August Stitch-Along | Week 1

Welcome to the August stitch-along here on the Feeling Stitchy blog. Due in large part to my undying love of fabric, I've decided to take the stitch-along in a slightly different direction this month. Rather than selecting an embroidery pattern for us all to stitch together, I'd like to lead us in a month of embellishing patterned fabric with floss and stitches. It's a technique I first mentioned in this post from a few weeks back.

I've already selected my fabric -- a gorgeous print from Valori Wells' recent fabric line, Nest -- and rounded up some coordinating DMC floss colors. Well, I haven't exactly decided yet -- I'm still waffling between these two different color variants of the same print.

And when we're done, there are several fun things we can do with the finished project. Besides simply hanging it in a hoop (of course), we can turn our embellished fabric into pillows, mini quilts, quilt blocks ... really, whatever you can imagine!

So, are you in? For this first week, let's just focus on selecting a fabric and floss palette. Simply find a fabric that you love -- large scale prints are best, and a fat quarter should be plenty. I scanned some of my favorite shops and found a few other prints that I thought would be fun for stitching:

Prince Charming Honey Frog Prince, found at the Fat Quarter Shop

(I almost went with this one myself!)

Just Wing It Water Flower Garden, found at the Fat Quarter Shop

Melissa Averinos Dazzle, Jewell Teal, found at Fabricworm

Helen Dardik Too Muchery in Steel, found at Fabricworm

Valori Wells Wrenly Wren Gypsy, found at Pink Chalk Fabrics

Erin McMorris Summersault Hide and Seek Turquoise, found at Pink Chalk Fabrics

Anna Maria Horner Loulouthi Summer Totem Struedel, found at Pink Chalk Fabrics

Amy Butler Soul Blossoms Moss Sari Blooms, found at the Fat Quarter Shop

Summer House Bright Blue Audrey, found at the Fat Quarter Shop

I sure hope you'll stitch along with me, and I can't wait to see what you pick. To share your photos, just tag your stitching "AugustStitchalong" and add it to our pool. Happy stitching!