Delightful.
I had a delightful parcel arrive in my mailbox today. These gorgeous blocks were sent to me by Pauline ( Quilt n Queen ). I was the very lucky winner of her give away last month. I can’t tell you how excited I was to open the parcel and see the wonderful snowmen, reindeer and […]
Planning For The Week Ahead.
Lots of preparation needs to be done this week for a variety of projects to be started or continued. I have reached the point with my Butterfly Garden blocks, (Leanne’s House), where all the embroidery is done but not the applique. I did start off by doing both the embroidery and the needleturn on each […]
Blanket Embroidery.
When I started to learn embroidery one of the things I enjoyed doing was working with wool. I started with a blanket from Lee Lockheed‘s book, Wool Embroidery and Design. It has a central heart. And embroidery in each corner. I backed the blanket with a good quality quilting fabric and then bound it with […]
Embroidered Gardens.
I started to learn embroidery about 18 years ago. I had done basic cross stitch, but had never learnt any embroidery stitches. I completed these gardens with the help of my embroidery teacher, Vicki. They are both from a Diana Lampe book, Embroidered Garden Flowers. The first one is the Spring Garden. The next is […]
And Blankets, Too!
Each grandchild also received an embroidered blanket. Both the designs have come from Inspirations books or magazines. The first one was stitched on doctor’s flannel and finished with satin blanket binding. This is a close up of the embroidery. It was quite a traditional design. The next blanket was on wool blanketing using mostly woollen […]
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