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at Brazil House gardens, Tilden Park, Berkeley.

I've always kept this little sampler my grandma made me in my floss box. She taught me how to embroider when I was 6! I also keep a pair of doll boots in there for an unknown reason.

Bottom fabric SOLD OUT.

 

arrived July 29, 2009

I finished my first embroidery project. My 22 month old daughter periodically checked in on the progress, telling me, "See Circles!"

 

I think I like embroidery, but what do I do with this?

stitching samples by johanna masko of various stitches and their applications

i designed and stitched this little sampler for fun. :)

Yeah it's a bit late, but it's her Christening today, so it's a Christening present.

 

This is probably the most fun I've had to date with a sampler. Thanks to the lovelies at www.spritestitch.com for Yoshi, Peach and the stars.

It's taking a while, but I've made a bit of progress! My 'teach myself embroidery' sampler is proving very therapeutic. Although no-one seems to want to sit next to me when I'm sewing on the tram. ??

Earlier pic here:

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This embroidery sampler is hanging in a restaurant in the village. Fanciful birds, some with multiple heads, decorate the huipiles of this village, the older ones often all in red. Newer ones are in multiple bright colors and are dazzling. The work here is outstanding, unlimited creativity, though only the oldest women still wear the huipil anymore. Young women wear it only for special occasions, if at all. These birds are turkeys.

  

Una muestra de bordado a mano con diseños tradicionales de guajolotes. El uso de un solo color (rojo) es muy tradicional para huipiles pero ahora, los hacen con muchos colores. Se bordó esta servilleta en tela comercial cuadrillé, pero para hacer un huipil lo tejen en telar de cintura. Las aves son guajolotes.

  

Ojitlán, Oaxaca, MEXICO (Chiananteca)

 

Mixing my color scraps for the 'main' fabric and printed whites for my background fabric, I created a completely unique look and layout for Tula Pink's Modern Sampler.

 

Free motion machine quilted by Marcia Wachuta of Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting

Back to work on this sweet little sampler after a long hiatus.

Birth sampler

I was thinking of naming this the Fat Stack.

MK map sampler finished - blogged here!

A modern twist on old fashioned embroidery samplers made to commemorate a year or special event.

 

Inspired by one of the most written-about stories of 2008 - The Credit Crunch!

For a competition on Folksy - I came 4th! Hurrah! Thanks to everyone who voted xxx

 

As a crafter, I've been really interested in how an almost wartime-like "make do and mend" attitude has been cropping up in connection with the credit crunch. Now the mass-consumption bubble has burst people are rediscovering the specialness of handmade things, and "old fashioned" hobbies like sewing are experiencing a revival:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/sewing-machine...

 

Freehand embroidery on white felt, framed in an embroidery hoop.

Photo by Allison Tungseth.

horsehair, fabric, parchment, monofilament 100x100 cm.

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I made a frame for it using a really neat old miter saw. I'm thinking of making a pattern for it, but hmm...

horsehair, fabric, stitched,

45x45 cm

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from a Sublime Stitching pattern

6/365 -Around the house - Day 6

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This sampler was given to me by an old friend of many years on a milestone birthday. It's hanging over my desk and it makes me smile every time I read it. I am lucky to have some wonderful friends.

This was inspired by tropicalart77's Zentangle sampler.

Nine patch sampler....went the easypeasy way with 4 patch blocks!

Blogged here: deeroodesigns.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-year-new-mini-mani...

This is the first image i've done any kinda work on in a series I will be continuing, using my lovely friends Jake and Taylor as models. I'm wanting to go for a sort of 50's era feel. I'm really excited to keep working on it!

Photo by Kiny McCarrick

Finished slightly sooner than expected; 11"x15"

Signed this off yesterday, just needs a bit of a wash and an iron. I started teaching myself embroidery spring 2010 by drawing stuff in biro then stitching over it. This is a sampler of all my practise, from my very first attempts. Time to start a new one!

Here it is just getting started disobedientchild.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/practice-makes-...

Some random stitch practice.

My first attempt at crewel embroidery --- I used European Linen, and Appleton Crewel Wool. The pattern is from "The New Crewel" --- I think I may turn this into a small throw pillow.

All Done. Not perfect, but learned a lot following along Pretty By Hand and even made some modifications of my own. Going to frame it yellow or red. To go along with my inspiration colors Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille.

Commission brief: Old fashioned and have a squid in it. Yeah baby, whaddya reckon? I'm a bit pleased with this.

 

Actually timed this, which is a good thing, as if asked I would have guessed I would spend/had spent about 6 maybe 7 hours stitching. Fifteen and a half :O Dang. This knowledge will really help me on future projects!

Blogged.

 

This is my first official embroidery sampler and wow, was it ever fun to make! Who knew "complicated" stitches were so easy?! :-D

 

Pattern by Wild Olive.

New Rosie & Bear pattern in progress for Bustle & Sew.

I had a sampler platter for dinner.

Cassie had a cheeseburger.

I ate about half of my plate.

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