~ whimsical stitches, storage and favorite threads ~

 

 

 Hello Friends & Folk!

and a happy Thursday to us all ~

Spring is Springing ~

and the birds are singing!

the sun is shining but is is a bit chilly....

but

I'll take it!

 

I've been enjoying creating a few whimsical embroidery projects 

like this coiffed lady below!

{she requested a head-full of french knots for a comb}

 

 

I've put a bunch of different stitches into her, like:

french knot, daisy stitch, seed stitch, satin stitch, split stitch
&

straight stitch.
{and some I kind, sorta make up as I go LOL}

I put her in an oval flexi-hoop, as I thought she had a vintage-y look to her and
these hoops remind me of the 70's ~

...she is stitched on stained Osnaburg, and I used Valdani 3ply cotton floss
to stitch her with.

I'll be offering her as a pattern this weekend in my Etsy shop!

 

I started another embroidery, this time a basket...
not sure if those flowers will stay or if I'll change them, but I like the basket nonetheless ;)
again, stitched on osnaburg using 3ply Valdani cotton floss...

I'm not the most organized stitcher, but I'm trying!
I dumped out all of my small balls of floss that are my 'go to' colors
or what I call my Working Palette, and then rearranged them all by grouping into colors ~

blacks, browns, greens, blues,...etc.

then I wrote down their names and numbers in one of my notebooks that I keep for embroidery only:

some of my colors might look different to you, as I see colors a bit differently I think than others.
what you might perceive as green, to me may be used as a blue...
or an orange may be used as a red and vice-versa.

anyhoo, I took photos of my pages in case you wanted to save them for yourself,
or if you're just interested in seeing my thought process LOL ~

 
I'm sure you have your own ways of storing, organizing
and categorizing your Valdani 3 ply cotton floss thread balls, and I would love to hear about that!

wishing you a day filled with peace and creativity ~

🧵 🧵 🧵 🧵 🧵 🧵 🧵

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori