March Stitchalong: week 4

Time for some balloons! These little guys were so cute all on their own that I didn't see the need to go crazy with any fancy stitches.

I've got a couple of competing pinks going, but I think it's pretty cute all in all. At the end of this month's stitchalong, I'll be framing each piece in a hoop and hanging it in my craft room as a sort of Feeling Stitchy birthday gift all year. What are you guys gonna do with your stitchalong pieces?

Look at this sweet piñata on patterned fabric by TheMarchOwl:

Love this sweet little guy stitched on purple by viji52:

kghawkes stitched a cake card for her grandma:

Luciana stitched a felt version of the balloons, with a beaded border:

And here's an adorable orange piñata stitched by KJ

Want to join in? Download the free patterns designed by Mollie Johanson, stitch up one or all, tag your photo "MarchStitchalong2012" and add it to the pool.  :) Just one more week! Be sure to tag your pics and I'll include as many as possible in next week's final wrap-up post!

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March Stitchalong: week 3

That's right guys, it's cake time. I was very fickle with this cake, and did a lot of stitching and re-stitching, so as luck would have it, I wasn't finished until precisely yesterday evening. I practiced my couching on the birthday candles, using 4 strands of embroidery floss - I love the woven sort of effect it created. Then lots and lots of french knot frosting. Now I see how addictive french knots can be. I am a fellow french knot junkie, it appears!

I was super-happy to see lots of you joining us this week on the March stitchalong, so without further ado, let's see some stitching!

Awwwwww! Check out this quilted birthday card stitched by mega4beth - sweetness! I love that sweet and simple color scheme - gorgeous.

Here's an adorable piñata stitched by LaWhimsy

I particularly love that she included an idea sketch. If only I was so prepared! :)

Here's some more birthday cake, stitched by viji52

I think I see some beaded eyes? Great idea!

Daisyeyes stitched her piñata on a t-shirt - great job stitching!

I love how 1.2.Stitcharoo created a whole birthday scene with the motifs - and that one of the balloons is sad.

Creative and sweet!

And just look at this gorgeous little cake by Luciana

I love those wavy, two-colored candles - and that's a delicious looking cake! :)

Well, if all of this cuteness has inspired you, feel free to join in! Download the free patterns designed by Mollie Johanson, stitch up one or all, tag your photo "MarchStitchalong2012" and add it to the pool. Can't wait to see more! :)

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March Stitchalong: week 2

Have any of you started on the March stitchalong yet? As for me, the second I saw Mollie's patterns for this month, I had them printed out and ready to go. :) Sometimes I love the beginning stage best of all - lining up all your colors, tracing everything out, still not quite sure what everything's gonna look like...

I started by lining up a couple of palettes of bright colors:

I wasn't sure which palette I liked best, so I mixed it up and used colors from both:

Yeah, you knew I would go for that cute little piñata first. :) Eeeeeeeep. Isn't he a cutie? I've been loving all the crazy french knot projects you guys have posted lately, so I decided to stitch up his saddle all in french knots:

I thought it would take forever, but it was pretty quick. It also didn't take half as much floss as I thought it would - just 3 medium-lengths of floss. More french knots for the bridle. Oh, and I used all 6 strands throughout.

One of you was lightning-fast and stitched up a piñata, too:

This seriously adorable version was stitched by Artful Magpie. I love that she was adventurous, and used a bright color as a background!

As for next week, I've already got the next motif in the hoop:

Want to join us? To join, stitch any or all of the birthday motifs for this month's stitchalong (thank you, Mollie!), tag them "MarchStitchalong2012" and add them to the embroidery pool! See you next week!

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March Stitchalong: Happy Birthday, Feeling Stitchy!

March is a very special month on Feeling Stitchy - our blog is turning 5 years old! In honor of our birthday, someone very special created a free pattern set for this month's stitchalong - Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive! By the way, that little piñata was stitched and photographed by Mollie herself - eeeep!

I was beyond thrilled when I saw these adorable little patterns - such sweetness:

Even sweeter were the colors Mollie chose - perfect Fiesta colors - which is, by the way, a huge street party held in my hometown of San Antonio, Texas every year. Whether she planned it or not, these colors remind me of all that and make me extremely happy! She was wonderful enough to include them in her photo, in case you'd like to use them as inspiration:

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Are you guys as excited as I am about this stitchalong?! To join, stitch any or all of Mollie's motifs for this month's stitchalong, tag them "MarchStitchalong2012" and add them to the embroidery pool.

Can't wait to see your stitching! :)