Another paint and stitch card; this time it's a tree for my brother. The biggest difference with this one is that the design is completely my own.
Tag: embroidery
Paint & stitch bunny
Bunnies are a recurring theme in my card making, so it was only a matter of time before one turned up in paint and stitch form.
Stitch Club: wrapped horsehair initial
I knew that I would be trying things that I hadn't tried before when I joined Stitch Club, but I never imagined that I would be buying horsehair and wrapping it in thread.
Paint & stitch shell
I shall be spending January tidying up after 2024, and that includes writing up projects from last year. The first of those is this floral shell paint & stitch card.
Paint & stitch robot
Another paint and stitch card; this time it's a happy robot who had a difficult journey to reach his destination.
Paint & stitch Beaker
Paint and stitch and more stitch. And different stitches. And my first muppet. Well, I had to put in extra effort for my other half's birthday.
Stitch Club: sequin and bead flowers
In this workshop I got to use my bead and sequin stash for something more than just embellishing handmade cards. This time they take centre stage.
Paint & stitch cats
The second of my paint & stitch cards — a pair of cats this time — and I'm starting to develop and refine the process.
Paint & stitch owl
I came up with a process that would allow me to make interesting embroidered cards without panicking about the number of upcoming birthdays and the work that could involve.
Embroidered Plaza cinema
Keeping up the tradition of never wanting to choose the simple option, I decided to embroider a cinema for this 60th birthday card.
Stitch Club: plane leaf
I took one preserved plane leaf and added stitch, couching, and lots and lots of bullion knots and ended up with this response to a prompt to use materials foraged from nature.
Stitch club: stitched bridge
Not all embroidery has to be neat and pristine, sometimes it's good to take tidy stitches and go full-on grunge with a distressed mixed media approach.
Stitch Club: stitched profile
I almost didn't do this workshop, but then my interest in the techniques overcame my dislike of doing faces and I ended up creating one of my favourite pieces so far.
Stitch Club: organic blanket stitch
I'd seen Mirjam's work on Instagram and loved her interpretation of blanket stitch, so of course it was one of the first Stitch Club workshops I chose to do.
Delightful stitch
I nearly didn't make any Mother's Day cards this year. But then inspiration struck and, instead of colouring them with Copic markers, I embroidered some flowers.
Crafty Rat 