house free embroidery pattern

Hello everybody!

I have to tell you that I have been terribly sick again. This cold just does not want to go away! These last days I could not even speak, I lost my voice and I was feeling really ill (nausea and everything). I had a lot of stamps to finish and ship and this is the first time I felt with not energy to make stamps, so I had to force myself to take a rest and that is what I did yesterday afternoon.

But because I am an obsessive and compulsive crafter I just could not let go, and my embroidery basket (which has been abandoned by my TV chair) kept "looking" at me in a persuasive way and I could not resist grabbing the basket and seeing what was inside. Well, needles to say, I started (and finish!) a little embroidery design, I even drew the pattern to share it with you. Hope you like it, you can see that the colors that I chose are kind of dull and not very happy, but I guess it was because I was not feeling well.



For directions about how to transfer your pattern visit Floresita’s blog here
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free embroidery pattern

This time I want to share with all my blog visitors and readers this embroidery pattern. I made this drawing for my Illustration Blog and I thought that this same drawing will make a beautiful embroidery design.



You can use the design for a pillow, a quilt, a dress or whatever comes to your mind. I embroidered this one for the center of a pillow. I will add a border with different fabrics (patchwork) that match the embroidery thread colors.

Here is a tutorial created by Floresita about how to use a transfer pencil. You are going to need Floresita's tutorial in order to trace this free pattern onto your fabric. LINK
Make sure to visit Floresita's blog because she has wonderful ideas, patterns and nice crafty and embroidery articles (she runs a couple more blogs too).

I hope you enjoy this pattern and if you have any questions, just leave a comment and I will answer right here.

Click the picture to get the pattern



The pattern is a jpeg file. If you want to make it smaller or bigger, you can reduce or enlarge it on a photocopy machine OR use a picture program like photoshop to resize it.
Another way to enlarge or reduce the pattern is to open your print preview option from your browser window, there you will have a little window on the top that says "shrink to fit" click on the arrow next to it and you will have a series of percentages and even a custom size option. Select the desired percentage and you will be able to see the desired size of your pattern.

felt key rings

I will be making more of these and listing them on my Etsy shop pretty soon.
I have so much fun making these little key rings but it takes a while to make them, they are little but time consuming.
I have been sketching some other fun designs but in the meantime if you have not seen how I make these key rings take a look at my tutorial. There I show how to make one of these. Link.

crafting with felt

I just love how many things I can make with felt. I made a watermelon needlebook and a kitty pouch. Love the vibrant colors of felt too.

heart felt + embroidery barrettes

I made these for a swap. I have been thinking about making a tutorial about how to make these, coming soon :).

Inspiration

I was very inspired by this photo. I thought about copying the design for a bigger bag, But then I thought it would be perfect to adorn a t-shirt or jeans. So I copied the design and added some stitching of my own to a girl's shirt (I bought many of these at walmart.) I loved the way it turned out. I added some french knots to simulate flowers and stitched some grass. I used fusible stabilizer on the wrong side of the shirt so the fabric won't stretch when I did the stitching with the sewing machine. Here are some photos of how nice a simple and inexpensive shirt can look with some felt and embroidery thread.