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Embroidered Writing – My Favorite Stitches for It It’s happening again! I’m getting lots of emails lately about embroidered writing – which has me thinking that there’s either a big project going on out there somewhere involving embroidered text, or embroidering hand-written text is becoming trendy again on the social media waves.
Embroidered Writing – My Favorite Stitches for It It’s happening again! I’m getting lots of emails lately about embroidered writing – which has me thinking that there’s either a big project going on out there somewhere involving embroidered text, or embroidering hand-written text is becoming trendy again on the social media waves.
Tutorials for Hand Embroidered Leaves & Flowers Do you want to add more variety to your hand embroidery projects by stitching different types of leaves or flowers? After all, when you look at flowers and foliage in their natural setting, they’re rarely exactly the same!
For those of you who are intrigued by “cartonnage” – the craft of creating boxes covered with fabric, paper, or embroidered fabric – I thought I’d introduce you to some of my favorite books and chat a bit about box-making in general.
This assembly process for an embroidered book cover can be applied to any type of book, really. Notebooks, journals, bibles, prayer books, sketch books – you name it, you can cover any of them with this method! You can certainly get more elaborate, too, in the finishing. With more time, for example, I would have added a decorative edge to the cover, using the Palestrina stitch worked on the ...
Oh, My Hearts! My Embroidered Hearts! Greetings from a snowy Kansas! I’m back after a week of company and a big family wedding. All the guests departed Monday, in perfect time for a snowstorm today. And there I was, thinking winter was over. Ha. Last week, I found myself dabbling with some mini-mini projects. I couldn’t get the idea out of ...
The more I delve into the embroidered boxes question, the more I find out about them. I’m obviously not the only person who likes the idea of hand-made boxes that are made from textiles (fabric, embroidery, etc.). Thanks to several readers who sent me links, I’ve discovered that there are actually kits available for making your own boxes.
Any Other Tips for Recognizing Vintage Machine Embroidered Pieces? So, the two definite things I look for when wondering if a vintage piece is machine or hand embroidered are carried threads in a logical, systematic patter, and obvious bobbin threads, depending on the type of machine embroidery.
Embroidered Monograms Tips & Techniques – Index Sometimes, it’s easy to lose track of articles on blogs, so I like to create indexes that gather all the articles on one embroidery project or one series of embroidery projects into one place.