Embroidery

Knowing that I would be in Florida for three months and knowing that I would not have a machine and all the other goodies in my home studio, I thought I would do a lot of hand work. I did do a couple of small pieces for my FiberWork group and  I was pleased with those results. I had looked at a lot of "modern" embroidery on Pinterest and looked forward to doing those. I tried two and they were both big flops and I gave up on them before I went too far.

Then I remembered how much I enjoyed working on a denim jeans jacket. a couple of years ago. I did an original paisley design on the front and back. I loved working on it and I loved the results. You can see it all here.

I follow Linda McLoughlin's blog and admire her tenacity and talent as she shares her daily and weekly art. One of her recent projects is embroidering different circles over a period of time on a vintage napkin. See her fabulous work here.

So with Linda's permission to borrow her idea, I started this week on a white jeans jacket with circular designs,  doing different embroidery stitches in each one. I started with the basics....running stitch, chainstitch, French knots, and button hole. I will keep adding circles as I go along, filling it in  and will do a little seed stitch in the background. I love how you can go to YouTube and learn how to do anything, including all those embroidery stitches.

French Knots

running stitch

chain stitch

buttonhole

I will show you my progress as I go along. Please come back. I am linking up with Off the Wall Friday.

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