This is a fun color wheel clock I made for my mom's sewing room. It's a great intro into hand embroidery too if you want to give it a try! You'll need: 7" Embroidery Hoop 1 Clock Kit 1/4 yard linen (or other fabric) I used linen because I liked the texture, but a plain cotton would work fine too. 1/4 yard extra firm fusible interfacing Embroidery needle Various colors embroidery floss Fabric transfer pen or pencil (My favorite is the FriXion Gel Pen. Draw on your fabric, then erase it with the heat of the iron. As with any fabric marking tool, test in an inconspicuous area first!) Clock Number Pattern (Download the … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Embroidery Pattern
Happy Groundhog Day!! I'm hoping that spring will shortly be here, although so far the Chicago winter hasn't seemed that bad! Guess what? It’s Tutorial Tuesday time! I did some super cute, and super easy napkins…just in time for Valentine’s Day! Supplies: Build A Border stamp set 4 blank cotton napkins Violet Permanent Ink (I used the ColorBox pigment inks) Coordinating skeins of embroidery floss- 1 Dark and 1 Medium/Light Violet Water Soluble Fabric Marking Pen FREE Embroidery Pattern Ready to get going? Stamp the large oval border with your lighter ink about 1 ½” above the hem line. Stamp the dotted … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Placemats
Ok, so I've got a easy project for your Thanksgiving Tables today for you! I've made a little embroidered place mat tutorial and pattern for you! You know I love to keep my projects super simple so here's what you need: -1 Placemat (or as many as you need for all your guests) I found my place-mat at Target for $2.99. You can find plain place mats just about anywhere! -1 skein each DMC Embroidery Floss in green and orange (I used Orange DMC 3853 and Green DMC 3020) sewing needle, transfer pen (I like the kind that disappears on it's own! It's awesome!) -1 Stitching Pattern from me. Download here. Transfer the image onto the … [Read more...]
Stitched Hedgehog Pattern
My husband wanted me to customize a T-Shirt for him. It was a simple brown T-Shirt from Target. He wanted a hedgehog-I think that if we didn't have two cats we'd have a hedgehog...you have to admit, they are super cute! Here's how I used some freezer paper to transfer the pattern to his shirt: You can download your cute hedgehog pattern here! Wouldn't this look cute on the end of a fleece/wool scarf, or maybe a small clutch too? … [Read more...]
Chicago Craft Social Recap
This past weekend was super busy! On Friday night I led a project at the Chicago Craft Social. This event was the 2nd of its kind and is put together by the lovely ladies Jess from How About Orange, Megan Heep from My Plum Pudding, Amanda from Ammeliorer, and Megan Hall. I had a fabulous time teaching and there were so many awesome projects put together by some super crafty people. If I hadn't been leading a project I would have had a very hard time choosing which project to participate in. I had 6 lovely ladies at my table that were a joy to teach and were so fun chatting with. They taught me all about Chicago in the winter! I taught … [Read more...]
Countdown to my 100th post!
On to the countdown related stuff in a minute. I took a break from some paper crafts yesterday to do a purely embroidery project. It's another napkin, but this time no stamping, just pure embroidery. It all started with this book: I was searching through the selection of books at Half Price Books (I LOVE Half Price Books!!!) and pulled this one off the shelf. It didn't have a spine because it's a spiral bound 225 page book. From the cover I thought it wasn't going to be worth it, but I opened it anyway and the minute I did, I just sat there, so elated, that I had in fact decided to open the book. There are over 200 pages of embroidered … [Read more...]
July 4th Project
This project is along the same lines of stamping on napkins. I wanted a little more pattern on these ones. Items needed: 1 fat quarter fabric (for those that aren't quilters it's where they take 1 yard of fabric and it cut into quarters) StazOn ink various colors embroidery floss I cut out scraps of a neutral color fabric (thanks again Celia for the scraps!) I stamped the star from the Bough set and hand stitched around the image. I used a french knot at the star points, and a straight stitch for the outline. I used the water soluble pen to write "freedom" and "liberty" and then I free stitched those. I trimmed each one with … [Read more...]
Tutorial: Stamping is fun on fabric too!
Ok, so you remember what happens when I do a tutorial right? I'll be giving away something that you'll need to complete the project. And this time you get a choice! The winner will get to choose between a brand new StazOn ink pad, or a set of 4 ready-to-be-stamped-on napkins. So, after the tutorial be sure to follow the directions to enter! I made a few napkins this weekend. Of course I used the new stamp sets! I wanted some for birthdays or if we have company over for dessert. I used the Hey Cupcake set and the StazOn ink. The StazOn ink is permanent. Then I just embellished the cupcake with french knot "sprinkles". (Thanks to my friend … [Read more...]
Hand Embroidered Kitchen Towels
I made these for Mother's Day presents. (Hopefully my mom won't decide to make this the week that she checks my blog! The J is for Janet, my mom, and the G is for Gayle, my mother in law.) You might recognize the images...they are from my stamp sets that will be here soon! So here's what you do to make these, using stamps. Just stamp the image with black ink on white paper for the highest contrast. Then find where on the towel you'd like the image to be embroidered. (For these towels I used the cotton flour sack towels. I like how absorbent these are.) I placed the image underneath the area and traced over my stamped image onto the towel … [Read more...]
Valentines Day
This project that I did for Christian was inspired through the Sprite Stitch Blog which I found through Celia's website. Apparently he's a friend of her husband. Cool blog for those who like gaming and crafting!!!! I saw this pattern from his blog and decided to make Christian a little dice bag for Valentines day. I actually have never finished a cross stitch until this one! All the other ones I've started have been pretty big and I've lost interest before finishing so this one was just the right size! It took just about 1 hour to do the cross stitch and another hour to sew up the bag, complete with drawstring and lining. Anyway, here it … [Read more...]
