05.07.07

Cupcake swap

Posted in embroidery, sewing at 11:04 am by carriebee

I participated in the Cupcake Love swap on swap bot a few weeks ago. I made a small tote (the tutorial I promised is in the works!), an embroidered flour sack towel and some cloth napkins. The flour sack towel is my own original design, and I’m extremely proud of the french knot sprinkles. Making french knots was a tricky skill for me to learn. The tote bag was super fun to make and I hope to make one for myself this summer. The cupcakes on the napkins were made using a cupcake-shaped paper punch, some freezer paper (for stencils) and Jacquard fabric paint. I will definitely be doing more freezer paper stencils in the future.

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11.30.06

Completed project: tea towels

Posted in completed, embroidery at 5:02 pm by carriebee

Here’s the last batch of tea towels that I gave away last week:

cake

coffee

cherries

teapot

tomato

I’m working on four more sets of 3 towels each for my family for Christmas… I’ll post pictures when they’re finished.

11.29.06

Completed project: tea towels

Posted in completed, embroidery at 1:09 pm by carriebee

Here are two more of the tea towels that I gave away last week:


11.27.06

Completed project: tea towels

Posted in completed, embroidery at 1:08 pm by carriebee

Here are a few more snaps of the tea towels that I embroidered earlier this year, all made from sublime stitching patterns. Enjoy!




11.22.06

Completed project: tea towels

Posted in completed, embroidery at 1:06 pm by carriebee

Earlier this year I embroidered a TON of tea towels to swap with my husband’s family at their Thanksgiving craft exchange. I used sublime stitching patterns for all of the towels. Here’s a set of the Hawaiian themed towels. I love them all so much I’m kinda sad to give them away, but I know they’ll be appreciated.




08.09.06

Completed project: Flour sack towels

Posted in embroidery at 5:00 pm by carriebee

I’ve finished embroidering 17 flour sack towels with different designs from Sublime Stitching. The towels are all for my husband’s family’s craft exchange that takes place at Thanksgiving. Here’s one of my favorite designs:

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01.12.06

Completed project: tote bag

Posted in completed, embroidery, sewing at 5:29 am by carriebee

This is an embroidered tote bag I made as a birthday present. There’s a cat on one side and a dog on the other, both are patterns from the Sublime Stitching embroidery kit I got for Christmas. While the fabric and floss for the project cost less than $4, it took about 8 hours of work. Hopefully the next embroidery project will go faster!!!