In my spare time I have been enjoying some hand embroidery. I used to do a lot of it, mostly fall and snowmen and made them into pillows. So when I saw Melissa at Pinker n Punkin Quilting was stitching these adorable snowmen blocks I jumped on the snowmen bandwagon!
And three more, they are a pretty quick stitch. At first I did one in an evening. Then I stretched it out into two evenings. I wasn't in a hurry.
And then I ran out of embroidery thread and I had to find a printer to print out a few more. I finally got the thread and found a printer to use at the library. So now I have one more done. Eeek that is a horrible photo, the lighting was not very good! They are all stitched on a very white fabric called Prairie cloth I think, I don't have the bolt handy to check. But it is a nice heavy cotton, I love the feel of it. I used a FriXion pen to trace the pattern to the fabric. Then I can gently press with a hot iron to make any lines disappear when I am done. Speaking of done, I have no idea yet of the setting for these cuties. Might be one quilt or it might be two or even three wall hangings.
I have always preferred to use a thin batting behind my fabric while I stitch and then I don't hoop my piece. It just feels comfortable to me. There is one more in progress now and then I need to find more of that batting in order to finish up the twelve blocks. So that is what has been hanging out on my design wall, what's on yours?
Oh by the way, Happy Valentines to all my quilty peeps!!!
These are so cute! They'll look great on whatever you put them on.
ReplyDeletethose are cute - I have some snowmen started somewhere and never finished them!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! You are buzzing right along with getting them done! Will be fun to see how you finish them.
ReplyDeleteVery cute. I used to love to do hand embroidery. Hum, I think I have a Halloween one that should be stitched up!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day, Vicki! Your Frosties look great! I have 9 finished, and then decided to try some cross-stitch. Time to trace #10!
ReplyDeleteYour snowmen are adorable! I know you will do something wonderful with these guys. Happy Stitching!
ReplyDeleteThose are adorable snowmen! I've been hand stitching a bit too, working on applique of the blue hexies onto background squares.
ReplyDeleteCute embroideries, Vicki!! Love the snowflakes falling around the snowmen!
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous and I love your technique...perfect when it will be a pillow or quilted item.
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki! These snowmen are so darn cute. I think another blogger made these as well (Diann). I've saved the link for prosperity. I prefer to skip the hoop for hand stitching, too, although I've never tried a bit of batting. Thanks for the tip! {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
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