june at noon

I’m going to lighten my posting load just a bit for the rest of the month, I think, so you may see fewer words, but hopefully the photos will supply their own stories. Several of you asked about this throw pillow after seeing it in the sneak peek on Friday. Yes, it is an embroidered [...]

For several years now, I’ve been aware that I am drawn to a certain style of embroidery, both to look at and to stitch myself, when I’m just doing freehand designs. I never knew what to call it other than “folksy.” But then I came across the book Scandinavian Needlecraft by Clare Youngs, and suddenly [...]

Here I am, working on a pile of mending and fixing that has been sitting—quite literally—for at least two years. Like the pair of Summer pants that had a slight stain on one of the pockets. I did some freehand embroidery in the same color family as the stain to disguise it. The pants have [...]

You may recall I felt the need to freehand a roundy embroidered piece. So I did. I used a fresh, blue linen and some very pale perle cotton and just went ’round and ’round until I felt like it was done. I backed it using this technique, and I like how it adds a little [...]

I decided to draw up a pattern for the new embroidery, which I’ve just finished. I’m particularly pleased with a new finishing technique I’ve discovered, as it adds a nice pop of color to the back. (And if you’re like me, you like little surprises like that!) I’ve decided to wait to unveil the embroidery [...]

Though I have plenty of other projects on my list, real to-do’s that I’d like to get to soonish, I decided last night to ignore all that and start another roundy, freehand embroidery. This time I’m feeling the cool, fresh blue of the linen and a pale blue perle cotton thread. It’s nearly finished and [...]

This is the aforementioned slightly (deliciously) wonky mini quilt. I did a raw-edge applique for the girls’ clothes, some simple stitching, and a little bit of special finishing to the yarn ball. I don’t normally do a lot with blue, but lately it’s been appealing to me, especially the way it brightens this particular piece. [...]

Here’s one of the two embroideries I finally finished up this week. I kept it simple, using single strands of thread on a rough linen and a lacing technique (in bright red perle cotton thread) to mount it. Both the original embroidery and the pattern, if you want to make your own, are in the [...]

This week I’ve got a simple embroidery ready for its last stitches. Then I’ll finish it up—I’m thinking a cushion, or a mini quilt, or … hmmm, not sure yet. When it’s done it’ll go into the shop, along with a pattern you can use if you want to make one for yourself! It’s back [...]

I’ve been working on finishing an embroidery based on a recent illustration. For some reason it’s been slow going, I think because once I’d finished the drawing, I moved on mentally. It was done, and I didn’t really feel like reworking it. I did carry on, and it’s ready to be finished off into a [...]