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I love bugs on embroidery. I find that people especially love dragonflies and damselflies. I looked through the flickr and found some people who like to embroider them, too. I posted patterns and a tutorial on my Shebrews blog for this particular damselfly. There are many ways you can stitch dragonflies and many stitches that can interpret their beauty.
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The above dragonfly is also LindaB's. I found another artist who offered a free pattern for a dragonfly, too. Knitting and Co.
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And here are a few more examples from Flickr. The first one is Jo in NZ.
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Try some of these little bugs on your work. They are really quite fun! In one of my early pieces I did one with organza ribbon for a ribbon embroidery class, but I have forgotten since then how I did it.
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Just love all the beautiful dragonflies. Thanks for sharing them. That has given me some inspiration.
ReplyDeleteave I not found this blog before??!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention. I *heart* dragonflies