Tuesday, September 6, 2011

First Attempt

One of the things that I'm most excited about in my new book is embroidery!  I have all of these inspirations and ideas in my head, but I didn't quite know how to execute them.  Now, I have a few options and I am SOOOOO excited!  I jumped in last night and this morning to try some out.  This pictures shows both attempts.

On the far right, you'll see a half-butterfly (I didn't plan my yarn amount properly) and a flower.  Both of these were done completely free, no pattern, no nothing.  On the left is the butterfly I did today.  I drew the butterfly on wax paper, which I laid on the crochet background, and stitched through.  It was relatively easy to pull the wax paper off the project once I was done.

Granted, I need a lot of work, especially with even stitch lengths, etc....but for a first go, I don't think it's all that bad.  :)


 

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Well, well well....

I'm back!  :)

Now that life has settled down, I definitely plan on keeping up with this blog, too!  I just got a new book today and I am SUPER excited about it!!!!!  I have a project in mind and will post pictures once it's complete (and to my liking :)).

ETA: This is what I'm most excited about in my new book!  (though there are MANY things that I love :))