Embroidery WIP and upcoming projects

I’ve been bit by the knitting bug these past few days, but haven’t actually done any. I need to finish up some crafty gifts before I can indulge that craving. So, for now, I’ve just been yarn window shopping. I’ve found a beautiful organic cotton/bamboo blend that will be perfect for my [...]

It’s finished!

Wow. Looking at the date, it seems like I’ve been working on this all month long. I originally thought I’d have it done in a week, but life with a toddler isn’t very predictable.

This being my second ever embroidery project, I’m really happy with the result. It may not be [...]

Still stitching along…

I’m nearly finished with my Vitamin Parade embroidery.  I’m on the last fruit, a sweet little cherry.  Then I’ll stitch in the underline and words.  I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

I’ve also taken a small detour to teach myself crochet.  Crochet was a fiber art that I used to think I could [...]

WIP – Vitamin Parade

I don’t know what it is about fruit on parade, but they sure make me smile.

This is my new WIP and second embroidery project. I’m embroidering it onto a hemp apron that one of my bffs got me for xmas/winter solstice. I got the pattern (Vogart 678) from an awesome flickr [...]

Finally a craft!

I decided to finally try my hand at embroidery and here are the results:

I used a split stitch with 3 strands of black floss for the body.  The yellow is french knots using 2 strands.  Finally, the wings are 6 strands in stem stitch.  I wanted to try out as much as I could with [...]