easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in bags, embroidery, sewing, wedding on Jun 8th, 2009
I don’t like showing other people’s wedding things in their entirety before the wedding, so this is just a little snapshot of Laura’s beaded wedding bag. The ivory silk dupion was already beaded and embroidered. I removed some of the clear beads, and replaced them with red ones. You can also see the pretty flower [...]
Posted in embroidery, sewing, shopping on May 19th, 2009
This is what’s been keeping me out of trouble in the evenings – embroidering ampersands. And a little flower made from a vintage button, just for good measure. The larger ones measure 6 inches across, and the smaller ones are four inches. In order to prevent my house from becoming completely over run by embroidered [...]
Posted in embroidery, sewing on May 5th, 2009
When typography and crafts collide… I couldn’t be happier! I’d intended this ampersand to be like a traditional embroidered monogram, and was originally planning on filling in the design with satin stitch. Instead I spent several days looking at the outline, and eventually decided that I like it just the way it is. Being something [...]
Posted in embroidery, sewing on Apr 20th, 2009
Oscar Edward arrived on Easter Sunday! Which was the 12th. Not the 13th, as I originally embroidered. Oops! Thankfully I realised my mistake before the piece was mounted and framed. Now to pop it in the post, along with a little hat.
Posted in embroidery on Apr 12th, 2009
Ava Mae was born on Thursday, and I enjoyed making Gwen’s embroidered birth announcement so much that I thought Ava should have one too. This one’s almost all done in back stitch, with the exception of a few chains and french knots on the decoration. At the rate all these babies are arriving, I’m going [...]
Posted in embroidery on Apr 9th, 2009
Gwen was born on Monday, and I thought it would be nice to embroider a little something that her parents might like to keep. I didn’t want it to be a traditional-looking baby sampler, so I opted to go for a fancy font and some freehand embroidery. The lettering is worked in back stitch, using [...]
Posted in embroidery on Apr 8th, 2009
This is a robin. Wearing a hat. Of course. Last week I drew some silly pictures of birds wearing hats, and then spent ages deciding what I could do with them. Ages ago I bought a whole bunch of organic cotton tote bags, with the idea of embroidering designs on them. So, I embroidered the [...]