I’ve been continuing my embroidery journal projects. I was a little slow getting going with February, in fact it was almost over! But I’m glad I made an effort and got it done. Doing these is a good habit for me. I get to play around with different ideas inspired by what’s happening around me. […]
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It’s that time of year to think of the changes we want to make to ourselves and our lives in the new year. I’m sure you know how it goes by now. Goals, resolutions, new schedules, all this is going to help us change for the better. It’s not quite enough though, it never is.
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It took me a little while to decide on a theme. I wanted to do something that reminded me of the softness of spring. New leaves, new flowers, the warmth of the sun as it gets higher in the sky each day, the sweet songs of the birds as they mark out their territory. There
I have finished my embroidery journal project for this month. I had the idea at the end of February, so I went ahead and started it. I got this idea from watching the birds, of course, as I often do. These blackbirds love to eat fruit. Apples are a favorite, but I think they like
That’s the real title of my latest project but I will come back to that in a moment. Last week I had a serious case of stitcher’s block. Actually it’s still there, but I can’t let it stop me. It’s not a lack of project ideas or designs or anything, but it’s a matter of
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Here I am finally! This time I have my embroidery journal project along with me. This year I decided to give myself more freedom with the size of the project to allow the size to suit the project instead of the other way around. I like the 4 x 4 inch format though, so I
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This was the theme I chose for my January 2012 embroidery journal project. Little did I know that that theme would stretch through the whole year. Actually, I purposefully didn’t choose a theme. I didn’t want to limit myself. I wanted the freedom to make a project for each month as it came. Each of
It’s that time again! The final project for the embroidery journal project for the year. I feel this project brings me full circle, but I’m going to save the year review for another post. For now I will focus on this project! This is after a little drawing I did for our scrap book journal.
December 2012 Journal Project Read More »
Back to stitching. For this month, I wanted to make a try at capturing a little piece of the forest around here where I live. This time of year, it’s dark and wet and gray. But not in the trees. They are pines and fir trees, green all year. Then there is the moss. It’s
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I am ahead this month! Actually it wasn’t planned, but I was working on this little project and since it was the same size as the others, I decided it could be my journal project. I started it out as something of a study in using different yarns to help add interesting textures and surfaces.
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