an accordion update

despite the cat's objections:



I am continuing to practice & have learned some new songs:







{have a lovely weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

a custom hoop:


and this week's vintage embroidery transfer:


happy stitching!

1955 elan sewing machine ad

recently thrifted

found

recently thrifted

thank you so much for your wonderful comments this week on the bees & handmade things! you all are so sweet to stop by here & visit with me :)

{have a lovely weekend!}

made for baby - day 3

the third & final handmade gift was based on the woodland theme for the baby's room:









I used images from a vintage coloring book, scanned them, re-drew them in illustrator, added color, printed them out on printable fabric I bought at joann's, then hand-embroidered them. for the back I used a cute flannel dot fabric & for the stuffing I opted for the bamboo fiber, both also purchased at joann's. here's a closeup of the stitching:


today is thursday & I couldn't not post a vintage embroidery transfer even though this is already such a long post:


happy stitching!