thursday = embroidery

I’ve got quite a bit to share today so you might want to get comfortable…
{click on the images if you'd like to see them larger}

first, and I still can’t believe this one – I won the Baby Quilt contest on makebabystuff.com! I am seriously beside myself & feel like it’s a dream because I thought I stood no chance whatsoever!


secondly, my plastic doilie necklace {and my freckled chest} was featured on the Craftzine blog today {thank you Rachel!}.


moving on to embroidery related news since today is thursday:

I received the new uncommon goods catalog in the mail the other day & was once again struck by these embroidered items {plus how cool is that shadow box?!}:


I’d seen them in person years ago at a gift shop & started to design my own based on my hometown but abandoned the project at some point…I should pick it back up because it would be so cool if I could pull it off.

I have another peek at my current project for you:


I’m hoping I will be listing the first embroidered pattern collages in my etsy shop this weekend…

And finally {see, I told you there’d be a lot!} here’s this week’s embroidery transfer:


I found this at an estate sale last weekend & thought it was just about the funniest thing ever. As well as interesting because it was from a manufacturer I was unfamiliar with.



{The paper is scanning very badly so they need a lot of clean up…therefore right now I’ve only got one to share, but I plan to do the others & post them in the coming days.}

Well, that was a long post…thanks for sticking it out. Now I probably won’t have anything to write about tomorrow!