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My mom’s birthday was yesterday, so now I can post pictures of the birthday goodies we made for her. I’ll make a second post, maybe today or maybe not until tomorrow, about her birthday celebration — there’s a band I want to talk about, but I don’t want to overload one post with too much [...]
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Today is my hubby’s birthday and he’s opened his presents, so now I can post pictures of the goodies that have been sneakily stitched for him over the past weeks :).
Our son drew this one, and then I stitched his design. I love the hearts :). The color choices were all his, and he chose [...]
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An in-progress pic of one of my several WIPs (works-in-progress).
I traced the two-birds-on-a-branch design I found here onto artists’ canvas, using transfer paper, which was a bit tricky at times, but it worked out fine in the end (thanks to a good suggestion by my hubby when I accidentally moved the pattern and had [...]
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This angel is a pattern I test-stitched for Annie Oakleaves, and is part of a pattern set she will be releasing soon in her Etsy shop. From what I’ve seen thus far, the patterns will all be adorable.
I wish the picture had captured just how beautiful the metallic silver thread is. It is so fantastically-shimmery, [...]
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As I imagine is true with most crafters, I get a great deal of inspiration from looking at what other people create. Thus far, I’ve embroidered on tea towels, hankies, muslin, a pillowtop, t-shirts (ugh, not fun!!), and a canvas pouch. Sometimes I find myself stumped when I have the urge to stitch because I’m [...]
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