Embroidery Inspiration

This is fabulous - found on Pinterest, but sadly it doesn't link back

After doodling with thread last night, I'm thinking embroidery today. I love embroidery, though I don't have much patience. I really must start on a project. Here's a few that have caught my eye....

These little brooches are darling. Come across these from the LiliPopo blog. Must explore what over little lovelies are there.

Fabulous detail on the corner of this blanket, and relatively simple and quick to do. Love it. By Green Kitchen on Flickr.

What a charming hoop picture. Very modern. From the Feeling Stitchy blog.

Loving this little house by House Wren Studio The roof is such a great way of showcasing different embroidery stitches.

This beautiful butterfly. Isn't it stunning? It's from the Crazy Quilting International blog, and I absolutely adore it.

My #embroidery Little Tweetheart Doodle heart

I'll end today's post with one of my own designs. Very simple stitching, but they go together really well (I think). I designed it for a kit. It seems like forever ago I made this, but on looking back I realise it was only last year - Little Tweetheart

Are you inspired to get stitching?

Autumn Giveaway Time

I'm more than a trifle ticked off with Blogger. My post of yesterday has vanished into thin air during the day - and I haven't been near a computer. It was the first time I'd entered a post using the new interface, and I was liking the way it worked. Shame I didn't try a short post first, but no...... dibble decided to do a long article didn't she! Sniff. Back to the old Blogger me thinks. Anyways... I was thinking that it's been such a dismal few days - why not think of something to brighten the mood. Why not have a little giveaway? Trying to be a little different - I've come up with a little competition. It's quite simple....... How many buttons in the jar? I've no idea myself, so it will be interesting to find out. To give you something on which to base your guess, I can tell you I am able to hold the little jar comfortably in one hand. Also I have used a few of the buttons so the jar isn't quite full. So.... What do y

Shabby Chic? Definitely Shabby!

I did say I'd share my DIY disaster with you...... Brace yourselves - you may need sunglasses: Snort! When I started the makeover I can assure you this wasn't my intention. I had a 70's dressing table that was a nice shape, but a vile wood. I thought I would transform it by painting it fuchsia to match my bedroom. 10 hours later (2 coats undercoat, 3 topcoat) it was looking good. Until the top coat starting to flake off before my eyes. I could have cried - indeed I think I did. Since then it's been sitting in the bedroom annoying me. It's too heavy to lift out on my own, and anyways I've nothing else to replace it with. The thought of starting to paint it again doesn't bear thinking about. So in a DIY frenzy, I attacked it with wire wool. I think I got a bit carried away! The result is something that gives a whole new meaning to shabby chic. However, at least it looks intentional and boldly scruffy. Anyone that dares to question my

Don't get Shirty!

My blog posts have been lacking the last few weeks. This is due to moving home and trying to sort out the chaos. One of the things required was that hubby thin down his clothing, or there would be no room for any of mine in the fitted wardrobes. At the last count he had well over a hundred shirts. Ridiculous. Under strict instructions to free up half the wardrobe space for me, he set to with bin bags, to turf some out for the charity shops. With a large selection of shirts ousted, I started looking at the fabrics and wondered if I could make use of them myself. There's a surprising amount of fabric in a mans shirt, particularly an XL one. After cherry picking the ones that were all cotton and nice fabrics, I sat down and scratched my head for inspiration. My first of two makes is this pillow. When I began I had no real vision of what it was going to look like. I just knew that I wanted to use some of the front pockets, and make a feature of a cuff or two. After

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