thursday = embroidery

first: thank you everyone who provided translations of yesterday's book - it was so much fun to read them & to have such an interactive post!

second: I have a little sneak peek for you:


I've been working on more sewing pattern embroidery collages & think I might try listing them in the shop...stay tuned.

third: today's embroidery transfer:


here are my favorites:




{I've uploaded all 7 days of the week to my flickr account, sorry I didn't have time to clean them up though.}

thursday = embroidery

last monday, if you looked closely, you would have seen this week's embroidery transfer was in one of the photos:




{I'm sorry I didn't have time to clean the images up more}

thursday = embroidery

thank you all for your comments & thoughts regarding the whole copyright situation. there were many points made that I thought were very interesting but when it comes right down to it I'm just not comfortable posting vintage publications here anymore.

also, I'm so happy to hear that so many of you appreciated what I posted & your thanks for sharing...that was really sweet, thank you. I did enjoy doing it & am going to miss it.

it will be interesting to see how this space evolves & me along with it...I hope you will continue to drop by & say hi.

enough with that...lets move forward & get our embroidery on!



*I'm going to continue to post embroidery transfers {although, not Vogart of course!} since I'm pretty sure there is no copyright issues with the older patterns. I'm not sure if I'll have enough to post them every week but I'll do what I can.

also, I got the new anthropologie catalog the other day & found this image very inspiring, stitchy wise:

thursday = embroidery

I learned a lesson from Valentine’s Day and today I’m happy {& a little proud} to say that I have an Easter relevant embroidery design for you!

This is the only Walker’s transfer I believe I have - at least in the envelope. There are two identical sheets, one is complete the other is cut.


While the envelope says that its No. 966, on the transfer sheet is says Serial No. 1979. I’m not sure what that means but I thought it might be important.


The two things I find oddest about this image {and there’s a lot to find odd I think} is the stuff falling out of his pocket and his shoes.

He reminds me a little too much of the rabbit in Donnie Darko
for my taste too…

Before I wrap this up I thought I’d share a journal I made for my niece. {this was taken before my new camera - sorry}


I used a cheapo lined journal and just wrapped the felt over the front and back covers, stitched the top & bottom edges so it would stay on and then used scalloped scissors to finish the edge.

Oh - and an update: Thank you for all the suggestions regarding the gunk on my iron – I’m sure they will be a valuable source of reference for the next time I use my iron incorrectly! As it turned out – I was using it to transfer an embroidery design but with a piece of scrap fabric in between and due to the high heat & the movement over the scrap fabric it all came off! I threw out the scrap fabric so I didn’t accidentally get the leftovers on anything and I’m good to go again!

Hope you'll come back tomorrow - I've got a finished project to share...