Tag Archives: Making embroidered cards
A re-blog: embroidering applique orchids
I have two all time favourite flowers, orchids are grown inside my home and fuchsias grow outside in my garden and many of the tender ones are over wintered in my greenhouse. It took me a long time to finally … Continue reading
A machine embroidered heart card
I looked everywhere to purchase cards for my twin daughters fortieth birthdays but nothing was suitable so I set about creating machine embroidered ones. When I last made an embroidered card I used a blank card without an opening with … Continue reading
Embroidered birthday card with texture
The challenge I set myself this year for my sister’s birthday card was to create a textured coat with an astrakhan type collar on one of Kate Greenaway’s little children.
This year’s machine embroidered Christmas card
Those of you who follow my blog know that every Christmas I make a very special machine embroidered card for my sister from one of my designs. Last week I made this years one for her and thought I should … Continue reading
embroidering applique orchids
I have two all time favourite flowers, orchids are grown inside my home and fuchsias grow outside in my garden and many of the tender ones are over wintered in my greenhouse. It has taken me a long time to … Continue reading
time for another embroidered Christmas card
Each year I make it my aim to embroider a very special Christmas card for my sister. This year I was inspired by some wrapping paper. It wasn’t necessarily the design but the colour scheme that caught my eye. Something … Continue reading
another Christmas card for my sister!
Its that time of year again when the days, hours and minutes fly by all too quickly and my Christmas embroidered card for my sister must be designed and finished to catch the last post. As so often happens when I … Continue reading
a Crazy Quilt block for Easter!
Easter has caught up with me and so today I tested out the Crazy quilt block I had designed to capture all the wonder of this lovely time of year. There are two crosses, one very simple and a more … Continue reading
Creating a Graceful Snowflake card (part 3)
Those of you following my blogs will be pleased that I finally perfected and finished my embroidered card to send to my sister. I was not happy with the snowflakes that I had made at all, and it was only when … Continue reading
Bridal Lace 3 dimensional card
It was getting near to my sister’s birthday so I knew it was time to plan a special card for her. I choice a design from my Bridal Lace 2 collection and one from Graceful Wings 1. Bridal Lace 2 … Continue reading