Wonderful Wednesday #36: Hoffelt and Hooper

What a beautiful kit this is, by Hoffelt And Hooper, on Etsy! This kit comes with: Printed cotton fabric (and I love that blue), 5" embroidery hoop, full skeins of DMC embroidery floss, Embroidery Needle, and a PDF stitching guide.

I can't think of a lovelier gift for a stitcher of any skill level! To see more loveliness by Sarah, visit her Instagram.

Wonderful Wednesday #35: Garten Craft

I adore the colors and satin stitched textures in this beautiful Southwestern Embroidery by Garten Craft on Etsy. Visit her shop to see more of her lovely woven and embroidered work!

Stitchy Snippets - Textile Bakery

Recently, I have met with the most wonderful and fantastic work by Beatrice Oettinger.

An explosion of floral elements, her textile pieces and dresses are beautifully ethereal and refreshingly inspirational. Beatrice’s garments are composed from silks, organzas, real flowers, wool and also baked dough!

In Beatrice’s words: 'Each garment is unique—an expression of a moment, a season, a walk—alchemically mixed and shaped—made for inspiration—full of seeds that can be brought back to life if you abandon them to nature again.'

Friday Instagram Finds No. 93 with Rosa e Chocolat

I just love Isabel's embroidery! That three dimensional bird and little fox and birch trees are just so great! You can find Isabel's work on Instagram on her account @rosaechocolat. She lives in Portugal, and also has an Etsy shop. Here are some of my favorite pictures from her feed!

Easter bunny is coming to town 😊 🐰 For shopping see link in profile 😉  #handmade #sewing #embroidery #handembroidery #embroideryinstaguild #needlepoint #needlestitch #needlepainting #needlework #broderie #bordado #刺繍 #dmcthread #dmcthreads #stitches #feelingstitchy #feelingstitchyig #hoop #hoopart #rosaechocolat #worldembroideryday #craftastherapy #craftsposure #craftastherapy_valentine #em_hm  #marieclaireidees

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and here we go again. . . 😊❤ Do you wanna go with me? 😉 #handmade #sewing #embroidery #handembroidery #embroideryinstaguild #needlepoint #needlestitch #needlepainting #needlework #broderie #bordado #刺繍 #dmcthread #dmcthreads #stitches #feelingstitchy #feelingstitchyig #hoop #hoopart #rosaechocolat #worldembroideryday #craftastherapy #craftsposure #craftastherapy_valentine #em_hm  #marieclaireidees

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Hello people 😉 For shopping see link in profile 😉  #handmade #sewing #embroidery #handembroidery #embroideryinstaguild #needlepoint #needlestitch #needlepainting #needlework #broderie #bordado #刺繍 #dmcthread #dmcthreads #stitches #feelingstitchy #feelingstitchyig #hoop #hoopart #rosaechocolat #worldembroideryday #craftastherapy #craftsposure #craftastherapy_valentine #em_hm  #marieclaireidees

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Wonderful Wednesday #34: Cathy Eliot

Love this foliage series of patterns by Cathy Eliot on Etsy, especially this Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme hoop.

MooshieStitch Monday: Easter (and Spring) Stitching Ideas

Hey Everyone! Looking for something fun to stitch for Easter next weekend?

Here are some ideas found in the Feeling Stitchy blog archives!

* If you want an easy quick project, try this adorable little chick embroidery.

Click here to see more photos and to get the link to the (free!) pattern.

* Get your sewing machine out and make this Easter basket. You can personalize it with any embroidery pattern you like also.

Tutorial Here

* Who likes Peeps?? Make this fun felt Peeps embroidery for Easter!!

Tutorial Here

* Make your own Easter bunny!

Find It Here

* For those readers living where it is currently Springtime, you could try stitching this woven basket with flowers (or add little Easter eggs instead of flowers!)

Tutorial Here

* Lastly, to get you in the mood for "Spring cleaning", I love this tutorial on how to make embroidered labels to organize all your stitching supplies. 

Tutorial Here

Threadwritten Textiles by Sarah Pedlow

Recently I was contacted by artist Sarah Pedlow, who has been researching embroidery techniques and traditions in areas such as Budapest, Hungary, Blonduos, Iceland, and Oaxaca, Mexico.

Sarah is looking to fund her upcoming residency studying Dutch Textile Traditions with an Indiegogo campaign.

Contributions to Sarah's residency fund are rewarded with some rather beautiful embroidered items, from authentic embroidery stitched by women in Transylvania to a kit that teaches the Hungarian written stitch with materials, to a silkscreened project bag that can be used as is or embroidered with a simple chain or back stitch.

Sarah's work is fascinating - I encourage you to take a look at her Indiegogo page, visit http://threadwritten.com/ to learn about her upcoming classes, or follow her on Instagram.

Wonderful Wednesday #33: Mirka Döring

I was just floored by the beauty of this embroidery by artist Mirka Döring. The colors, the textures, the stitching - just perfect!

To see more of her stitching, visit her shop on Etsy and DaWanda and find her on Instagram.

If you'd like to try your hand at that stupendous flamingo, Mirka has a PDF pattern in her shop:

Stitchy Snippets - TEXTiles

'The slow rhythm of needle through fabric brings me immense satisfaction. To stitch something is to make a declaration of its worth by virtue of the time spent.' Effie Jessop

Effie Jessop draws inspiration from her fascination for language and combines portraits with words plucked from text messages. Through this juxtaposition of 'the digital speed of a mobile phone with the slow handcraft of embroidery' she records a moment and with her textiles forms a tangible, lasting heirloom.