Sunday, April 27, 2014

Sublime Stitching

Hello there!
Today I'm blogging about hand stitching. I absolutely LOVE it. I'm still not very great at it, but it's something I'll have to practice more at. That means, I'll have more stuff to decorate my walls with!! I'm excited about that! We don't really have much on our walls, and I'd love to have them almost covered.
So I do have one finished project I was able to get a picture of. It's the white rabbit from Bad Birds blog. It's a free pattern and they're great for taking them and changing them just a tad. Here's what I came up with
Now, I didn't change the pattern a lot, just a little.


So, I got some books with patterns for hand stitching. Here's a great site for pretty much everything you need to start and finish your hand stitching projects. Plus there's so much free info on their, it's really worth checking out. Here you go, Sublime Stitching. There's really so much cool stuff there. It really makes you feel comfortable about starting a new craft. So if you're not into hand stitching because it's never been something you tried, just give it a shot. You don't know how awesome you'll be at it, if you don't try it, at least once. At best, you have an awesome piece to give as a gift, frame for yourself, or sell. At worst, you have something you tried and found out if you liked it or not. I hope you enjoy yourself with any project you try. So, I encourage anyone that happens upon this blog, to try something new! Share your progress or your issues with it!! There's bound to be someone that can help you! And if you're not a skin, we can't help.

Until next time,
Tonya @Woollyghoulie

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Hand Stitchery

I've been getting back into hand embroidery the last couple of days. I found a blog, BadBirds, and there's a bunch of cute and free patterns. I fell in love with the rabbit patterns. They're adorable, kinda creepy and simple. Perfect for me, because I'm not very good at the stitching thing just yet. I really enjoy it, it's relaxing, and you can pretty much stitch whatever it is that you want. I've just been stitching for my personal use  because, like I said, they're not very good. I'll have a couple samples of my work here in a couple days. I have ordered some books, to help me out with the details. They have patterns and tips and tricks! I'll be posting about them too. I'm really excited about those books. I do have a couple other books on hand embroidery and cross stitch, I'll dig those out and share them with you also. There's a bunch of cool cross stitch patterns that are more modern and creepy. I'm really excited about that! I can't to get some patterns stitched up, and even start making my own!

On another note, I will be crocheting some wash cloths, face wash cloths and dish cloths soon, and posting them with the stitches I use. I can tell you this, they'll be simple, cute and cotton. I think that cotton is best for wash cloths.

So there's some things to be looking for from yours truly!
Until next time,
Tonya@Woollyghoulie