Many of the designs come in a multiple of colorways to fit whatever suits your color scheme. This is going into my “library” that has the same teals.
This is an 8" hoop…you can use a 6" if you just want the main design.
You really can use whatever stitching you like…my repertoire is limited so I used backstiching, french knots, and made up stuff
You can add embellishments! I added two wooden star buttons that I painted with a sharpie to get the colors I wanted. There are stars under them to embroider, but I wanted a little something extra.
Does my lettering look good? lol…I really am bad at lettering so I just do some simple straight stitches and then use a fabric pen to color in the rest and make everything even…yeah, I cheat!
The linen fabric was thicker than the plain cotton I am used to.I used a rather large needle so the thread holes are bigger…next time, I will find a thinner needle (I only have a few hundred needles but seem to use the same two or three).
Yay! They are addicting, aren’t they? Great job! Your embellishments are perfect. The star buttons! The eyebrow whiskers!!!
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AIMR
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Thanks for introducing me to this! It is a fairly easy project to do when you just want to keep your hands busy while watching tv.
I will use my perle cottons for the next one…it is mostly just lines…
There is one I bought that I copied and then cut out parts to cut them out in felt…I want to try a felt/embroidery piece to see if it turns out…and yeah, there are hundreds of possibilities now…lol…I have been scrounging through some of my other Spoonflower fabrics to see if I might already have some that would work, but these were made specifically for the samples…thanks bunches for a new fun craft!
I think a lot of people get stuck at the point of what to with an utterly blank pattern - it’s just to much possibility. This method sort of narrows it down to the most fun parts!
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Lynx
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I love hearing your thought process. These look like a lot of fun. So many new swaps coming up. I can see possibilities…depending on how quickly Spoonflower ships.
I think the wooden stars were the perfect addition.
I am so glad you posted this. I barely dabble in embroidery, but I want to do more. I looked at the link but had no idea how you would embroider some of them. This was one of them. I LOVE the way you did it. Fantastic and inspirational!
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AIMR
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Thanks…I tried to pick simple ones that could just be embellished as much or as little as you want. I am not great at a lot of different stitches even though I have tried a lot by watching YouTube videos. I think this is an easy way to get something fairly quickly even if you are not a stitcher…
Here is a pic of it hanging in my library/guest room. I like wrapping or painting the hoops.
I love this. I’ll have to check out the preprinted fabric. I didn’t know that was a thing.
AIMR
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lol blame @Camelama ! She is the one who started me on this with her adorable guinea pig hoop! She just completed another one—check it out in the threads…a whale!
Now I kinda want to try something like this myself!