Make it your own embroidery class -- show your work

[JANET E.]

My small beginning.

[Helen W.]

Irene, Thank you for posting your Brazillian embroidery. You do beautiful work. I love it when skilled
quilters jump into a project even if it was directed towards beginners. You have so much to offer.When Carole B started her Color My World quilt on linen and done all by hand, I was so impressed that went out and bought Sue Spargo's stitch book. I only learned the back stitch
and did a couple other stitches a little bit. Here is a picture of my Back Stitch Moose. HelenW

[Irene A.]

Your backstitch moose is lovely. I love handwork. Am known for my redwork. Took lessons on Brazilian embroidery in 2002. Have about 15 completed blocks. Also do silk ribbon embroidery and beads which I incorporate into Brazilian and redwork. Brings out my creativity!

[Helen W.]

Here is my pieced background. Don't know the orientation I am going to use. I am thinking about putting a silhouette scene on
it and then the stitches will be in bright colors. Won't be able to work on it until the weekend. HelenW

[Jo Anne]

Here is my background piece for our embroidery fun. I used silks that I have had for probably 20 years… a fellow teacher gave them to me. I have 5 yds. or so of the colors in the picture plus a black one and a white with stenciled black leaves. Some are Jim Thompson Thai Silk and some are T. Shinawatra Thai Silk. And BTW, silk fabric does not smell good! I googled the smelly problem many years ago and found that you’re supposed to put in on a hanger and take it outside to air for a few days… hmmm…

[Doses]

My design. Marked circles will work on it like a Crazy quilt .

[Karla W.]

Love the crazy quilt idea for your design!

[Yolanda C.]

Do you cut and make the background first then put the whole stabilizer on the back or cut each one and put the stabilizer on then sew them together? Thank you

[Linda L.]

Stabilizer on first, then cut and piece

[Kathi B.]

I’m just getting started, but I’m loving exploring new stitches. So far I’ve used Sue Spargo’s book and some from the blog Pintangles. Thanks, Alex!

[Linda L.]

This is looking great

[Jackie M.]

[Jackie M.]

I found these other silks in my crazy quilt stash.

[Jackie M.]

I'm thinking of adding to the kit I got from TQS ( also in photo) or not.

[chclar]

Got my fabric pieced tonight. I really like how it turned out. Not sure if I'm going to do circles, straight lines, or a combination of both. Shall ponder the possibilities. Not sure how much I will get done. Have friends party here on 18th and Christmas day with family. This weekend is for cleaning. Blah, then cooking after that. Have a wonderful Christmas everyone. Chris Clar

[Carol G.]

Got my background together tonight. I've never worked with silk anything before. The fabric is gorgeous.
Edit-the pic is sideways, needs to be 1/4 turn clockwise

[Noella D.]

I still haven’t received my TQS order. I guess it is in hold at the US / Canadian border. But I decided to try some embroidery on some of the fabric my friend gave me. I saw the blue as an aquarium, lol. So I decided I’d put a Koi on it. I finally got around to trying some embroidery, after fiddling with cutting around the fish for some of the day. I used the stem stitch, and DMC embroidery floss.
Here I also ironed down the piece where I embroidered it to erase the markings and flatten the fabric. I will try a hoop next time.
I had fun!
Thanks Alex for this calm oasis, in my case I even have the water for the oasis, lol!

[Helen W.]

Barbara, somehow I posted to your picture instead of the correct spot. Sorry. Can you move it? HelenW

[Karla W.]

Love how you are combining different techniques! This looks fabulous!

[Barbara B.]

Helen, I can’t move it from a visitor message. So just post again here, people will want to see your canvas.

[Karla W.]

Making progress with embroidery on circles. Using stem stitch with purple Presencia size 8 thread. The background is a variety of Moda Grunge. I've been using Moda Grunge with my embroidery projects for the last 6 months. It's easy to stitch through and leaves an interesting shadowing. My background is 20 inches square. It could end up being a pillow, wallhanging, or used in a bag. We'll see! Happy Stitching, All!
Karla from Maryland

[Toni J.]

working on circles and ovals. From Toni Johnson