Catching up: Embroidery
Back in the spring, I started sewing small embroidery motifs on linen. The idea came from a blog post by Mary Corbet that featured a small tulip design . (More on Mary at the end of the post). I found more ideas for motifs, in a couple of books on hand that I used as sources for the motifs: Yumiko Higuchi, Zakka Embroidery and The New Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches . I loved stitching one or two of these each morning. I fringed the edges of each small rectangle (about 3"), and then secured them to Fabriano Medioevalis note cards with fusible web tape. (I tried a few different fusibles; this one by Singer worked best.) I like having a stock of cards that incorporate a home-made element. Here are a few more of my favorites: Also this spring, I started to work on a crewel embroidery kit that I had planned to bring with me for a month-long stay in the Seattle area. Of course travel plans were cance...