Countdown to Christmas: Printed fabric

Stitched by Dawn Regan

I love this idea by Dawn Regan - using a printed fabric that is lightly embellished with stitches - so lovely!

Beautiful bird stitching

stitched by needlenotes

I am absolutely aghast at the beauty of this bird in progress by Anna, or needlenotes. The design is by Nicola Jarvis. And I never use the word aghast, but my definition leans of course towards the "shock and amazement" portion of the definition. :)


stitched by needlenotes

Gorgeous work, Anna, can't wait to see the finish!

You are...

Stitching by Dawn Regan

More beauty in unfinished stitching for you today, courtesy of Dawn Regan's Flickr stream. I'm in love with the colors Dawn chose for her piece, and the loveliness of the pattern, by Pam Garrison. Beautiful work, Dawn!

Beauty in progress

Stitching by Jeni Baker

I've said this before, but oftentimes, looking at a project right before you begin, laying out your colors, and being in touch with your inspiration is every bit as exciting as finishing a piece. I am in love with the bright, gorgeous colors Jeni has chosen for this project - read more about her project on her lovely blog, In Color Order. Beautiful work, Jeni!

Avert your eyes if you hate Twilight

stitched by savvystitcher

I was wondering if there were any embroiderers out there feeling the pangs of Twilight angst-mania, when I found it - in the pool - Twilight love in progress! Thanks, peeps, for making me a little less ashamed of my love of Twilight. :)

I'm sucked in and kind of ashamed of myself. Every fine-literature loving cell in my body cringes. (Also, all the feminist ones and the ones that find vampire baseball highly implausible.) However, after reading ALL 4 books during my summer vacation I was hooked. I even initially scoffed at the movie. Sigh, no longer.

So if you, like me, hate yourself for loving Twilight, here are some awesome links (courtesy of my best friend) to get you through this. Warning! Some have strong language not meant for the teeny-boppers. Enjoy... :)

• Twilight Movie in 15 minutes courtesy of the awesome Cleolinda


• Edward as a 40 year old mother on a bad day (non-tweeny-bopper language here!)


• Book "Reviews" by Cleolinda:
  Twilight: http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html
  New Moon: http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/603861.html
  Eclipse: http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/605018.html
  Breaking Dawn: http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/2008/08/02/

Any more of you Twilight lovers want to come out of the closet? We won't judge you! ;)

lovely branches

stitched by LolaNova

Gorgeous!

First stitches

picture by **stina**

Swooning at the sweetness of this! Look at those hands in motion!

Half-finished

stitched by edwardandlilly

I love the beauty of half-finished things. Gorgeous!

Working by the pool

stitched by woolly fabulous

I'm loving these chunky stitches and bright colors. If wool didn't make me itch so much, I might have to go out and grab some.

Sashiko potholder

stitched by Stoneview

I love this Sashiko potholder that Julie is working on. And I don't know about you, but I really dig extreme closeups of textiles and works in progress...

Hummingbird

stitched by honeysuccle

I love how delicate these colors look on natural linen. Bravo! From a Sublime Stitching patten.