Archive for August, 2009
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Yak
The yak is finally done, so the ABC embroidery is complete. Now all I have to do is sew the last two rows together which I thought I would get done this weekend, but it didn’t work out. Looking back at my first post of the alligator block on May 18, I [...]
Vintage Vogue 1253 – Focus on Embroidery
All that stitching on the zebra block made me think of a another satin stitch project from the past. I actually made this poppy top twice (and the green one once for my sister). The first poppy top I made in the 70’s and ended up giving it away to this crazy [...]
The Book of ABC
Since “Y is for Yak” is not finished, I thought I would post one of my vintage picture books. I love to collect ABC, nursery rhyme and fairy tale “linenette” books, mostly from the 1940’s. The books have heavy-weight, textured pages and are usually pretty thin, with around 12 pages although some have [...]
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Zebra
When I started this quilt, I intended to embroider the blocks primarily with outline and back stitch. I hadn’t thought I would use much satin stitch, but I couldn’t figure out any other way to do this zebra — the stripes just wouldn’t look right. Also, I couldn’t find a DMC or Anchor [...]
Pieced Butterfly Quilt – Block 2
I’m still working on the zebra block. As a break from all that satin stitching, I decided to stitch another pieced butterfly — this time in pink. It’s really fun to select the little fabric swatch prints for these butterflies.
I have added the Alice Brooks pattern to my Downloads (both the [...]ABC Embroidered Quilt Blocks – Violin & Xylophone
As you can see, I made a couple of additions/changes to both of these pictures since I thought they were a little blah. My violin bow looks sort of big, but I think they actually are longer than the violin. I had a hard time coming up with something to put in the [...]
Embroidered Circus Quilt – WIP
Here are the fabrics I’m going to use in my next embroidered quilt. I guess this isn’t quite a WIP yet, except that I am sketching some design ideas. The adorable circus fabric is “Circus Time” in periwinkle, and was purchased from superbuzzy, a store with the cutest Japanese fabrics. It’s decorator [...]
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Well
The well just didn’t seem to have enough detail, so first I changed the roof….then the bucket….and finally the rocks. I got pretty tired of stitching those rocks, but I do like them. Just 3 more to go and I’ll be done with the embroidery.
ABC Embroidered Quilt Block – Fall
This is the last of the seasons blocks. “W is for well” is done, “V is for violin” is in progress, “X is for xylophone” (I know, but the x-ray machine was pretty weird looking) and “Z is for zebra” are yet to be stitched.
Happy Anniversary Gordon!
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