sneek peek

I'm working on an embroidery pattern for ya guys...

Can you figure out what it is?

Give it your best shot. :)

emma

finished my "doily doodling"

Yep, I finished. :) Like it? It's sitting on my bookshelf next to the Anne of Green Gables series. :) To make your own, you can find the project here.

embroidered doily artwork ("doily doodling!")

This is what I call doily doodling! I love this project that Mollie at Wild Olive designed, which you can find over here. I think this is such an awesome idea! I mean, embroidery+ dolies= awesomeness! And I say that because I've working on this cute, simple project in and out of my load of school.

Do a few math problems means do a few stitches... learn about Albert Einstein in science and take a break and do some more stitching. :) haha

Oh, and I hope you don't mind my notebooks in the backround. I've been a little lazy on clearing out the stacks of school books surrounding me on my desk.

Well... :) I better go finish up history and do this project later. :)

Happy doily doodling!

DIY how-to-put-the-embroidery-on-the-card tutorial

Alrighty, here's the promised tutorial on how to get that embroidery piece onto that card. It's a pretty basic tutorial and it calls for pretty basic tools- so it's pretty basic. :) So what you'll need is:

• A Card (or card stock that you can fold and cut into a card)
• Embroidery piece (mine is from the pattern Scandinavian Birds I designed by the Split Stitch)
• Glue (glue sticks wouldn't work for this project)
• Felt (I used a cream color)
• Scissors
• Embroidery floss (that would match up with your embroidery piece)
  

First, place your embroidery piece on top of your card. Trim it a little bit, if needed, to the size you want it at.

Place the embroidery piece on top of felt. Cut around. Use picture above as a guide.

It should look something like this- your embroidery piece now has a felt frame. :)

With your coordinating embroidery floss, use the running stitch to sew the embroidery piece down onto the felt.

It should look something like this.

With your glue, coat the backside of the felt. Be generous but don't soak.

With a little scrap of felt you can smooth out the glue. If you're not the messy type, you can use the side of a tooth instead.

Now gently lay the glue-coated side down onto the card. Make sure it's centered before you press it down.

Press down.

Now it should look something like this.

And there you go! A pretty card with your embroidery piece on it. :)

-HappyHands

I'm linking up!

Doodling with "An Encylopedia of 101 Embroidery Stitches"

I'm borrowing an embroidery book called, An Encylopedia of 101 Embroidery Stitches, by Jane Cannon Meyers. It's a bit of an outdated book but the stitches that it holds are timeless.

And so today, I decided to doodle with those crazy, yet amazing stitches! Lot of fun and maybe I'll show you how to make them someday. :)

The stitches I tested out are called, Double Blanket Stitch, Lattice Stitch, and the Sheaf Stitch. The more square looking stitch is the Lattice Stitch and the stitch that look like little bushels of hay is the Sheaf Stitch. Below, is the Double Blanket Stitch, which so happens to be my favorite of the three so far. :)

I'm staying a bit safe in my comfort zone with the 101 embroidery stitches to choose from. Maybe I'll get a bit more crazy like some of those stitches and test those out too. But, don't count on it! :)

-HappyHands

Jellyfish & Sombrero (done!)

The Jellyfish and Sombrero are done! Yay! I love how they both turned out. The Jellyfish is just plain adorable and the sombrero birthday card just makes me to laugh! Is this the most randomest birthday present, or what? hee hee :)

Here's a close up of the sombrero birthday card. Would you want a tutorial on how I put the embroidery piece on the card? Please comment below if you would! :) Also, you can get his sombrero (designed by Wild Olive), here.

Here's a close up of the Jellyfish. Just to look at it makes me squeal! ha ha I think it came out cuter than the first one I made. You can get this crochet pattern (designed by Ana Paula), here.

I couldn't help but take a picture of the jellyfish together. (Right: the b-day gift Left: mine) My friend and I are now Jellyfish buddies! :) hee hee

Jellyfish are such cool creatures that God created. But why did we name them Jelly- fish? What a weird name (but it's so much fun to say)!

