ITH bunny 4x4 Sue asked me to resize my ITH bunny to fit a 4x4 hoop. I lowered the density of the fill stitches in the ear and the snout. Stitching took 5 minutes, turning it right side out turned out to be an exercise for nimble fingers. But
Notebook covers. I was asked for a number of items for a raffle. Made these covers for A6 notebooks. They are both made from a strip of velour (got that when I shortened my daughters curtains); the one one the left is free hand embroidery over the
Latest addition to the menagerie.
Sheep glove puppet I digitised a hairline, stitched it in white and thus it is invisible. Next time I'll do it in grey.
Penguin. I've been trying to make a penguin puppet (right); it looks strange in the picture as it's one black mass, but a lot better in real life. Turning the arms inward make it look a bit better (left). A bit shorter at the bottom and it would
Tiger. I'm making Sue's handpuupets for my GD and digitised a tiger to go with all the friendly animals.
A friend asked me to make a replica of the favourite toy of her GD that was sucked and bitten so much it was ready to be trashed. I cut roughly the same shape and digitised a head - the original had a gathered and filled circle just like the 'hands'. Us
Valentine card Embroidered the design twice on the card on the right. The single design has 2163 stitches, so it stitches in minutes. And there's no law that forbids to stitch it on things other than cards.
Biscornu It has 3044 stitches and fits a 4x4 hoop. I whip-stitched the parts together, which gave nice sharp corners. A bit more work than the 'normal' pincushion but A more interesting shape.
ITH pincushion and ITH needlebook.
ITH little purse #2 Had to try a different one. When it was stitching I realised the motif would be nice for a coaster, a pincushion or a needle holder. So back to the machine.
ITH purse I once bought Husqvarna's CD "Little purses in the hoop" and made lots of those. They were for a 150x240 or 150x360 hoop. My Ruby has a 200x360, so I made one for that hoop. Used the decorative stitches Embird offers and a few I digiti
Flower with mylar Almost 3 years ago I digitised a design to be embroidered (both the complete design as well as the parts) scattered on a light weight scarf. Today I was looking for something to use on a book cover. I tested it with mylar and
Coaster for Valentine Inspired by Sue's coaster I made one too. Digitised the little hearts fill stitches. Not following my own advice to use wss for ITH projects, I ran into trouble: the outside satin stitches perforated the tear away stab
Valentine giftcard holder Made these today. Me and my camera are not the best of friends at the moment as you can see. The top one is felt. The lower is made of fine corduroy; a remnant of a skirt my daughter made. It had beautiful flowers embro