Embroidery From the Past Few Months

Kitchen towels for my brother-in-law










My brother-in-law wearing his apron











Pillow for my sister-in-law










Quilt for my niece











Pillowcases for my niece











Quilt for a friend's little boy

Embroidered Pillows

Here are some pillows I embroidered for my sister and her husband for their birthdays. I hope they don't see this before I mail them off!

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Projects of Late

This mama's hands have been busy! It's probably more accurate to say this mama's machines have been busy. I've been working on some gifts for my friends and for my sister's friends. I'll be adding more pictures as I finish other projects.

Roses - these turned out very nice.









Seashells









Tea Set









Sunflowers













Bluebirds - I love the blue and white! Makes me think of Blue Willow dishes.












You may have to click on the picture to see the little ladybug on each hat. I was dying to try out this font so I bought these and embroidered them for some special little girls. Olivia chose red for herself. She got a green ladybug so it would show up against the red.




Ladybugs here, too.













Very pretty blue and white interior fabric. I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture, but it's got flowers and butterflies.







I had a hard time deciding what color thread to use for this.








This is for wearing under the button-up shirt above.

More Embroidery Samples

Olivia and I went to a tea party with some friends. I made bags for the girls and added Karen's name and some pretty fabric to a purchased bag.





Kitchen towel for a friend









Here's a bag I recently finished.












Close-up of the embroidery

Samples of my Embroidery

I've been playing around with my new embroidery machine. Here are some of the things I've done. The butterfly was my first attempt. I put it on an old washrag.





Mama wanted A's put on her pillow cases. I did 3 sets.








I made my brother-in-law some candy for his birthday and used this kitchen towel for wrapping paper. This was tricky because I had to do one line at a time. I'm gonna play with some free software that will, hopefully, let me program several lines at once.



I also put his name on a bath towel...








...and some flowers on a hand towel and wash rag. As it turned out, the flowers didn't show up too well against the brown towels.






The other day I bought some new designs that I want to use for baby quilts. I've started embroidering one - I'll be doing a little at a time as I have a few spare moments - and I'll post pictures when I finish. I plan to offer them for sale on Etsy.