My new obsession – Swedish embroidery. Love the color. Love the flowers. Love the style. What is it? It’s rich – full of life and character. It’s a feeling. Here are some ex…
Art Gallery Fabrics Bijoux collection in the style Sublime Stitchery - Spring. I have 10 yards available and can cut any amount you choose. Please send me a message under "conversations" if you have any questions at all. Thank you for browsing!
Introducing the Sublime Bag sewing pattern, the February release for Bag of the Month Club and designed by Sew Sweetness.
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Moomin Embroidery Patterns are here! Read more...
Mexican loteria cards embroidery designs! Iron on embroidery patterns from the embroidery library of Jenny Hart.
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Chanel, Dior, Hermès, Jean-Paul Gaultier and you. What's the connection? Each of these fabled couture houses, and many others, have incorporated these pure silk threads from Au Ver à Soie ("oh vair uh swah" which means "the silkworm") in their creations, and now, so can YOU. Have you embroidered with silk before? Doesn
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Oh, I know how you fret and fuss over the placement of your lettering. And with the recent release of Ribbons & Banners, you must really be having fits. Want some ideas? Okay then, have a look here. I worked up several examples for you: All of the banners shown can be found on the Ribbons & Banners sheet! 1. "S
A collection of blank banners for your stitched sayings!
Are you as excited as I am to finally have Erin Paisley's work in the Artist Series? I dunno...I'm pretttty pretty pretty danged giddy about it! >biting nails< I have admired Erin's artwork and embroidery for several years. I'm not the only one -she has quite the fan following. Her work is disarmingly simple an
The custom embroidery floss palettes curated by Sublime Stitching are the best! Each palette has seven 8.75 yard skeins of the finest quality six-strand embroidery floss and a color theme. Adding to the fun are secret messages on the paper bands! Pictured is the Frosting palette and includes: Pink Ribbon * Melon Ball * Butter Pat *Reception Mint *Blue Fondant *Lavender Sugar * Cookie Sheet The floss used is 100% Egyptian Cotton, extra long staple fibers, mercerized, colorfast and fade resistant. Colors are not sold individually.
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Clare Wassermann
These are from the spiral bound sublime stitching book, instant stitching gratification! There done in stem stitch with variagated floss, good fun!
Big beautiful flowers! Botanical hand embroidery patterns with bumble bees, frogs, poppies, roses and more for hand embroidery!
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Animales acuáticos se sumergen en los intrincados bordados de Megan Zaniewski
Ed. note: Last month, in honor of National Librarian Week, we asked poet and librarian Stephanie Brown (Domestic Interior) to tell us about her discovery of an exciting sub-genre of pulp erotica. In these sexcapades, the librarian is the object of admiration and fantasy. Stephanie happily obliged with the following roundup: Twenty years ago, in my first job as a librarian, a man cornered me in the 800’s section and recited a fantasy that involved me, him, a red dress, and the race track. Little did I know that he was probably confusing me with one of the librarians who live on the pages of pulp erotica and porn novels. Here are a few of my favorites, from the tame to the tempestuous: “For four years Major Sam Griffin had stayed away from Serenity, Texas, gruffly avoiding the fact that he was still heartachingly [sic] in love with the woman who almost married his brother. Now home on leave, the devastatingly handsome pilot had to face the beautiful Emma Dalton again.” (The Major and the Librarian by Nikki Benjamin). We who work in public libraries know that Sam can just walk in and hang out all day bothering Emma. If she asks him to leave, he can claim his rights as a taxpayer so that he can watch her bend, stretch, and walk the floor in her form-fitting pencil-skirt, which she probably does, since afterall this is a Silhouette Romance. Perhaps Emma wants Sam to hang out all day. While librarians are often portrayed as humorless neuters and rule-bound fussbudgets, we all know that rule-bound women just love to rule their willing partners. In the world of librarian porn, a sex maniac lives behind the lorgnette those orthopedic shoes: "The prim miss took off more than her mask of respectability behind the stacks...with any man who asked" (Nympho Librarian (right) by Les Tucker). This milquetoast has certainly met his match with this black bra clad dominatrix. He’s tied up, but is he willing? I think so! I hope library patrons who encountered them “behind the stacks” had a good look. Voyuerism in the library is a common theme in librarian-sex romps, and our librarian is just as likely to be the voyeur as she is the gazed-upon. She likes to watch her students go at it and it makes her hot, that’s what. Lots of voyeurs look at librarians too, masturbating by their open apartment windows, one of the many Rabelaisian adventures that happen to this gal. Take, for instance, Nick Eastwoods Naughty Voyeur Librarian, which begins "It was Karen Evans' first day on the job as head librarian of the exclusive Pinecrest School.": And this: “Though not quite a classic on a par with The Librarian Loves to Lick, and lacking the studied innocence of Horny Peeping Librarian, still, The Librarian's Naughty Habit (above right) is easily the finest account of sex and the circulation desk that we at the Ophelia Press can legally do.” Wasting no time at...
