Hello my Steemian #needleworkmonday friends!
Good to be back on Monday with a little needlework project to report :-)
Since I finished my last project (a crochet dress in Irish crochet technique) I have quite a bit of yarn left over.
The yarn that I used for that crochet project was really an embroidery yarn, which means it's time to remember my other favourite hobby - embroidery.
I decided to make two embroidered hearts and hang them on one of the doorknobs in the house as I feel that that particular corner could do with an artistic touch :)
So late last night I completed heart #1 (oh what a bliss to be able to complete a project in a few days, not years!!!!)
I chose a simple, very pale pink felt fabric. That's the colour I wanted to use and found a small size square piece in my local crafts shop.
I quickly drew heart shapes and the floral design on the fabric and started working.
To create the roses, I used a bullion stitch, they are called 'bullion knot roses', if you want to look them up online.
Here's a tutorial for bullion stitch:
I've never worked with bullion stitch before so I learned it from a few tutorial videos online. (I just love how I can learn almost anything online!)
The stitches I used for the branches and leaves are the simplest ones I could remember from those days when I used to embroider.
It's funny, I haven't done any embroidery work for years and years and yet it felt so natural to create something from scratch - I'd say it's a bit like riding a bicycle, you never really forget :-)
So heart #1 completed, now I'll start working on heart #2 - two hearts are better than one! :DDD
Get a hobby, enjoy your life!
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