Category: <span>hand sewing</span>

There has been a lot of hand stitching going on and I am very glad to announce that I have got the September butterflies (yes, both the embroidered and the…

A Year of Butterflies hand sewing Wool Applique

Amongst my purchases at Festival of Quilts in Birmingham (UK) a couple of years ago were some packets of vintage sari silk pieces. I knew what I wanted to use…

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It is still August… It took two tries to stitch a butterfly that I liked šŸ™ I was not happy with my first attempt. No, I’m not going to show…

A Year of Butterflies hand sewing Wool Applique

According to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary Definition of augustĀ : marked by majestic dignity or grandeur her august lineage an august mansion augustly,Ā adverb augustness,noun I’m not sure that this month’s flying creature…

A Year of Butterflies Folk Art Stitches hand sewing

An email in my inbox this morning alerted me to the interesting fact that today is World Embroidery Day. I asked my friend Mr. Google to tell me more and…

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