A frenzy of French knots! Someone has an addiction. Her name is Chrissy (aka Whimsipoppy) and she's been making these beautiful explosions of French knots! They caught my eye while flipping through photos on Instagram. Wish you could master the French knot? I bet a dollar you will with this fool-proof French knot tuto
Big beautiful flowers! Botanical hand embroidery patterns with bumble bees, frogs, poppies, roses and more for hand embroidery!
I have been collecting vintage flocked fabrics for over 30 years, I adore the Swiss dot fabrics and the sweet tiny florals. I am downsizing my collections and have decided to sell these fabrics. I spent a lovely afternoon trimming, ironing, and fluffing while I listened to Pandora and the fabric bundles are all ready and in the shop tonight. This aqua and pink collection is the sweetest, these lovely flocked sheer fabrics are amazing! From the 1950s these fabrics were used for ladies aprons, little girl Sunday dresses, one even had the original tag pinned on still that said F.W. Woolworth Co. $1.98 Washable Needs No Ironing. thank goodness! This collection has the most beautiful flocked florals and the yellow fabric with the sweet bows is just charming! My mother made me and my 4 sisters Sunday dresses and clothes for our dolls with these treasures... how I love those memories~ petticoats, white lace tights and patent leather shoes... Lavender is still one of my favorite colors for little girls, add a bit of mint green and pale yellow and you have the perfect summer collection. These prints are perfect for little dolly dresses. One of my customers in Spain made a little quilt with some of my vintage fabrics. Oh and those vintage gold stork scissors are a bit worn but the new favorite on my desk. Who knew they would be so very sharp and cut so nicely through silk ribbons. Then there is the yellow and aqua collection, these soft sheer fabrics have gorgeous flocking and the most subtle patterns. Bundles include 8 fabrics measuring approx 11 X 8 inches. I do have a couple double bundles available that measure 22 X 8 inches if you are needing a bit more fabric for ruffles...
Finger labyrinths are wonderful tools for meditation and relaxation. Stitch your own beautiful labyrinths with the Sublime Stitching Labyrinth pattern. Includes 4 different designs.PRODUCT INFO:: Sublime Stitching Labyrinth Iron on Transfer Embroidery Pattern:: You will receive an envelope with the Pattern, Transfer Instructions and Basic Embroidery instructions. -- Sorry, but this item is not available as a digital download:: The patterns are Re-Usable! The image will transfer several times. Once the ink has been depleted you can still use your pattern with Carbon Transfer Sheets or Transfer Pens:: Patterns will transfer onto Fabric, Card stock and Wood for a variety of crafting possibilities. * Snuggly Monkey is an Authorized Sublime Stitching Retailer.** Please note that the ink does not wash out. These patterns are intended to be transferred to your work surface and then covered with stitching, wood burning, markers, etc. *** This pattern IS NOT available for commercial use - it is for personal use only. To sell items made with these images, you must obtain a license from Sublime Stitching.
Have you ever come across the amazing embroidery work of martha mood? Oh, My, Goodness!! It is truly remarkable. I stumbled across this wonderful book, the sublime heritage of martha mood - v.2 by lester kierstead henderson, the other day...
