for Dad

What to get the father that you're not sure what to get?  His original instrument, embroidered and ready to hang in his Music-themed office!  I tried to match the colors of his office well.

Close up:

Full piece: 

Can you find it on the wall?  How did the colors work?

Simple Sweet Silhouette

I believe that this is a shape from Sublime Stitching.  I thought that I'd try a satin stitch with no outline.  That way I was able to get the eyelash effectively.

Fiesta de Breasta!

Some friends of mine were walking at the 2-day Breast Cancer walk.  As a fund raiser, they held something called "Fiesta de Breasta" - happened around May 5th.  Cute, huh?  Some of us were asked to donate items for a raffle.  I enhanced a few hand-towels and a salsa dancer.

First: a trio of peppers.

The dancer, in progress.

The other hand towel: 

Notice the ruffles in orange in pink.  I liked those.  

The final display:

Children's handwriting

An old friend asked me to embroider her daughter's name/handwriting.  It was so sweet.  I used cross-stitch fabric, which was a bit tough, but I think that it turned out well in the end.

She didn't ask for this, but I put her son's initial on another piece of fabric.  Found this cute font, and hoped that she liked it!

Jeans pockets

This is one of my first "projects" - I'm no artist, so here's what an "open" birdcage looked like to me, I guess.  

Left back pocket:

Right Back Pocket:

Gift wrapping?

It was my Grandma's 80th birthday party, so I bought her the DVD to "Crossing Delancey".  Cute movie, if you haven't seen it yet.  80s realness.

So... why wouldn't I gift wrap it in fabric?  I had a few extra buttons.  The string on the left is what she pulled onto to open the gift.

Onesies!

Welcome to the world, James Michael.  Aunt Mandy loves you very much.  

All designs from Sublime Stitching.