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Frida Kahlo – the stitching of an embroidery pattern

Frida Kahlo – the stitching of an embroidery pattern

This is the second part of this little ‘Making of an embroidery pattern’ series. Last time I showed how I (sometimes, because it’s never exactly the same) create the design for the pattern. Today I…

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Frida Kahlo – the making of an embroidery pattern

Frida Kahlo – the making of an embroidery pattern

I received some kind emails (thank you!) about the Blog Hop post where I shared a bit about my process when designing a pattern. So I thought it’d be fun to share a bit more…

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Frida Kahlo – the making of an embroidery pattern

I received some kind emails (thank you!) about the Blog Hop post where I shared a bit about my process when designing a pattern. So I thought it’d be fun to share a bit more…

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Flutterby Garden – new embroidery pattern in my shop

Flutterby Garden – new embroidery pattern in my shop

Hi! If you like butterflies I think you’ll like my new pattern. Because it has butterflies in it. It is called Flutterby Garden. I heard somewhere that butterflies used to be called flutterbies (‘coz that…

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Fabric designer crush: Denyse Schmidt

Fabric designer crush: Denyse Schmidt

One of the first fabric designers I knew of by name was Denyse Schmidt. It may have been when the original Flea Market Fancy line was just out. And that was definitely love at first…

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T-shirt with blackwork embroidery

T-shirt with blackwork embroidery

I made over my basic t-shirt with some colourful blackwork embroidery. I’ve had this kinda boring black t-shirt for a while. When I bought it I knew I wanted to add some embroidery to it,…

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Organizing my Cloud Quilt

Organizing my Cloud Quilt

On my birthday I finished the Cloud Quilt top, woohoo! I’ve not taken any pictures of it yet. I might wait until I have made the back. Which should be a lot faster to make…

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Organizing my Cloud Quilt

On my birthday I finished the Cloud Quilt top, woohoo! I’ve not taken any pictures of it yet. I might wait until I have made the back. Which should be a lot faster to make…

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Finished 3D flowers

Finished 3D flowers

I finished those 3D flowers I posted about a little while ago. I really enjoyed the process of using different stitches for each flower. But for some reason I was really, really impatient to finish…

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Finished 3D flowers

I finished those 3D flowers I posted about a little while ago. I really enjoyed the process of using different stitches for each flower. But for some reason I was really, really impatient to finish…

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Red letter C for DMC

Red letter C for DMC

A little while ago, I wrote a post on the &Stitches blog about how you can stitch a letter (an initial) for a permanent exhibition about DMC at a museum in France. Well, I really…

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Red letter C for DMC

A little while ago, I wrote a post on the &Stitches blog about how you can stitch a letter (an initial) for a permanent exhibition about DMC at a museum in France. Well, I really…

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