I’ve put on my “designer” hat and have opened an Etsy Shop featuring my original embroidery designs. My shop is tiny – only 3 designs so far. More will come!
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LilyGlass – My First Original Counted Canvas Design
I would like to introduce you to LilyGlass – my first original counted canvas design! This was such a fun project, and I learned SO MUCH! I hope you like it as much as I do! Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, LilyGlass is my interpretation of the beautiful stained glass windows of that…
New Adventures in Designing
Creating beautiful designs using accessible, reasonably priced materials…
Painting Mono Canvas – a Tutorial
This tutorial came about as I was kitting up my next Freda project – It’s Tree Time. As I was cutting the mono canvas that I had purchased to size, I realized that I bought the wrong colour! There is quite a difference between the two green canvases (I purchased Santa Fe Green, and the pattern…
The Year of Smalls
I spent a good part of my stitching time working on “smalls”. I’ve so many in my stash and it was time to dig them out and get them finished. It’s been a prolific year and I am quite proud of myself! Once you get going the sky is the limit as to how many…
Town House Sewing Case – mostly just photos
This was a very fun piece to stitch – A Townhouse Sewing Case by Gaye Ann Rogers. Started during COVID when I had lots of time on my hands. Being housebound for an extended period of time allowed for a lot of stitching! Started: March 2020, Finished March 2023 Stitched on congress cloth using silk…
Faces – fun with blind line contour drawings
improving drawing and designing skills For a long time I’ve wanted to improve my drawing skills so that I can create my own embroidery designs. Last year, one of our guild members held a class on blind contour drawings, specifically portraits. I was immediately drawn to this project as blind contour drawing is a great…
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Thank you so much for sharing how you made this quilt. I’ve never made a quilt before but I think…
Thank you so much. I thought that, which i liked, but had to try and verify. Supplies being gathered.
Hi Barb, I used white congress cloth and ecru perle cotton. I liked that I could see the stitches a…
The Needlesmith Embroidery Designs 
Congratulations, Lisa!! Beautiful designs & looking forward to what else you create! See you at Sylvan in the fall! Gail…