This is my sister's Christmas gift for this year. She has two dogs but has fallen in love with cats. Hopefully, she will like this wall hanging. I had no idea what to do for the border. Then, looking through my stash I found this fabric which had all the colors of the applique. Plus, the yellow brightened the piece. I had made the center block a little while ago, but revisited it by changing the color of the cat's facial features, adding borders and quilting it. I did quilt all around the … [Read more...] about Wool applique and embroidery
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Tiny, tiny freemotion embroidering
I am still trying to figure out what to do next on this table top. I wish I had chosen cream or beige instead of white, but that is history now. Fall is here and the fabrics where already on my cutting table from another project... I did not want to work with applique, so I decided to embroider the leafy motif. For each of the white blocks, I marked the swirl and the three leaves, and placed batting on the back. Then, using Aurifil 28wt and Aurifil 50wt for the swirl, I began to free motion … [Read more...] about Tiny, tiny freemotion embroidering
Embroidering blocks for a quilt
Two more blocks finished for my grandson's quilt. I started embroidering them in January 2013, and my grandson turns one next week! Ai, ai, ai... Yep, it is all about Noah's ark, which I am embroidering now. I will add sashing and borders, but it will not be ready by Monday. You can find the other blocks I embroidered here, here, here, here, and here. I only have three more to go. The pre-printed blocks only had the animals so I added grass, water, and other elements to enhance them, unless … [Read more...] about Embroidering blocks for a quilt
Baby Zoo
At last the first of a series of four wall hangings is finished! I am the frog (it appears on all four quilts) spying on the baby lion, as I wish I could spy on my little grandson who is about 6 and a half months old. He lives far away from me, but his pictures are everywhere I am... Speaking of babies, my sister sent a set of four of these cute babies when my youngest son was born. I have not been able to part with them! I am embroidering the second wall hanging and hope to have it … [Read more...] about Baby Zoo
Pin cushion Blog Hop and Giveaway
Are you enjoying the Pin Cushion Blog Hop? Sew We Quilt is hosting it and Kristen from Meadowbrook is the cheerleader. What wonderful projects we have seen so far... Today is my day! I made my pin cushions a little bit at a time... They are simple in shape, but I played with embroidery, wool, paper piecing... Here is my first one. I embroidered one of Anni Downs's patterns (all embroidery patterns shown here are by Anni), and reverse appliqued it onto wool using blanket stitch with … [Read more...] about Pin cushion Blog Hop and Giveaway
Embroidery patterns
I was looking through my books in search of embroidery patterns when I came across two books my mother brought from Brazil in April. The patterns are for baby clothes; some have tiny applique and embroidery, many just embroidery. I am so glad my sister is not using them right now (my mom had originally given them to my sister, who agreed to let me keep them for a while...)! Look at the date when she purchased this one (remember - month/day/year): This is the other book she … [Read more...] about Embroidery patterns