We just got back from a short (but really fun) trip around Colorado – so more photos to come. However, I wanted to share the results of my second Brazilian embroidery class with you. Here’s the progress on one side of the caddy: Here’s a close up of the daisy
So, finally, these little blow up shots for my brazillian embroidery class. First is this nifty little flower made from bullion knots. Bullions look really complicated, but are fairly simple – a good diagram is here: http://inaminuteago.com/stitchdict/stitch/Bullion.html (however, I do it slightly different – I’ll have to do a tutorial
Thanks everyone for your support of my post yesterday. Now that I have it all out (writing is good for the soul), I’m less ticked off about it and ready to move on – but everyone’s comments and suggestions were great (here and on Facebook) so thanks! So, I was
Saw this on Drawn this morning (the song is awesome and the art is even better) and thought you all might enjoy it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNo8LvdOwSk] Then there are some great tutorials I’ve collected and since I’m not done with my “update” post, here is a great French Knot Tutorial from Sublime
So, I played with some interlacing: It isn’t quite like the stitch I was trying to replicate, but I found that was a bit chunky for this delicate stitch (you can click on the picture and zoom in if you’re curious). I like it – and my daugher is proud
So, this weekend was interesting. I was SO excited to finish piecing my pig, work on my student piece for Susan Sorrel and generally geek out in the fiber/beading/embroidery world and I froze. Ugh. I totally do NOT understand Sulky, Stabelizer, anything that washes out, anything that should transfer (do
This cracked me up from Feeling Stitchy this morning stitched by St. Lucy Belle:
I’ve been primarily working on web stuff. I just got a couple of new jobs, one is a postcard design (which should be fun) and I have more ebay work to do – however, that’s off topic! 🙂 On the subject of websites tho, I’ve been busy updating our Rocky
So, for all of you who are “experienced crazy quilt” web surfers, you may already know Rissa’s Pieces Stitch Dictionary . Cute name and a great site. In addition to Sharon B’s stitch dictionary (see my sidebar), I can’t imagine you’d need much more! I’m currently surfing for more stitches
Definately my kind of site; The Needles Excellency – this is historical and great for any needleworker. Ok, I’m a geek, I admit it, but if you’re “surfing blogs” you might as well look for stuff you like!