easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in embroidery, sewing on Jul 28th, 2010
Another embroidery for a another friend’s daughter - born just two weeks ago.
This one’s very simple - a nice flowing chain stitch, on silk.
I found it harder to embroider on silk than cotton, because the fabric’s not as stable. Even if you try very hard to keep an even tension, the fabric still likes to [...]
Posted in shopping on Dec 5th, 2009
Oops, this is a bit of a last-minute announcement, but the Rising Sun Christmas Art Market is tomorrow!
Rising Sun Arts Centre, 30 Silver Street, Reading RG1 2ST
10.30am - 5.30pm
Skycarrots and I will be there, and there will be cake and mulled wine in the bar area - conveniently close to my stall.
Come and join us [...]
Posted in embroidery, sewing on Sep 1st, 2009
This is my latest embroidery, for Catherine Elizabeth May who was born just less than two weeks ago.
The font is Bickham Script Pro, and one of the things I liked about it (along with most of the fonts that I buy) is that it has proper ligatures. A ligature replaces a sequence of single characters [...]
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 shaped iridescent button, [...]
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 typography, all [...]
Posted in sewing on May 6th, 2009
This is what I’m wearing today - a smocked and embroidered shirt.
It started life one of Paul’s old work shirts. It’s in perfectly good condition, it just doesn’t fit him any more. So I’ve smocked the sleeves and a bit on the back, and embroidered the button stand and collar.
I did this to see whether [...]
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 of a [...]
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 to [...]
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 two [...]