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Wednesday

01Jul2009

First Time Embroidery

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Ever since I made my bottlecap pincushion, I have had a hankering to do some embroidery. All the bottlecap pincushions I saw had been embroidered, but I had no clue where to start!

Then I found this great book by Aimee Ray: Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners.

I was hooked! So I wanted to share with you my first tries at embroidery. I did these three free hand, before I found the beauty of patterns. One thing I did learn is it is very hard to draw on felt!

I have added an embroidery section to my "Fabulous Links" page, so don't forget to check that out.

My top two favorite embroidery sites that I cant get enough of are Carina's Craftblog and Feeling Stitchy. These two sights are a must see for any embroidery fan! They are also chalked full of lovely pictures and inspiration.

In a week and half, I am off to the ocean. Needing a craft to take with me, I found a lovely embroidery pattern, Tree of Life, by Carina's Craftblog that I purchased in her Artfire Shop, Polka and Bloom. I cant wait to get started!

I can just see myself by the ocean, embroidery hoop in hand.... sigh ... But until then...

Back to Crafting! :)

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Monday

22Jun2009

Giveaways and New Store Items!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Check out this amazing day of giveaways at the Creative Mama! She will be doing 10 giveaways in honor of her 100th blog post! Love to knit? Go check out what I donated to the giveaway: here! :) Check out the rules here. You have till friday to make a comment on all the giveaway goodies! The giveaways have begun! So go and Win! ;)

Also new in my Shop!….

I am introducing 2 new product lines in my Artfire Shop! My first new shop item is a great way to Dress up you Knitting! Beaded Stitch Markers! I am really excited about these!

I was recently in a knitting store that was selling stitch markers for 65$ PER marker! Yikes! In order to have some like the ones I saw.....I had to turn to handmade! Way more cost effective!

So! I decided to also put some in the store. You could also win a set Here!

Second, I have added in my store this lovely pincushion! Made with Susan Branch fabric and a lovely vintage jello mold, this pincushion will dress up any craft room!

This pincushion by far is my favorite out of all the ones I have made. So I decided to list this one first, more to follow!

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