Ryan Berkley pattern from Sublime Stitching
If you're a fan of Sublime Stitching, no doubt you saw the new Laurel Canyon embroidery floss collection that was just released. With it, Sublime has also released a free arrow embroidery pattern that you can snag for a limited time. Watch this video series with Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching if you need to brush up on your embroidery basics. The series covers everything from loading your embroidery hoop to the five most common stitches. Get embroidery patterns on sale at Embroidery Online. More Embroidery Patterns Have an itch to stitch even more? Check out a few of these embroidery patterns from our CraftFoxes. These felt embroidered gift tags from Leigh Laurel Studios are the perfect DIY touch to any gift — even if it's just a bottle of wine! Rachael of imagine gnats shared a free superhero embroidery pattern with us. The pattern was designed for Valentine's Day, but we'd display it all year 'round. You should also check out Rachael's sewing sayings embroidery; it's perfect craft room decor!
Tessellations are shapes that snuggle together without gaps or overlap, can go on forever, and can make fascinating interlocked designs. Among the best known are the tiles at the Alhambra Palace in Spain. The (relatively) modern world’s most admired tessellator was 20th century Dutch artist M.C. Escher who was heavily influenced by the Alhambra. His intricate and imaginative compositions contained creatures like fish and birds, sometimes morphing from one to the other. Several contemporary quilters are accomplished and original tessellators. Perhaps best-known is Jinny Beyer, who, in 1999, published easily the most complex quilt/craft book ever written: Designing Tessellations, The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns. In this Ph.D.-worthy tome, Beyer found that two existing scientific notation methods didn’t meet her needs, so she improved them, plus discovered some new ways to tessellate. Here's a Beyer stunner with gradated trees that read right side up and upside down. One of the amazing things about her work is that most things are pieced, a non-trivial accomplishment, because tessellated shapes' outlines rarely conform to e-z cutting or piecing methods. (Find her patterns and books at JinnyBeyer.com.) Another flippin' genius quilter-tessellater is Raymond Houston, who has developed accessible and enjoyable games that create abstract geometrical designs with straight lines, and, more recently, curved, flowing Celtic knots. Thrill to his work at nachograndmasquilts.com. (Houston fuses his knots, as seen here. His pre-Celtic work is here.) There many are other tessellation quilt patterns and books - please feel free to recommend your favorites in the comments. Here's my humble contribution to the genre. I'm calling this quilt 'Fish, Fox, Feline, Flowers, Pink Flamingos and Beyond.' Each of those entities is quilted into the top. Because everything I do is e-z, it's based on a fun tessellations game practiced by grade school students - cutting pieces off from a shape and taping them to the opposite sides. I was launched by this terrific tutorial by awesome art quilter and blogger Kay Sorenson. After cutting the basic shapes from paper (which resemble leaves), I went off in a different direction. I created “characters” for the shapes, a la Escher, and arranged them on-point, which dramatically reduced the need for pinpoint cutting accuracy, and made the quilt relatively easy and quick to fuse (since most "pieces" don't need fusing in place - they're pink background fabric.) (OK, I regret the pepto-bismol hue. Next time: Blue.) The characters are straight-line machine quilted into each piece. The reverse can be a high-contrast thread drawing that evokes an Escher sketch (or an Etch-a-Sketch, for those of us who are not drawing geniuses). Here's my reverse side: If you would like more guidance than in this blog post, I wrote up detailed step-by-step directions in a 15-page pattern, here. The most fun part is brainstorming ideas for the paper-cut shapes. Invent and sketch your own creatures, or borrow ideas from my two-dozen plus candidates, which also include: This is a fun activity to do in partnership with talented draw-ers, and/or an artsy-craftsy child (or child at heart). They will love playing with cut-out paper to make magic tessellating shapes, then doodling the characters into them. Want more tessellation eye candy? There's plenty in the ‘Tessellation Quilts’ section of Flick’r. UPDATE: You can also make your shapes into cookie cutters!
A few weeks ago I was contacted by a student in the UK... Read more...
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