Saturday, December 12, 2009

Xmas Craftin'

Here are some more things I've made.


Two more pillows I made! Making pillows is fun and I'm learning a lot in the process. The first is from the Black Apple/Sublime Stitching pattern. You can't really tell, but I weaved some glow in the dark thread on the ghost and on the first, middle, and last roof tops. I was proud of that. I am gonna try to get a picture of it glowing, too.


And, here is one I did from a Red Velvet Art pattern. It's my favorite.

Cupcakes!
Last but not least, this is from The Little Prince.
I can't wait to give all of these gifts to my friends. I really hope they like them!

Monday, December 7, 2009

More Handmade Christmas gifts!

Here is a pillow I made for a friend of mine. It's from the fan dancer pattern in the Sublime Stitching Embroidered Effects book. It's the first pillow I've ever made! I've got four more to make. I'm quite proud of that stitching...

And here is another Natalie Dee inspired piece. I made it for my friend who loves Natalie Dee.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Other Goodies

I made this for a friend from an Urban Threads pattern. www.urbanthreads.com
I made this apron using a Red Velvet Art font and some tarts I made out of felt that are also inspired by a Red Velvet Art tote. www.redvelvetart.com

That's all for now! I gotta get back to it!

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Cards and Gifts and That

I haven't posted in ages! Why is everyone's fucking birthday in December?? My sister, my grandparents, my friend Liz... also here are a few Xmas gifts I have completed.
For my sister- sorry it's blurry. I can't seem to take a decent picture. It's from a Sublime Stitching pattern from the Embroidered Effects book.

For my Granny- this is also sucky and blurry. The pattern is also from the Sublime Stitching Embroidered Effects book:

For my Grandad who likes hammers. I found this illustration on Natalie Dee's blog- www.nataliedee.com:
For my dad who loves John Deere tractors (his bday was in November, but I won't see him until Christmas):
And here is some embroidery on cloth!

This is for my friend Stephanie. I did a portrait of her in the style of the Red Velvet Art girls:
This is on an apron I did for my friend Brandi. It's from a Red Velvet Art pattern.

Here is an apron I did for my friend Liz, who likes tattoos and baking. I found the pattern a while back while doing a search for embroidery patterns:
Here's one for my friend Chris. He likes random weird stuff put together, like a unicorn swearing to a pegasus about Europe. Badbird pattern, and I found the funny quote on Stephanie Tillman's Flickr page.
That's all for now. I'll post the rest when I get them done!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

I am the best friend ever, again.

Here is some more stuff I've done. And old friend from high school is getting married on November 7th, so I made her this. It's from the Sublime Stitching Craft Pad. Sorry for the crooked picture, I took it crooked and I'm too lazy to fix it. I might at a later date. Here is something I've done from the Tara McPherson/Sublime Stitching collaboration patterns. I am pretty happy with the way it came out.
I just bought the Sublime Stitching Country Cool and Word Balloon patterns, and three skeins of glow in the dark floss from a local shop here in Austin. They said they think she's discontinuing the Word Balloon pattern. I've learned that I'd better get my grubby paws on her discontinued patterns or I'll never, ever have them. Boo! I think she discontinued the Handmade Nation one, and I'm sad that I didn't pick it up when I had the chance. :( Anyway, I have Christmas present ideas for those patterns and I can't wait to start them. That's all for now. Thanks for reading, Kristi, since you're mostly the only one who does ;) haha! And if anyone else happened upon this, thanks to you, too :)

Friday, October 23, 2009

Wild Olive's Teeny Tinies- Image Heavy!!

Here are the rest of the Teeny Tinies from Wild Olive. Not sure what I'll do with them... Sorry for some of the weird stitch work. These are so wittle tiny that it was hard to do some of them.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

So Many Patterns, So Little Time

I have so many things I want to stitch up. I have a ton of Wild Olive and Sublime Stitching patterns I've not done yet. I have a ton of other stuff as well that I've just found or people have passed down to me as well. And I've drawn up a couple of little things myself. I never know where to start, and I always get overwhelmed, so I decided to make a list. I have friends who have moved into new apartments, birthdays, and Christmas coming up, so I made a list of people I'm doing embroidery projects for, and I started on it Thursday. I did this one from an Urban Threads pattern. Yes, I know, they are evil, but I got this stuff before I knew they were evil and I'm not about to pitch it! I made it for my friend who's just moved into a new place. I think
it's adorable. We all love Cthulhu. This is another for his roommate. Here, I tried my hand at coloring the fabric. I'm a terrible color-er. I have the tendency to color in one direction and then totally switch it up, and I have to learn that is a no-no. But I think it came out okay anyhow.
That's it for now!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Cake is a Lie

