Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Something new

So, if you know me, you'll know I'm into crafting - I knit, crochet, and any number of other things. I have just discovered a new one - embroidery. I love the way it looks and it's really pretty easy to do. I love to knit, but it takes so long to finish anything. Maybe I'm just a slow knitter. But the embroidery projects that I've been doing are easy and quick gratification.
I've been most inspired by one book:

Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray. Her designs are totally cute and the instructions are very clear.

I've already made several items:













This is a sampler bag to practice the various stitch techniques. It holds some of my tools - hoop, scissors, fabric marker, needles. I really love the blue on brown.

Another project from the book is a wall hanging. I've made two:












J decided that there was a huge empty length of wall in our kitchen that NEEDED something, so I offered to make several of these 8"x8" scenes to make a "composition."

Two down, ten more to go...

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