-HappyHands

Working Quickly...

Usually I take my time while working on a project, but right now I'm "working quickly" to get these projects done because they're for birthday present.

What I'm making is an embroidererd sombrero and crocheted jellyfish. My friend really loved my jellyfish (which I blogged about a few months ago) and wanted me to make her one. And when I went to Mexico, she wanted me to bring back a sombrero, which I wasn't really able to do that but now I know what they look like (that's for sure)!

I think I'll sew the embroidered sombrero to her birthday card...what do you think? I don't have many ideas on what to do with the sombrero so comment below if you have any suggestions. I'm all ears! :)

Here's where you can get the patterns I'm using for the jellyfish and sombrero...

-Jellyfish crochet pattern

-Sombrero embroidery pattern

I better get to work on the birthday present for my friend... (It's an odd combination for a birthday present, don't you aggree? :)

-HappyHands

My "I Heart Tea" Embroidery Piece

I'm still doing projects from Wild Olive's tea party. hee hee :) The projects may still be a few months old, but they're still cute and fun to make! :) Anyways, this here is an "I Heart Tea" embroidery piece designed by Michelle at Scissor Quirk. It turned out cute, don't ya think? :)

I was so excited to embroider it in such a small embroidery hoop (4" to be exact...). It's such a wee little pattern, I just had to embroider it! You can get this pattern, here.

Look at those yummy cookies...mmm, I want to eat one! :)

-HappyHands

The Back Stitch

Today, I have a embroidery stitch tutorial for you. It's my first one, so I hope this goes well! :) So today, we are going to learn:

THE BACK STITCH

The Back Stitch is one of the most basic stitches in embroidery. It's great way to outline designs, embroider letters...the list goes on. So I thought this would be a great stitch to start out with. For beginner embroiders, I suggest you draw a line with a fabric marker to stitch on.

First off, you'll want to poke your needle through your fabric. Make sure there is about an inch between the needle and the hoop.

Now, instead of going forward on the (let's call it) the blue line, you're going to want to go backwards. Push through the fabric all the way. However far back you go, this will be the width of your stitches.

Bring up your needle a width far from your original stitch on the blue line. (Use picture as a guide.)

And meet this stitch with the original one. Repeat! :)

There it is! The back stitch. Now, you don't have to make your stitches exactly the same every time. You can make it vary; big, small, tiny, big, tiny... or you can do bigger stitches, or very tiny stitches. There are so many ways to use this stitch! (Now that's what I call, awesome. :) Happy stitching! :)

-HappyHands

If these directions were hard to understand and follow, please comment what needs work in the comment section. I want these tutorials the best they can be! Thanks. :)

Fox and Owl design

Do you ever have those days where there is one thing on your mind that you want to do? Well, that was me yesterday, and all I had on my mind was embroidery. :) Embroidery, embroidery, embroidery! So embroidery I did and I came up with this design of a fox and owl. I love how the fox turned out. He looks so sly while looking at the owl. :) hee hee Down below is the design so you can stitch one up too! :)

(I used DMC embroidery floss colors 351, 739, 420, 841, 801, 469, and 3348.) Enjoy! :)

-HappyHands

My Stitched Mess

My Stitched Mess credit goes to AIMEE RAY.

When I first saw Aimee Ray's Stitched Mess I thought it was so cute! I've always wondered what to do with leftover embroidery floss and here's the solution! :)

Basically what this is is leftover embroidery floss stitched down (so they won't fall off :) and framed in an embroidery hoop. You can decorate the borders of the leftover floss circle with embroidery stitches and as well decorate the outside hoop (the frame) with ribbon. It's a very simple project, great way to reuse materials, and a one of a kind piece of art!

-HappyHands

Update on blog: This blog has been great so far! I'm still working on my "freebies" section if you haven't noticed (it's been there one day and the next it's gone.). I've been having troubles on figuring out how to have an indiviaul section for it. But don't worry! I'll figure it out. :) Thank you for reading this blog! I LOVE support! :)