Wonderful Wednesday #42: Belinda Marshall Kits

Well I suppose by now it's fairly obvious what my favorite colors are - and you can see them all in play in this wonderful Printed Fabric Pattern by Belinda Marshall Kits on Etsy. I thoroughly appreciate the creativity in this abstract piece, and how restful it would be to work at such a pleasing form. I can't wait to see more kits in this exciting new Etsy shop!

Belinda in her own words, from her shop description:

"I am a visual artist {abstract painter} and designer {surface, embroidery} living in Melbourne and working from my studio in Brunswick."

Belinda also sells her fine art prints, cushions, and wall hangings on Etsy, don't miss that inspiring shop as well: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BelindaMarshallArt

You can see more of Belinda's kits on Instagram: @belindamarshallembroideryworks.

Friday Instagram Finds No. 67 with Kristin Axtman

Good morning! It's Amy, back with our 67th edition of Friday Instagram Finds. Today we are featuring @kristinaxtman.

Kristin Axtman is the owner of Brooklyn Haberdashery. She's a stitcher, printer, and urban homesteader - she leads a fun and creative life that you can see on her Instagram feed. I love how she includes her printmaking with embroidery.

Getting there 🤔, but needs a few more stitches ➰ before I'm ready to say it's done. #wip #doitfortheprocess

A photo posted by Kristin, Brooklyn Haberdashery (@kristinaxtman) on Aug 4, 2016 at 5:12pm PDT

I've so enjoyed the process of stitching ➰ #patchwork inspired by #japaneseboro that I made swatch packs of vintage Japanese 🇯🇵 fabric so you can stitch some, too! Available soon in the shop, which launches 🚀 at the end of August. Follow the link in the profile if you want to be the first notified (and the first to shop) of the opening. #kasuri #aizome #iamcreative #creativelife #creativeliving #wemakecollective #fabriclove #textileart

A photo posted by Kristin, Brooklyn Haberdashery (@kristinaxtman) on Aug 20, 2016 at 2:34pm PDT

Stitching the colors of the trees 💚 and sky 💙 here in Vermont. Our rustic cabin + hours and hours of free time = ➰➰➰!

A photo posted by Kristin, Brooklyn Haberdashery (@kristinaxtman) on Aug 17, 2016 at 12:00pm PDT

You can find more information about Kristin on her website Brooklyn Haberdashery and on Instagram at @kristinaxtman.

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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!

Colorful embroidery

Olá! This week only a few words and many colors!!
A couple of years ago when I begun with agulha não pica I decided only to use the five basic stitches that I teach in my kits, trying to show that we can create beautiful pieces of embroidery while keeping it simple. But I wanted something different... And one day I felt that I needed more color... So I tried to stamp my patterns on printed fabrics instead of only using plain fabrics. And I have never stopped...

Today I bring you some of these pieces of embroidery that I've been making... I always use Portuguese fabrics, I try to choose the most traditional ones and avoid too many confusing patterns. I can never forget that these are beginner's kits... Classic stripes, squares and polka dot fabrics are usually my first choices! In Portuguese we say: riscas, quadrados e bolas, in the exact same order.

Paisley pattern embroidered on striped fabric.

Butterfly embroidered on floral Portuguese fabric.

Sometimes it is possible to use the pattern of the fabric to add something different to your embroidery... Look at this hibiscus that features the embroidered circles from the polka dot pattern...

Hibiscus pattern embroidered on polka dot Portuguese fabric.

These embroideries can bring new life to a pair of jeans or even to a very common pillow as shown in these photos...

Viana's Heart pattern embroidered on squares Portuguese fabric.

New embroidered pillow finished with ribbons.

Have you ever embroidered on printed fabrics? Although I do not recommend it to those making their first stitches I have to say that I love it!!

It was not intentional... But it seems that red and blue became the colors of this post... 

Pins and Needles Giveway

A good craft store is really hard to find. I learned this particularly when I lived in New York and had to take a long, long, long, subway ride from Manhattan to Queens just to be able to buy felt, needles, and embroidery hoops.

So I was fascinated when Jenn emailed me about Pins and Needles NYC, a bright, beautiful storefront dedicated to fabrics, haberdashery, and classes in sewing, quilting and embroidery. Their blog is also full of lovely projects and tutorials.



Well, I was even more thrilled when I heard that they wanted to do a giveaway on Feeling Stitchy, to round out our birthday month of giveaways and festivities!



In the giveaway for today are 1/2 yard each of the 2 Anna Maria Horner fabrics above, and 12 skeins of floss in the recently released Anna Maria Horner colors for Anchor floss. The fabrics have a gorgeous cross stitch print that would look beautiful stitched over, or simply left as is.

And the floss colors are pretty much my favorites shades of everything:



Awesome, huh? Well, if you'd like to get your hands on these lovely goods generously offered by the great people at Pins and Needles NYC, just leave a comment on this post by Sunday night, April 1, 9 PM Central time. Winner will be announced on Monday, April 2. In your comment, please tell us: how far have you gone to get crafting supplies? :) Please include your email address so we can find you. Lastly, to win, you must be a new winner who has not won a drawing on Feeling Stitchy this year. Let the comments begin! :)

Beautiful Birds

Stitched by Geninne

Wow. Isn't this incredible? And, perfect inspiration for John's printed fabric stitchalong this month...

We don't expect you to painstakingly print your own fabric like Geninne did. She's an amazing artist we've featured before on Feeling Stitchy. But hey, we'd love to see it if you try it! :)

Can't wait to see what everyone stitches! :)