Posted in Machine Embroidery, tagged Christmas Machine Embroidery, Christmas Tree Embroidery Design, Creative Machine Embroidery November/December 2009, Machine Embroidery on October 21, 2009 | 8 Comments »
As much as I try to slow down the ticking of time, I have found that it is to no avail! So, here we are, ticking closer and closer to Christmas.
I have a jewelry pouch project featured in the latest issue of Creative Machine Embroidery:
I rarely change out the basic gold pieces [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery, tagged Machine Embroidery, Tea Towel on October 7, 2009 | 9 Comments »
… pals! I met Natima earlier this year through the Quilt Festival online. I was excited to make her acquaintance because of our shared South-east Asian heritage and love of quilting:
I embroidered this little tea towel and sent it over to Natima in Oz-land for her birthday:
Earlier, Natima has sent me the pattern for the [...]
Posted in "Scraps" Projects, Machine Embroidery, tagged Alpha Bears, Birthday Gift, Machine Embroidery, Pillow on October 1, 2009 | 14 Comments »
I was running behind, as always! But I was more than happy to take a few hours out to work on a birthday gift for my little friend:
She is not merely the daughter of one of my closest friends; she is my little friend. Growing up, I recall being a young person of [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery, tagged Hatched in Africa Designs, Machine Embroidery, Monogram on August 28, 2009 | 15 Comments »
This is a sneak peek of an heirloom pillow project I worked on for Creative Machine Embroidery. The soft pink look conveys such a sweet sense of childhood innocence:
Here are some close-ups. You would probably be surprised, but this was done on a piece of sheer Victorian batiste, on top of a cotton print quilt [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery, Quilts & Projects: To be published, tagged Christmas Machine Embroidery, Creative Machine Embroidery Magazine, Machine Embroidery on April 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
… always warms my heart:
This is a preview of a Christmas embroidery project I am doing for Creative Machine Embroidery. I love how the gold metallic thread really brings out the glow:
I know it’s way too early for us to think about Christmas, but not the hardworking magazine folks!
Thanks for stopping by. I [...]
Posted in General, Machine Embroidery, tagged Baby Announcements, Baby Girl Announcements, Baby Stationery, Custom Made Baby Announcements, Machine Embroidery, Paper Craft on April 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Remember these?
I have been working with a local paper craft artisan to produce some custom- made birth announcements:
Hours were invested in planning and designing these dainties:
More hours were spent in the final assembly:
But the hours and hours of work are well worth the final product, I think!
Have a LOVELY Monday, Everyone!
[Please feel free [...]
Posted in Home Decor, Machine Embroidery, Quilts & Projects: Published, tagged Cafe Curtain, Creative Machine Embroidery Magazine, Creative Machine Embroidery Magazine May/June 2009, Machine Embroidery, Primitive Country Home Decor, Tier Curtain, Wendy Sheppard on April 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The new issue of Creative Machine Embroidery is out!
My cafe curtain project with a primitive Americana look is featured in the magazine:
The cafe tier window treatments are not hard to make, so you can quickly whip them up and jump right into some machine embroidery fun!
I don’t have a place to use these [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery on April 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have been making a bunch of these. I will show you what I am doing with them in a future post:
This design is from the OESD 2008 Christmas Ornament Collection, but I certainly think the designs are not limited to Christmas. Thus the dainty pink color scheme:
The technical stuff: I had [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery, Quilts & Projects: Published, tagged Celtic Cutwork, Creative Machine Embroidery Magazine, Cutwork, Machine Embroidery, OESD, St. Patrick's Day, Tablerunner on February 16, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Happy Monday, Everyone! I hope you had a great “love” weekend.
Remember this from months ago? I was doing a machine embroidery cutwork project, and now, it is officially published in the latest issue (March/April 2009) of Creative Machine Embroidery:
The cutwork was done on Irish Linen. It turned out to be a table [...]
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