BFC Creations – Where Thread comes to life!
Hi Suz, finally the finished products! I’m reasonably pleased with them but of course there are quite a few “off” pieces. Hopefully these might not be too evident to an untrained eye. Many thanks for your help with the Italian window. Colleen
Hi Suz! I finished the starry night. Had a bit of trouble lining up that last panel so I eyeballed it with a printed template of the design. As I progressed the fabric and stabilizer did drawn in so I’m thinking metal hooping might not have been the best way to go. However!!! I managed to get a pretty decent picture and I love it. Anyway, I put a batik green/yellow border then the background fabric blue to frame it and you can’t tell there were any puckers!! Only you and I will know there are any mistakes and I’m not telling!!! This will be a pillow cover for a VanGogh-fan granddaughter. I think it’s beautiful!
Happy New Year to you and yours! I wanted to share a photo of my last, big project of 2021, and I do mean big, at least in stitches. After adding up the stitches in the large size design, [for the 150×240 hoop] ,I believe the total was on the far side of 190,000 stitches. What a way to end the year. Thank you again for your help in resolving the issue of the missing whiskers. I look forward to the new year and stitching more of your excellent designs. Blessing upon you, Laura
I was very much into beading before I started machine Embroidery. I thought I would show you some of my necklaces – you can see where I started incorporating Free Standing Lace Embroidery into my beadwork! Experiment with combining crafts you love.
Beads are easy because there are so many ways to add beads to your embroidery. You can go all out as I did below and make jewelry from your embroidered Free Standing Lace Medallions, or dot beads (sew them or glue them) around a fantasy embroidery to add sparkle to the sky or ground or add to the characters costumes. Add fringe at the bottom of a wall hanging with beads the colors in the embroidery.
If you like yarn, this too can be incorporated. You can crochet or braid a necklace cord for a medallion. Add fringe to a wall hanging – with or without beads. Cut small pieces of appropriate fluffy fibers to add to the landscape of an embroidery. Outline by couching an appropriate fiber or yarn around elements in the picture.
