Here I am with this past month’s embroidery journal project! This project was inspired by the maple outside the living room window. I often sit near this window where you can see the afternoon sun shining through the trees. So this represents one of the branches that hang down, filled with leave turning all sorts […]
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Hi all, My embroidery journal project is now complete! I wanted to do something different this month, something that would be a little challenge of a different sort. So I chose a door to a magical, walled forest. I had to figure out ways to make the walls so they had dimension, and the door
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Hi all, I am posting my July embroidery journal project today. It was a bit of an experiment! The idea of red stuck in my head. I wanted to do something with summer fruit. I ended up with currants, raspberries and cherries represented in this little project. I was a bit free with my interpretation
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I have finished my project. It’s different for me, so I was actually hesitant to post it here at all. I call it Sun and Rain. It’s a texture study. The background represents the sun, of course, and the blue, the rain. The blue is not to mean puddles though. It is holes in the
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I’ve returned! My apologies for the extended away time. I just needed to think about what direction I am headed with my embroidery and other related things including this blog. I’m going to shift the focus a little to include my other thoughts and work regarding what inspires me and what else I create other
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I worked on my embroidery journal project over the weekend. I chose only motifs that I felt like stitching. This piece I call Spring, the promise and the beauty. The birds nest represents the promise, and the daffodil the beauty. I didn’t feel motivated to put a lot of extra decoration on this project. My
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I finished my project yesterday evening. It has some personal meaning which I will explain, but first the project: The technical details. I painted the background fabric with watercolor. I wanted a rainbow of color to contrast with the instrument’s black. I stitched the instrument next. I used silver beads and metallic threads for details.
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Yesterday you got a sneak peak with my tutorial. Today you get the finish! First a few details about the project. I stitched this on plain woven cotton. I used Appleton crewel wools throughout. Lots of long and short, but a few other stitches are in there too, stem stitch, split stitch, french knots, satin
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A new month begins, and so it’s time for a new month of the embroidery journal project. If you want to know more about this, please visit the embroidery journal project page. After you completed your project please post a link here. It will be easy for me to collect them then. There is also
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I’ve completed my embroidery journal project for the month! It’s a bit different, but it has a meaning. I thought about what theme I wanted for the month and decided I would use new beginnings. It took me awhile to choose this theme. I’ve considered many others. New beginnings – not just because it’s a
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