Looks like I’m not the only one who loves hand-embroidery!
Check out the new Embroidery Gift Guide on Create Whimsy. There is so many enticing things to add to your stitch collection. There are stitch kits, threads, books, and art like my piece, Tiny Homes #3. Now wouldn’t that make a great gift!
It’s hand embroidery that brings this little quilt to life! Stitches outline shapes making them pop off the surface. Threads build pattern and texture and even create shapes like the sidewalk above made with blanket stitches and French knots.
And what do you need to make those stitches? Thread, of course, but you also need high quality embroidery needles. I recommend needles in sizes 1, 3, and 5 for pearl cotton threads. And the lucky winner of this packet of hand embroidery needles is Sue S. Congratulations!
Image living here! Painting the Town is another project in my new book Playful Free-Form Embroidery. In this design on felt, 5 little houses swirl around a paintbrush madly painting every edifice in the village. We should all live in such a colorful community!
Each house is created with a different set of stitch combinations to keep you on your toes. And the bristles on the paintbrush are made with a variegated skein of size 8 Rainbow Rich thread so you don’t have to change thread colors.
Every Tuesday until the end of May I’m giving away items for the projects in Playful Free-Form Embroidery.
This week’s giveaway is a skein of size 8 Rainbow Rich thread so you can start your home improvement project.
Just leave a comment below and you may be the lucky winner!
Please note that the giveaway closes on Thursday, and I announce the winner on Friday. Meanwhile, if you’d like to see all the projects in the book, click here.