I’m so glad you stopped by my blog today to celebrate National Craft Month! My friend Steph at Crafting in the Rain is sponsoring the awesome Craft Month A-Z series, and I’m joining in today with the letter “E”.
Now, I don’t do embroidery too often. I have RA, and my hands have lost a lot of strength and control over the last ten years since my diagnosis. My stitches aren’t all that even, and my lines aren’t always straight. But I love the way embroidery looks and how you can make pretty much anything into an embroidered piece!
For this project, I used this free art print by Oh So Lovely
and used the light from the window to trace it onto my muslin fabric.
Then I got to work with my crayons. Yep- crayons! I love the way it looks, and it saves my hands from having to do a lot of satin stitching or other “filler” stitching.
Once I had my colors the way I wanted, I heat set them by placing a thin cloth on top and pressing the fabric with an iron.
I cut a piece of batting to fit the muslin, then put both in an embroidery hoop.
From there, I simply used a running stitch to outline the arrows and a little bit of detail.
The colors match my teal-and-gray bedroom perfectly!
You can turn any print into embroidery, or there are some great, modern books out there. This is not your grandma’s cross-stitch!
The rest of the posts A-F can be found here. Go see what all my talented crafty friends have made for craft month- and then go make something!
A is for Argyle Spring Tote by AttaGirl Says
B is for Simple Spring Banner by The Happy Scraps
C is for Can Windsock for St. Patrick’s Day by Sowdering About
D is for Debonair Dog Coasters by Blue i Style
E is for Arrow Embroidery Hoop by Occasionally Crafty
F is for Fluffy Felt Forest by Albion Gould
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