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:: January 31, 2005 Deer Head Embroidery
Here's an in-progress deer head embroidery that I started a couple months ago. It's from this Aunt Martha pattern collection. You can't tell the scale from the photo but the design is about a foot wide. Once it's finished I intend to hang it in the spot where the previous owner of our house had a real stuffed dear head. It was one of the last things she took down as she left the house for the last time, crying. Although: I think I need to admit that embroidery bores me. Every few months I'll get on a little kick and get a chunk of a work-in-progress done. Or start a new project. I never finish. I think it has to do with all that starting and ending new lengths of floss, which you have to do so very often. Does anyone relate? posted by in Needlework , Works in Progress :: Comments (1) :: link :: August 9, 2004 Wonderland-Q
Cute, simple embroidered bags at Wonderland-Q -- the embroidery is based on drawings by Suzy Coady, whose work can be seen at Girly Handwriting. posted by in Inspiration , Needlework , Purses and Bags , Shops :: link :: June 30, 2004 Bikini & Stitch
Cool Japanese Cross-Stitching with pixelly origins. (Via Sublime Stitching). Speaking of, have you ever seen the cross-stitched Photoshop Tools Palette? posted by in Inspiration , Needlework :: link :: February 22, 2004 Cookie Theft Embroidery
As you may or may not know, I am studying speech and language pathology. In one of the tests used to diagnose language problems in brain damaged patients -- the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Exam -- there is a picture used to elicit a spontaneous speech sample, called "the Cookie Theft." It's a weird picture, kind of clip-art-ish, somewhat distressing. The Cookie Theft is a big part of my life, so I wanted to reinterpret it and immortalize it in thread. posted by in Needlework , Works in Progress :: Comments (1) :: link :: January 18, 2004 Church of Craft With Jenny Hart
I just got back from the Church of Craft meeting. It went very well, with a perfect turnout, not too many, not too few. Jenny Hart is good people! I learned the elusive French Knot, but it's going to take some practice to get adept at it. It's the only part of embroidery that has presented a challenge so far. The majority of folks there had never embroidered before, and everyone picked it up instantly and went home with something nice. I embroidered the little birdies from her tattoo patterns onto a cloth napkin from Target. Some useful advice imparted by Ms. Hart: 1. Don't use interfacing/stabilizer on anything you want to last. It apparently doesn't hold up in the wash: it pills, peels, and puckers. 2. Don't worry about what the back of your work looks like, unless you're selling it or trying to impress the experts. She showed how to make finishing knots on the back of the work by pushing a simple knot down to the fabric with your needle ... a step up from the improvisations I've been doing! She said there's a more technically perfect way to "sew" finishing knots, but that she usually just does the easy, uglier ones. 3. Also don't worry about your stitches getting pinched in the hoop as you move the design around, especially if you're sewing on cotton, since cotton and the floss itself is very forgiving. You can steam and push the stitches back into uniformity. The next Austin Church of Craft is Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Escapist Bookstore. It'll be a free-for-all craft-on, with a little show-and-tell and a supply swap. Get you some! posted by in Austin , Craft Groups , Needlework :: link :: January 15, 2004 Day of the Week of the Month Club
I'm embroidering flour sack towels with these Aunt Martha designs for my mom, but it's slow-going, so she'll get one weekday every month or so. posted by in Needlework :: link
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