Thursday, August 12, 2010

Butterfly girl embroidery

Just a quick post to share a piece of embroidery that I recently finished for a swap with Aneela of comfortstitching fame. I based this piece on Freedom, a print by one of my favorite artists, Sarah of Sarah Jane Studios (with permission, of course). See the original print here.

Embroidery for Aneela

This piece was a lot of fun to create. I had to take a short break from hand stitching, but the embroidery bug seems to have bitten again. More soon ...

19 comments:

  1. exquisite.
    love sarah jane studios too!

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  2. Oh wow! I *love* that! The way the skirt fabric just becomes part of the embroidery design. How clever! I never would have think to do that...

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  3. Thank you so much for this piece John! It really is utterly adorable!!!

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  4. very cute! great pattern! Aneela sure is lucky! But I'll bet you get something back equally as appealing!

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  5. This is really pretty! I love Aneelas work, in fact her Urban Daydreams quilt inspired me to have a go at making my very first quilt!

    Have a great day!

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  6. Super cute! I love the fabric skirt with embroidery around it.

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  7. How perfect for Aneela - very nice job, John!

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  8. beautiful piece of embroidery! ...& i'm so glad to find out about sarah jane- i'm in love ...

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  9. Stunning. Her dress fabric is perfection!

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  10. Wow! Absolutely beautiful work! Thanks for sharing!

    xo -E

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  11. That's really lovely.

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  12. Very beautiful, I love you choice of colors!

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  13. I am in love with this!!! So sweet! Well done!

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  14. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your house quilt! This is inspiration for me to join a bee and get started on a house quilt of my own! It's amazing that you are from Cary, my how this little town has grown! I was raised in Cary and now live in Sydney (by way of Atlanta)

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