Back in January, I bought a selection of stitchery designs from Poppy Patch - these are all by the Australian designer Natalie Bird, of The Birdhouse Patchwork Designs. These patterns - Hearts Return, Friendship Tree and Follow Your Heart - all include both a traceable paper pattern, along with a pre-printed calio design. Once the calico had been pressed, I added a piece of lightweight fusible interfacing to the back, and chose a selection of DMC embroidery threads for the hand embroidery. One of these designs can be personalised with your name and the year - I wrote this very simply on a piece of paper, which I then traced onto the calico, using a lightpad and a Micron Pigma pen...
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...I always use a wooden embroidery hoop, to keep the fabric taut. Along with a Hiroshima Tulip embroidery needle, the stitchery designs were completed using a few very simple hand embroidery stitches. Once the designs were stitched, they were pressed, then rolled around a cardboard tube to prevent them from getting creased, while I deliberated over how to frame them...
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...a quick trip to Hobbycraft recently provided me with some inspiration - rather than frame these ones individually, I decided to keep them together and put them in them in a larger frame. I can't believe it took me so long to finally get them completed, but now they're in a frame they'll definately be put on display!
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