Pimpin' New Patterns!

I wanted to spread the word about Pimp Stitch's opening day, which was actually yesterday! The quad has released some really cute embroidery patterns for a totally affordable price of only $3.00! Oh, and there's no shipping, because they're emailed to you. EXTRA cool!

All of the patterns are so cute, and picking a favorite seems close to impossible. I was just going to pick one set from each designer, and save the rest for another week, but it's too hard to decide, so I bought them all! What can I say? I'm a sucker for cute and original hand embroidery patterns.

Head on over to Pimp Stitch, check out the patterns for yourself & show these girls some love.

xoxo

Well, Cross My Stitch!

Today I wanted to share with you two gifts I made for my husband for Father's Day. He works in tech support, so he's really turned in to quite the geek. He's always had that underlying male geekiness, with his love of Star Wars, video games, comics, sci-fi, kung fu movies, you know, all the stuff that make nerds H-O-T.

In the past couple of years he's really taken to computers, operating systems, and programming, opening a whole new realm of geeky. Let me tell you, it's awe. some.

I've been seeing a lot of really amazing cross stitch projects lately, ranging from cute to cool. Seeing these projects sparked a desire to try some new stitching. I knew I wanted the first project to be computer related, and something he could take to work.

I decided to cross stitch "DAD" in binary code. John had some old computer ram he wasn't planning on using, so I glued it to a frame, making a perfectly adorkable gift.

Now, keep in mind this was my first cross stitch project in over 15 years, and I pretty much jumped right in without a pattern. I was still in embroidery mode, and used 6 strands of floss, instead of the cross stitch 2 strand standard. With that said, I'm still proud of this little piece, and John really loved it.

Video games seem to be a popular subject in the world of cross stitch, especially the older games, since they are mostly pixel art. This just happens to be perfect, because one of John's all time favorite video games is Galaga. I searched for some Galaga patterns, and settled on one I found here.

Unfortunately I haven't framed this one yet, but John didn't seem to mind. He raved about both of his gifts, but I could tell the Galaga piece was his favorite.

I have to admit, I've been on a bit of a cross stitch obsession for the last week. By no means am I replacing embroidery, but with amazing new cross stitch kits just on the horizon, I would like to alternate between embroidery and cross stitch from time to time.

Next week I will share more cross stitch inspirations with you and possibly a new completed project!

xoxo

Here, Kitty Kitty!

First off, thank you for all the compliments here and on Flickr about the poodle shirt I posted about yesterday.

Second, thanks to Rachel for letting me know that the poodle shirt was mentioned on Craft Gossip yesterday.

What fun! You can check it out here.

Third, I'd like to apologize for a typo in yesterday's post. I goofed and said the design was from the Julie West patterns, but they are actually from the Lisa Petrucci patterns.

Speaking of the Julie West patterns, I was flipping through the newest BUST magazine on Sunday, and noticed an advert for Sublime Stitching with a few of the example designs I stitched!

I don't remember the last time I was so excited to see an ad.

Ok, now let's take a look at that cute little kitty. I embroidered this one first, and was so inspired by the cuteness, I had to keep going, and stitched the poodle.

She's pretty cute, but the poodle steals my heart.

Next on the t-shirt agenda is embroidering an airplane for Darcy. She's really obsessed with airplanes and helicopters right now. They're her favorite things, and she tries to mention them in just about every conversation. When she says "airplane", it sounds pretty clear, but "helicopter" sounds more like, "ca-ca". Kids say the darndest things! (Oh yeah, I went there.)

Hey! Check out Rachel's blog for a sweet screen printed fabric giveaway! Deer, Obama, and E.T., oh my!

Tomorrow I'll share with you my Father's Day creations.

xoxo

French Knot Poodle

I thought I would share with you a shirt I embroidered for my daughter. I finished this last week, but I'm lazy, I mean busy, and I'm just now posting a picture.


I don't know what my obsession with variegated floss is lately, but I think it was perfect for this project. My daughter really loves it too, and likes to rub her fingers against all the knots. When I showed it to her she said, "AWW, a dog! It's cute!" Well said.

If you're feeling inspired, I used the Lisa Petrucci patterns, by Sublime Stitching.

I also embroidered the kitten from the same pattern set on a yellow t-shirt, but I've been too "busy" to take pictures of that one. I'll try to remember to snap a few shots when I take photos of the Father's Day gift I made for my husband.

xoxo