It's going to be another week before my Garden Dreamer fabrics arrive and I cannot wait! I have so much planned for this new collection!
Once again my overzealous nature has me already creating Garden Dreamer projects before I have a stitch of fabric in hand!
This time I decided to make my own Garden Dreamer fabric featuring two of my favorite designs, Sprinkled Peonies & Bumble Beez, using a lovely combination of hand & machine embroidery, applique, Aurifil thread, and AGF denim & linen!
I began this project by enlarging my original, scanned bumble bee & peony sketches and printed them out to use as a guide for my applique and stitching. Then using a variety of Aurifil thread weights, raw edge applique, and both machine stitching on my Janome plus hand stitching, I recreated those sketches into fabric form. Art Gallery Linen and Denim made the perfect canvas for this project!
Unfortunately my photos don't show the amazing texture of this project, I love it!
You can see that I framed my embroidered linen with patchwork in some of my favorite AGF denim colors.
I plan to finish this into a new pillow this afternoon to share tomorrow, so be sure to stop back!
Happy Monday! ♡ Maureen
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* p.s. I'm thrilled to share that you can preorder Garden Dreamer at Lady Belle Fabrics here -----> http://www.ladybellefabric.com/collections/garden-dreamer
Once again my overzealous nature has me already creating Garden Dreamer projects before I have a stitch of fabric in hand!
This time I decided to make my own Garden Dreamer fabric featuring two of my favorite designs, Sprinkled Peonies & Bumble Beez, using a lovely combination of hand & machine embroidery, applique, Aurifil thread, and AGF denim & linen!
I began this project by enlarging my original, scanned bumble bee & peony sketches and printed them out to use as a guide for my applique and stitching. Then using a variety of Aurifil thread weights, raw edge applique, and both machine stitching on my Janome plus hand stitching, I recreated those sketches into fabric form. Art Gallery Linen and Denim made the perfect canvas for this project!
Unfortunately my photos don't show the amazing texture of this project, I love it!
You can see that I framed my embroidered linen with patchwork in some of my favorite AGF denim colors.
I plan to finish this into a new pillow this afternoon to share tomorrow, so be sure to stop back!
Happy Monday! ♡ Maureen
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* p.s. I'm thrilled to share that you can preorder Garden Dreamer at Lady Belle Fabrics here -----> http://www.ladybellefabric.com/collections/garden-dreamer
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ReplyDeletethis is amazing! I'm so excited for this fabric line! and can't wait to see the finished pillow :)
ReplyDeleteLove the bee!
ReplyDeleteI love this style. Right down my alley. Gorgeous
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous Maureen!
ReplyDeleteBeuatiful beautiful Bumble Bee:)
ReplyDeleteGreat Job! Doing hand and free motion machine embroidery is something I really enjoy doing also. Although, it has been awhile since I have done a project. Seeing your beautiful artistic thread painting has my fingers itching to grab up some fabric and just create! Thank you so much for sharing and encouraging! Have a fantastic creative day!
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