Floral bouquets and Embroidery!

Hi everyone! I almost typed Happy Sunday….but it’s Monday! It really feels like a Sunday – maybe because my husband is off work for President’s Day….or maybe because I made us pancakes for breakfast! LOL. Anyhoo it’s a nice gloomy rainy day and Lucky and I are getting caught up in the studio this afternoon. I hope you are doing well and are healthy and happy. Spring is arriving fast here in Sacramento. Our garden is blooming and we are sneezing… It’s time for a new season, and some hope that we’ll all be out and about soon. Just really been missing my friends lately and our adventures. I am sooooo hoping we can go to church on Easter this year!! 

Today I’m sharing an embroidery project! It’s been years (decades) since I have done some hand embroidery! My grandmother taught me how to embroider! (and crochet and cross stitch)… Makes me miss her when I do this type of crafting. She was awesome. And her name was Voila – how perfect is that? So it’s been a really long time for me with the embroidery. I came upon this kit one day at Hobby Lobby and thought – well, let’s give that a try! And I super duper enjoyed stitching this! I used the kit but I switched out the fabric to some pretty natural colored linen. I love the texture of this fabric – and I had it in my cross stitching stash pile. I like the kind of boho, hipster color palette! If you haven’t tried something in a while, or never – I want to encourage you to try something new!!! 

 

I looooove making french knots!!! The texture is so cool!

 

Here’s a super close up. That mustard colored rose is CHUNKY! I love it!

 

Here’s a photo of it in process. I traced the pattern from the original fabric onto the linen using my light box and a sharpie.

 

 

 

Here is the back – I finished it off with some natural cotton batting. It’s very soft so it won’t damage the wall if it’s hung. At the top is a pretty bow made with celadon colored crinkle ribbon that I dyed. It also has a ribbon loop for hanging. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s it for the embroidery project! For all my snow soaked friends, I thought I would share a few photos from my yard – to encourage you that Spring is definitely coming. Our flowers are going crazy already here!! A bit of hope for us all!! First up, beautiful hot pink camellias…

 

And soft, delicate daffodils….

 

A bright white camellia – I love the contrast with those dark green leaves! OOOH LA LA.

 

This is a tree I came upon in the parking lot at Michael’s last week! The way the light played on it makes the photo look like a painting! 

That’s it for today my friends! Florals in stitching and in the garden! Sending you hugs from my craft room. Have a great week! XOXO