive today!
Okay, so we last left off with a painted, but not embroidered piece of fabric. But do you really know where you want to embroider? Do you want to take […]
Okay, so we’ve taken our photographs, used photo editing software to make seeing the basic composition easier… now what?
It’s time to start sketching!
The point of making a basic sketch is to give you a bare-bones idea of the basic shapes you’re using in the piece of fiber art. It doesn’t need to be a “perfect” […]
Why do I get the feeling I’ll end up making one of these for Tottie Tomato…
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I wanted to make sure my cross-stitch readers had some fun projects for Valentine’s Day too!
About.com has this charming pattern available:
ABC Cross-Stitch has this lovely little rose pattern:
I love this heart from FindStitch:
Happy stitching everyone :-)
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