I already love how comfy plaid shirts are, so I imagine wearing this handmade plaid shirt would be even better. Alicia of Posie Gets Cozy made it for her sweetie Andy’s birthday. She printed an image from their birthday trip to the Columbia River Gorge on the fabric tag and embroidered it with a message […]
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a post from Pam Garrison about a sampler she was working on from embroidery artist, Rebecca Ringquist. Initially, I was a little disappointed, because the sampler had only been available from Rebecca at the Squam Art Workshop. I’m so happy to see that, based on the incredibly positive […]
I love this amazing embroidered map of the stars from Gina Dawson. Even more, I love that she also stitched receipts of all the movies she rented from Blockbuster and watched while stitching the star map. Awesome. [via Design for Mankind]
For embroidery folks, the French knot tends to be a stitch you love or hate. (I’m in the “love” camp, primarily because of the trick I learned from Jenny Hart for fool-proof French knots) I love seeing French knots worked in interesting ways, because they create fantastic texture and depth, especially when they are used […]
I have to admit that The Neverending Story is one of my all-time favorite movies from my childhood (not to mention one of my all-time favorite books). When I saw this Auryn medallion project from Wee Folk Art, I was instantly carried back to that feeling of watching the movie for the first time. Of […]
Karen from Maggie Makes shares a very nicely done tutorial for creating embroidered pot holders. It’s a simple project that can easily be done in a couple of hours, takes very little fabric and would make a nice hostess or housewarming gift. Looks like it could be a great weekend project to use up some […]
I don’t know much about the handfasting tradition, but this gorgeous custom handfasting cord from Kathie Sever makes me want to learn more. Sever created the piece for a couple being married by the ritual. Sever explained that the ceremony, “includes five promises, and with each promise, the cord is wrapped around the hands of […]
