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Planning the Bee Sampler

Posted in Blackwork, Embroidery, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This is a gift I’m making for my mom. She’s really into bees but I guess you could see that for yourself.
It’s in the early planning stages, obviously. There are many, many, many mistakes. I wasn’t pleased with the beehive on a branch band until the very bottom. And some of the bees are very [...]

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Winter Morn Kit

Posted in Embroidery, Kits, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The very first project of my return to embroidery was not the ribbon embroidery present for my grandmother. It was a Bucilla Creative Needlecraft kit No. 1958 called “Winter Morn.”

I chose this specifically because it reminded me of something my mother did. It was crewel (this used cotton floss) and there was a wagon wheel [...]

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Ribbon Embroidery

Posted in Embroidery, Ribbon, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Like most people, I have craft ADD. Here are some pictures of my first but not current love: Ribbon embroidery.

This is my grandmother’s Christmas gift half finished. I got really into folk art and bought a bunch of books (bad me!) and chose this image from Pennsylvania Dutch Designs (International Design Library).

The other books in [...]

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