Archive | July 2023

Slow Stitchin’ on Sunday Mornings

Jul2

In these posts I want to share some of my favorite pieces, which will include wall hangings, small works, pillows, purses, and just because pieces.

Summer Picnic

Summer Picnic: This is a small wallhanging that I created to showcase my line of embroidery stencils, Embroidery Stencils, Crazy Quilt Seam Design Collection. I used a collection of cotton prints to create the base, from a wedge-pieced block that I designed. I embroidered the seams and open spaces with perle cotton, and stranded cotton floss. I embellished the piece with 2-hole and 4-hole buttons, and novelty buttons.

Materials Used:

  • Perle Cotton: #8 and #12
  • Cotton Floss: 2 or three strands
  • Embellishments: Vintage and new buttons

Embroidery Details:

  • Border Row Stitches: Blanket stitch, chevron stitch, cretan stitch, cross stitch row, feather stitch, feather stitch single, fern stitch modern, and herringbone stitch
  • Detail Stitches: Cross stitch, fly stitch, French knot stitch, lazy daisy stitch, and straight stitch
  • Embellishment Stitches: Stitched 2-hole buttons, stitched 4-hole buttons

You can find a set of directions on the C&T Publishing blog, to make the basic block, and how to use the stencils here. If you would like to learn more about my three sets of stencils, you can read a blog post here.

Happy Stitching to you all! ~Christen

Quilt Festival Long Beach, July 2023

Jul1

I am excited, and happy to announce that I will be presenting at the Quilt Festival Long Beach this year, in the Open Studios section. I will be presenting and demoing on the showroom floor, Saturday, July 8, 2023.

Saltwater Taffy Trimmings

The first demonstration will be on Embellishing with Decorative Trims from 12:00 – 2:00pm. I just created this new piece, that has many examples on how you can use decorative trims in your creative work. I will also have examples from my book, Creative Embroidery, Mixing the Old with the New.

Hooped Samplers

The second demonstration will be on Embroidering Within the Lines, from 2:00 – 4:00pm. I will be showing people how to use stencils, and other stitching aids in order to obtain a more consistent stitch. I created Hooped Samplers from the many, many, many, samplers that I stitched while teaching my class The Embroidery Corner, at Beverly’s Fabrics, (sadly and alas, this is not a class that I teach currently). I will have additional samplers, and examples from my book Hand Embroidery Dictionary.

Hope to see you all there!

Happy Stitching to you all ~Christen