This blog is two years old! Wow!
The stitching is complete for the first set of elements, hydrogen, oxygen, and helium. The color palette red, yellow, and blue, so I used those colors pretty playfully.
Hydrogen
I love the neat messiness of the wrong side.
The thread is DMC and the fabric is a Kona solid in Snow.
Oxygen
Helium
Cricket Bear!
Thank you again for all the support! This next year we hope to start offering a slow trickle of ready-to-order items off of Etsy.
Happy New Year!
This Spring we launched a successful Kickstarter project (thanks again, everyone!) and are now in the process of creating the pieces. I’ve been brainstorming about each element all year and I’m thrilled to start stitching soon.
The fabric is a Kona solid in Snow. I’m pulling thread from 454 colors of DMC floss!
Lately I’ve been using watercolor to sketch out ideas, and the process has been rewarding. Here are some of the ideas I have for the elements I’ll be embroidering.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a wonderful August.
I wanted to have a little gift for a couple whose engagement party we were attending, and tea towels were the first thing to come to mind. Tea towels spruce up any kitchen and are a nice way to use up fabric from the stash.
Finished Size: 16″ x 24″ ***As you will see the size of the towel is adjustable. If you have a favorite tea towel, measure that one and add the seam allowances to the measurements. Or if you have a FQ (18″ x 22″) than you can use that after squaring it up, but it’ll be a bit shorter in length.
Materials for Two Tea Towels
Here is the Costco bought towel I based my tea towel on.
First I measured this towel to find the dimensions.
I added a 1/2″ seam allowance on each length and an 1″ on the width. ***Use these seam allowances if you’re using a fat quarter or a custom size.
3. Now that each side of the length is folded over 1/4″ twice, pin each side in place.
4. Sew 1/8″ away from the edge on both lengths. I’m using a 2mm stitch length here.
5. Sew 1/4″ away from the edge of both lengths, creating a parallel line to the first. Now the lengths should be completely sewn.
6. Turn to the width edges. Press and fold each width edge 1/2″, and then fold and press it 1/2″ again, pinning the edge to hold it in place until sewing. Repeat this on the other width.
7. Sew 1/8″ in from the edge on both widths.
8. Sew a 1/4″ from the edge on both widths.
9. Trim up any loose threads. Admire your tea towels!
10. This is a prefect item to embellish. I went for a little spot in each of the bottom right corners. You might want to put your initials or maybe an important date.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you make some awesome towels.
Thanks to all of those in the community that have already joined in to make this project happen. I’m going to hand-embroider one-off pieces for each element in the periodic table. The treatment of each element will not be a one to one draw and stitch: each piece will be inspired by an element; it will not necessary depict the element, although it may.
If you’re interested or want to tell a friend here check out the project here!
The Mitosis phase continues.
Seed stitch is playful.
Moles.
Mitosis Phase One is near to my heart. In December I put the first stitches down, and realized I was looking at a bunch of cells. The void in all the cells started to make me wonder about what’s happening inside of each one. I decided to investigate and found a cell hot with division.
Back Stitch looking fluid front and back.
Notice the voids between the cells, the Back stitch, and the weave of the fabric.
The cell starting up Mitosis.
The colors soften as the process picks up momentum.
All of this creating has helped us get to a new point: we are going to be launching a Kickstarter project soon. It’s an embroidery wall art project focusing on science and art. Keep an eye out in the next couple of weeks for updates.
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This piece is inspired by Nana, one of the most wonderful people I know. She loves penguins. She loves the way they nest, eat, and make community. Penguins are captivating. I think it is safe to say the penguin is cute. I started to sketch a few ideas for a piece.
Then I refined and simplified the idea.
After a recent blue thread disaster with another project, I keep much better records. DMC is currently my thread company of choice.
During the sketching period we made a visit to the glass studio demo at the Chrysler Museum. At the studio there is a wall for visitors to leave a sketch and it may be grabbed by a glassblower and made during one of their daily demonstrations. I drew a penguin, and here are the amazing results.
A view inside of the glass penguin.
And here is another inside of a project. Although many embroidery backs are covered I often find myself falling in love with them. What I enjoy is the relaxed version of the image, sort of like a watercolor.
A metal D ring for a hook.
The front of the piece. It is filled with a thin layer of wool batting.
Seed stitch and St. George Cross stitch.
Stem stitch gold rings.
Coral stitch for a pebbly beach.
These penguins have French knot eyes and Satin stitch bodies.
Thank you for stopping by and for all the support.
Brambleton Threads recently became an LLC, and my husband is helping with the business. We hope to have some more information coming up soon on projects focusing in embroidery and quilting with custom designs.
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Cats are mysterious creatures, and one of the most lovable. This feline was modeled after all those wonderful black cats in the world.
The cat sketch.
Using a weave in the background in one of my favorite filling techniques of late.
A real cat’s cradle.
What have you been stitching? Thanks for stopping by!
2016, like all years, has been incredible. This embroidered piece is influenced by the many sunrises I caught this year; waking up in the dawn’s dark is one of my favorite activities.
After the embroidery was finished, I machine quilted the double wool batting with gold Gutermann thread.
The front up close.
The blue behind.
Thanks for stopping by at any point during this year and after!
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