Its been an entire month since I've felt well enough to soap. My weekends have been spent in my chair embroidering in the living room because I just haven't felt well. This past weekend I felt much better and made soap in my favorite scent and using my favorite colors. BB Lemon Verbena and...
I forgot to mention that the mushroom is a Lolli and Grace pattern. It has a YouTube instructional video.
I'm also working on a stitch a long from Lolli and Grace right now that is a beautiful flower pattern.
Janelle
Thank you! Its funny, I hadn't thought about that until now, but the things I planned to make for myself (up until my recent embroidery) never got finished- lol. Isn't that the way with us crafters? I do have two xstitch I made for my daughters' nursery packed away somewhere :) Yep, born and...
It sounds as if you have made some really amazing and gorgeous things! Up until this point I have placed the xstitch items I have made under glass; using picture frames to display them. That may have helped prevent fading due to sun. I just plan to hang these embroideries in a hoop in my...
Oh, I hadn't ever thought about it fading? I just use mostly DMC floss that I get from JoAnn's or Walmart.
However, I have had some of this floss for 20+ years and I haven't noticed any significant fading.
I learned the very basic stitches of embroidery when I was a little girl, but wow, I love the modern thread painting look and how far we've come from stamped flour sack dish towels! I hadn't embroidered in over 30 yrs, but recently watched a few videos and subscribed to some Instagram accounts...