Here is something I made for my boyfriend. I have to iron out the hoop mark, and then I'm gonna frame it for him.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Deathwish Dena

Ooookay, here is a Roller Girl that I did for my friend Deathwish Dena, who just joined a roller derby team here in Austin. I forget which team. So see, I'm not that gooda friend.

Anyhow, this is a Sublime Stitching pattern that I borrowed from a friend. For some reason, I was sort of intimidated by this one as well. Maybe because it's so detailed. But I think it came out nicely!

Mystery Gift- Thank You!

So I was sitting here at home, watching those horrible Judge shows on my day off, when there is a knock at my door. When I opened the door, there was a dude who handed me a padded envelope. Inside that envelope was the Sublime Stitching Craft Pad, which has tons of rad embroidery patterns. I did not order this. There was no invoice for this in the package. Using my amazing skills of deductive reasoning, I came to the conclusion that SOMEONE has sent me a gift, and for some reason, did not include anything telling me who they were! I love mystery gifts. If you're reading this, thank you so much. It makes me feel special.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Weekly Woes

I've been really busy this week. My car broke down and I had to go car shopping and stress about that for two days. Then I went to the premieres of Cabin Fever 2 and Zombieland. It's a wonder I've had time to do any sort of embroidery. But I did! Here is one of my very favorite things- a mushroom house.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Anniversary Weekend and More Embroidery

We went to San Antonio for a night to celebrate our 3rd dating anniversary. Besides making fun of many, many things, this is what I did on the way.

I'm giving this to my mom after I iron and frame it.



And here is my first embroidery done from a Natalie Dee picture. She is awesome. I plan to do several more. Just needs an ironing! If you're not familiar with her, visit her at www.nataliedee.com.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Wild Olive Stitching and How I Need More Practice

Here is another Wild Olive pattern I did. My embroidery never looks smooth, the cloth always looks pulled too tight around the stitches. Maybe my cloth isn't tight enough in the hoop? I have one of those spring hoops I use, but it doesn't keep the fabric stretched tight at all. I think I may graduate to a plastic hoop rather than the spring one.

I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but on the little "shiny" spot, I used silky silver thread so it looked like it was shiny.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Some Pretty Shitty Embroidery...

Okay, here are two new ones I did. The first one is from the Kitschy Digital Goods Kawai Fruits pattern. I chose the wrong fabric for this. I thought it would look cute but the pattern is sort of lost in the business of the gingham. Plus, the fabric itself is not the best to stitch on...
And for your viewing pleasure, a crude hanger. I have no idea why I think this is cool.
I have to get to work, so that's all for now!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

I'm baaaack!

Sorry for the brief hiatus, some other things were distracting me from my creative time. But, I’m back to it, and will happily post my stuff again. I like to write a ton on my blogs, but I think I will refrain from doing so and just post some photos of what I’ve done. I also have another project going on, inspired by Twinkie Chan. You can find her on Facebook. She does these amazing accessories, mostly knitted or crocheted, and they are food themed. My favorite stuff of hers is her scarves. They are SO awesome. I may have to buy a couple, even though it doesn’t really get cold enough in Texas to wear them very often. Anyway, I can’t knit, and I can’t crochet, so I thought I’d try my hand at making light scarves out of fleece. I just need to come up with some designs. When I get around to doing so, I will definitely post them. Until then, here is some stuff I’ve done in the interim: First, my Love/Hate Relationship barrettes. Yes, they’re giant, but I am an admitted victim to the giant things in my hair trend. I was thinking of making smaller ones, sewing them together, and making smaller barrettes and some pins as well. My boyfriend drew the banner, because I cannot draw.
Here is another Black Apple/Sublime Stitching pattern. I think this little guy is supposed to be a ghost.
Here’s a tiny robot I did. It’s currently hanging in my cubicle at work.
Recycle Heart!
That's all for now. I have one thing I finished today, and another I'm working on, and then I'll post those photos. I'll also get one of the Love/Hate barrettes in action.