Category: Embroidery

Embroidery – various

Still at the stage of buying designs… even though I spent a lot on PE Design 10. It is really complicated, and some of these designs are only a couple of dollars on-line and instantly downloadable. Although it is easy to lose a few hours scrolling through what is available!! I do like the free …

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Lymm Festival – Under the Sea 2018

I contributed some crocheted items to be put up around the village, and some embroidery for the under the sea picture. I bought the embroidery designs. The seahorse was a nightmare to stitch out. It is very thick in places and was either getting stuck, or ripping the soluble stabiliser. Cute though – yes?

Reversible Bolero plus embroidery 2017

I used the Simplicity 1819 again for this, but made it reversible this time. To go with two different outfits. This would go with the Truly Victorian skirt I had just made (from charity shop curtains), and re-use the embroidery designs I had done for ‘Time’. The new challenge here was positioning the embroidery designs …

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Alice through the Looking Glass – ‘Time’ – for Asylum 2017

This was probably my most adventurous make, and the first time as a known character – a cosplay. It seemed like a good idea at the time, when I was planning a ‘family’ theme. I managed to ‘sell’ it to Robin, but no-one else, and he still wanted to go as Time. For those of …

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