For my next contribution to Connie’s Under the Sea crazy quilt block I stitched a little hermit crab.
I picked a salmon coloured perle 5 for his body and front claws. Then I added two lazy daisy stitches for his eyes. Chain stitched was used for his other legs.
I then picked a variegated thread for his [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Stitched hermit crab
Posted in Crazy Patchwork, Embroidery, Round Robins, tagged crab, Crazy Patchwork, Embroidery, stitching, under the sea on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Under the sea – tatting and embroidery
Posted in Round Robins, Tatting, tagged crazy quilting, Embroidery, fish, Tatting, under the sea on August 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I am participating in a Crazy Quilt round robin with a theme of Under the Sea. I have Connie’s block to work on at the moment, and a particular deep turquoise patch was crying out for a fish to swim into it.
I decided to tat a fish from a free pattern I found online at [...]
My earliest needlework project
Posted in Embroidery, tagged children, huckweaving, needlecase, needlework, stitching on August 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Can you remember your very first piece of embroidery? Have you just completed it or did you stitch it many years ago?
Mine has been hiding in a drawer for over 40 years and it came to light yesterday so I thought I would share it with you.
I made this little huck embroidered needlecase when I [...]
