The Thread Cafe

A few more

2010-09-07T22:45:00.002-04:00

2010-09-07T22:26:00.005-04:00

Here are a few more....

Card Creations

2010-09-07T22:12:00.003-04:00

I have to admit that my focus on creating has been elsewhere for the past year. Some of my interests have been in card making and incorporating different methods.

Saddle Baby Pads

2008-09-01T12:12:00.003-04:00

I have stiched the names in an outline and trimmed the felt.

Another Post Card & Red Work Design

2008-02-18T20:10:00.003-05:00

I have digitized another Red Work design as well as turning it into a Post Card. I hope you like it, I am trying different fabrics as a background. I have to be careful because if it becomes too fat the Post Office will not deliver it.

Have a Great Day!

This one is better!

2008-02-17T15:30:00.000-05:00

I have worked on a new postcard, this time I added a design that I have digitized and created the top layer all in the hoop. I added a border larger than my 4x6 to tack down a thin layer of batting. After the tack down I added the stiff stabilizer and fabric on top and stitched out the birds. I removed the hoop from the machine (leaving the design in the hoop) and trimmed the underside of the excess batting. I returned the hoop to the machine and stitched out the remaining part of the design. I used variegated thread, next time I will not because did not like where the colors have fallen.

Fabric Post Card

2008-02-13T19:58:00.000-05:00

Wow, Christmas was really busy and that is a good thing! I have finally caught up and have started a few projects.

I am working on a collection of Japanese Designs both in Red Work and Filled. Hopefully those will be done soon.

In the mean time I have started working on Fabric Post Cards..... here is the first, try not to cringe too much. Not too bad for "winging" it, I could not make up my mind about the edging so I used a different on each side. Well ok I did not like the left side so I stitched it over again.

Sorry about the lighting, the colors are much more vibrant.

2007-11-04T16:40:00.000-05:00

I have been working on a new project: I found a 5x7 box acrylic frame and I have created a couple of holiday inserts using variegated thread. They can be easily changed , I am working on creating additional holidays to complete the collection.

2007-10-26T21:34:00.000-04:00

These designs are from www.emblibrary.com, I used two designs and added swaroski hot fix crystals in the center of the flowers.

2007-09-09T14:41:00.000-04:00

This Photo Stitch embroidery contains over 25,000 stitches and was created from an Ink Sketch.

Red Work

2007-09-09T14:22:00.000-04:00

Here are a couple of Redwork designs I created for Machine Embroidery.

2007-08-17T10:53:00.000-04:00

This design uses a technique called Photo Stitch and contains over 33,000 stitches.