Category — Embroidery

Brooklyn Embroidery is 2 years old today! I can’t believe it’s been two years since I started embroidery and this blog. I’ve made lots of fun projects and had lots of fun group stitches in the past year. Here’s a look back at the projects…

I was able to be with a few of the calendar recipients at Christmas when they opened their gift. I wish I could’ve seen everyone in person.

For Christmas gifts this year I made a dozen pre-printed embroidery calendars. Each calendar had a unique embroidery design and bias edge. The pre-printed calendar fabric I ordered from September House on Etsy.

Because there were so many I’m going to break them up into multiple posts. Here are the final 4 calendars.

Quote – This one went to Paul’s Cousin in North Carolina.

Blackwork – This one went to Paul’s Mom in North Carolina. This was my first attempt at blackwork. I used the patterns from Blackwork (Essential Stitch Guide) by Becky Hogg.

Whale – This one went to Paul’s Aunt in North Carolina. The pattern is Deep Blue Sea from Sew Lovely Embroidery.

Owl – This one went to Paul’s Aunt in North Carolina. The pattern is Forest Friends from Sublime Stitching.

For Christmas gifts this year I made a dozen pre-printed embroidery calendars. Each calendar had a unique embroidery design and bias edge. The pre-printed calendar fabric I ordered from September House on Etsy.

Because there were so many I’m going to break them up into multiple posts. Here are the next 4 calendars.

Deer – This one went to Paul’s Aunt and Uncle in South Carolina. The pattern is Forest Friends from Sublime Stitching.

Blue Bird – This one went to my Mom in Pennsylvania. The pattern is a free pattern available from Doe-c-Doe.

Squirrel – This one went to Paul’s Cousin in Pennsylvania. (It’s my favorite one. I love the edge fabric and the pattern.) The pattern is Forest Friends from Sublime Stitching.

Fox – This one went to Paul’s Sister in North Carolina. The pattern is a free pattern available from Lauren Reeser’s Sketch Blog.

For Christmas gifts this year I made a dozen pre-printed embroidery calendars. Each calendar had a unique embroidery design and bias edge. The pre-printed calendar fabric I ordered from September House on Etsy.

Because there were so many I’m going to break them up into multiple posts. Here are the first 4 calendars.

Peacock – This one went to my Aunt Jerri in Arkansas. The pattern is a free pattern available from Doe-c-Doe.

Geninne Bird – This one went to Paul’s cousin Lynne in Colorado. The pattern is a free pattern available on Geninne’s Art Blog.

Owl – This one went to Paul’s Aunt and Uncle in Delaware. The pattern is a free pattern available from Lauren Reeser’s Sketch Blog.

Purple Bird – This one went to my Sister in Pennsylvania. The pattern is a free pattern available from Doe-c-Doe.

I spent 3 and a half months this Fall lifting weights with my super strong friend Jessica. Because of her many feats of strength and her ahem barbell manners I dubbed her Princess Barbell. I thought she deserved a shirt displaying the name for all to see.

Here’s a closeup of the embroidery. My favorite detail is the tiara on top of the barbell.

Here’s Jess graciously wearing the shirt, but looking a little startled.

Over the summer I stitched up this reversible beach hat based on a pattern from Martha Stewart. I don’t know why I keep picking circular sewing projects. They are much harder than a simple straight line. This was my first time trying to follow a pattern and I did find it difficult, but it might have been the pattern and not me.

We renovated our bathroom last year and I had an idea to hang some embroidered pin-ups in the new bathroom. It took me a while, but I finally finished this 4-piece project. Here is a shot of the final bathroom and wall hanging.

This one is my favorite. It’s from the Pinups by Gil Elvgren pattern available from Sublime Stitching.

The other three are from the Pin-ups pattern from Sew Lovely Embroidery.

This weekend we celebrated my brother-in-law’s birthday. For his gift I found a set of 6 handkerchiefs and embroidered each one with a unique pattern.

Simple initial

Simple initial

A car that kind of looks like their mini-cooper

A dog that kind of looks like their dog

The police call box from Doctor Who

Wonder Mom

These last two are references to books written by my brother-in-law. He has written a fan’s guide to Doctor Who and a novel titled The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl.

I’ve visited Annie & Company twice now and I really shouldn’t have waited so long to write them up. This is a great store. Located at 1325 Madison Avenue, Manhattan they have a complete knitting store downstairs and a complete needlepoint shop upstairs. The needlepoint shop is definitely geared towards needlepoint, but you can find pretty much all of your basic embroidery supplies there as well.

They carry needles, hoops, frames, books, and a complete selection of DMC and Anchor floss. The DMC floss is 75 cents each. (Perle 5 for $1.70 each.)

They also host classes on occasion and also offer private lessons. I was quoted $45/hour for privates.