Project 2 - Stage 1

Now my attempts at hand embroidery. I tried to include as many different embroidery stitches as possible as well as different types of materials of thread like yarn, embroidery yarn, silk and cord. I know the flowers and butterfly motif isn't really creative but I started very unintentionally and that is what was flowing out of my needle. Some of the stitches have been new to me and I had to practice first. This was really fun and such a calming and feel good thing to do!

Book Review

This book is beautiful. The layout, the pictures, the inspirations. It is divided in three parts for the different colours red, white and blue. This is traditional french embroidery explained and simplified. Loads of small project, beautiful little craft gems. The instructions are clear and easy to follow and the presentation helps along. The only minus point I would have is that some of the motifs are just plain or inappropriate, like Father Christmas for example. There is nothing french heirloom about that.

So when I bought this book (online, therefore I didn't really know what to expect) I was very much looking forward to some traditional embroidery patterns and motifs. It's not quite like that but really the colour combinations and the play with plain is most beautiful. I think I will use this as an inspiration and will work it out with mixed media like print and stitch.

Inspiring Photos - Themes