Showing posts with label Embroidery Hoops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Embroidery Hoops. Show all posts
embroidery
Embroidery Hoops
hoop art
May Arts Ribbon
Stampin Up
Valentine's Day
Valentine Hoop Art
Happy Snow Day!
I've been making a lot of embroidery hoop art as of late
and today's snow day was the perfect day for it.
I looked through my huge collection of stamps for those with thin lines
for stitching over. I found this sweet elephant stamp from an old
Stampin' Up Valentine collection from several years ago. I've always loved it!
I stamped the image onto a warm muslin fabric with Staz-On ink.
Next, I used various colors of DMC embroidery floss and started stitchin'!
I cut a felt heart from a roll of felt ribbon that I purchased in the Target Dollar Spot :)
I wanted more color for the background, so I used some chalks for the sky and grass and
also a dab of pink for his cheeks!
Once the front was finished, I glued the edges down around the back of the 4" hoop.
Next, I die-cut a 4" circle from white poster board and glued it to the back. Perfect
for hiding the stitch work and also giving some protection to the piece.
In finishing, I attached red pom pom trim from May Arts Ribbon and a red/white
piece of twine for the hanger. I just -HEART- how it turned out!
Thanks for stopping by!
Shellye
Altered Art
Basic Grey
Embroidery Hoops
Hillside Collection
Home Decor
tutorial
Hillside Hoop'la
Hello there and a happy Wednesday to you!
I had this really sweet project up yesterday on the blog at
BASIC GREY
This is an inexpensive home décor project featuring the new “Hillside” Collection
and a couple of wooden embroidery hoops that you can find in craft or fabric stores.
For this project I have used a 4” and 6” embroidery hoop. First, I traced the very
outside edge of each of the hoops; this will leave enough excess for tucking the
paper around the inner hoop.
Next, trim out the tracing, leaving about a ¼” border as shown in the photo above.
Using small, micro-tip scissors, snip the paper up to the trace line creating little tabs
in the edge of the paper as you go around the circle.
Fold the paper around the edge of the inner hoop and secure the tabs with a quick
drying glue. Place the outer hoop over the inner hoop. Glue the smaller hoop to the
top, center of the completed 6” hoop. Begin decorating!
I started with three of the wooden ‘stakes’ and adhered them to the center of the 4” hoop. Next I layered on the chipboard letters to spell out “Hi”
The kraft tag was added and the “friends” sticker added to the center of it with
foam adhesive. One of the kraft circles was used for the “I” in “hi”.
I kept the rest of the embellishment simple by adding a single orange chipboard
butterfly with hot pink Candy Dot centers!
I love the the piece can sit as it is on a shelf, propped up with an easel or used to
display as wall-art. Create several of these, large and small, and hang in a fun
grouping in a child’s room or craft area! I hope that you enjoy mixing ‘n matching
Hillsideas much as I did J
You can see all of the Hillside Collection AND the two other new collections at
Thanks for stopping by!
