Embroidery

"Happy Trails" & "Go, Unicorn, Go!"

Two Christmas present custom pieces that you can now see! 

Scrappies for Valentine's Day

Getting ready for Valentine's Day with some love themed scrappies.  They will be for sale at The Octopus and The Fox starting February 1!

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Welcome embroidery

I found this piece in my sewing stuff with the original instructions and floss all neatly packaged wth the linen. Mom claims it was not hers, so it must have belonged to her mother. Grandmom B. was an embroidery dynamo who sewed beautiful table cloths, pillow cases, bed covers, table runners, bureau scarves, doilies and so on.  She taught Mom to embroider and Mom taught me. My embroidery keeps her stitching legacy alive and reminds me of my Mom and Grandmom with each stitch.

I stitched it up.  And it is going to go to my sister's house where it can welcome all who enter and honor a granmother's memory.

 

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Old Bay Embroidery II

Old Bay embroidery, Cristy Davies

When you are self-taught and stubborn, it can take a while to learn things.  

Here is a good example.  I do not do counted cross-stitch. So, I beleived that I did not need the aida or even weave fabric used by cross-stitchers.  I wanted to do an embroidery of an Old Bay can.  I drew it and re-drew it and got it ready to transfer to fabric to sew.  I used the linen-like fabric that I have tons of (thrifted) and regularly use for all my stuff.  I liked it OK but it did not come out with straight lines and was sort of wonky looking.  It looked hand done, it looked interesting but it was not exactly what I had envisioned or wanted it to be.  

So, I realized that in my stash of sewing supplies I had some even weave fabric.  And, I decided to do a second Old Bay embroidery.  Being able to count the threads meant that the proportions never skewed.  I could ensure that the lid or the blue section stayed the same width all the way across. It was fantastic.  The fabric worked with me, not against me.  The right tools work to help you achieve the desired effect rather than thwarting you and making you curse every stitch.  And, I do mean that literally.  Who knew?  Well, lots of people actually but now I know it as well-- having stubbornly learned it the hard way. 

Side by side-- see what I mean?  

Old Bay I    Old Bay II
(Left) Original Old Bay on linen                 (Right)  Second Old Bay on even weave fabric

Doily Quotes Deux

Chinese proverb on white work doily
Churchill- never give up
Milne quote

I just now thought I should have added a stogie to the Churchill doily. Oh, well.  

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Doily Quotes

I would not have a doily in my house as a doily but love all the work on them.   All that crocheted edging, the tiny stitches. So, I added some text to these and now they can go on a bulletin board, above a desk, or on a dresser for morning inspiration.  

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Other new pinup hand towels

States of Undress towels

Featured here

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Buddha on Lotus Embroidery

After all the old tattoo flash pinups, here is the Buddha on a lotus.  Just in case those were not your cup of tea! 

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Mermaid Pinup Embroidery

Tattoo flash pinup mermaid

I have heard them all.  But, yes, I bet she floats. 

 

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