I’ve been thinking lately of new designs for my little penguin and here is the first of many: “P is for Penguin”. In the sample, I appliqued the letter P and the little penguin in soft flannel in baby colors. Then embroidered some details with seed stitch and outline stitch. This will become part of [...]
I recently finished a new embroidery pattern design: “Hug Me Penguin”. This design is part of a series of animal patterns I’m developing. My niece, Allyson, stitched this cute purple version as a gift for a friend. She used outline stitch and satin stitch on the pink background. The overall design she used is approximately [...]
I crocheted this Kokeshi Doll amigurumi for my niece from a pattern created by Michelle McLaughlin (available for free at her site Suncatcher Eyes). The pattern calls for mostly single and half-double crochet stitches. In my case, the embroidery is simple straight stitches. I used Caron Simply Soft yarn for the body, face and hair [...]
The above is purple zippered felt bag I embroidered in 2008 as a gift for my new sister-in-law. The zippered bag was purchased at a craft store and is about the size of a small cosmetics bag. I drew the initials with a washable transfer marker and stitched them in the stem stitch using two [...]