A new stitch for a new piece

I have been so inspired by all the stitchers work that I am seeing at Stitchin’ Fingers and with the TAST 2012 project, that I dream about beads, wake up in the wee hours thinking about embroidering, beads, crocheting, tatting, etc.

I visited Ina’s website because she has some great tutorials for using different stitches.  Her peacock really inspired me and I want to try that too, although not on this piece. 

Most of you know I love roses, and when I saw what she did with a buttonhole knot stitch to create roses I had to give them a try.  I made a practice one, then decided to add one to the piece I just started this morning. I’ve got to try the rose buds too and add them to this piece.

I wanted to embroider another heart so here is the start of this next project. I used the blanket stitch to tack it down to the background fabric. The drawn lines are there because I’m going to make this another sort of ‘crazy quilt’ design.  The heart size is about 3 1/4” by 4”.

Here is a close-up of the rose and leaves. When I finished I was pleased and felt happy. Learning something new and having it come out half way decent is wonderful.

The size of the rose with leaves is 1 1/2” x 3/4”.

That’s it for now. Time to think about fixing supper.  Already have the beef in the crockpot that smells wonderful. I’ll fix mashed potatoes and some fresh carrots cooked somehow. The bread machine made a loaf of oatmeal bread this morning so we’ll have a slice of that too.

Happy Creating ~ FlowerLady

Latest Needlework ~ Heart & Flowers

Well, I finally finished this latest piece a little while ago. I started it on the 22 June, 4 different days. It took approximately 8 hours. I try to keep track of my time while sitting here and write it in a little book.

I really enjoyed working on this, and for some reason it made me feel like crying. DH said it was pretty, maybe that’s it. The prettiness of it. I love hearts and I love flowers.

The flowers are all in the purple family.

They are Winter Iris, Petunias, Violets, Japanese Anemone, Penstemon and Periwinkles.

This will be for sale, I just don’t know yet if I will sell it as is, or try to find a frame for it. People may not like what I would frame it in. It can be matted and framed, sewn to a pillow or piece of clothing, depending on the person.

It is approximately 4 1/4” x 4 1/4” square.

The fabric the embroidery is on is more of a soft pale camel color not the gray that is shown here. I need to take a picture in better lighting.

Now I can think about what to do next. More of this crazy heart theme with flowers no doubt.

Have a wonderful holiday tomorrow. We did have some sunshine today. More rain is expected. We have had LOTS but I am NOT complaining.