Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Face Doodling ATC's

 Felt a strong urge to sit at the sewing machine and practice some more free motion sewing.  Tried to make a few face images and these are what I came up with.  Added a few drizzle stitches, french knots and buttonhole stitching around each one and voila - 2 atc's ready for my next swap. I haven't done a whole lot free motion machine sewing but the bit I have done is a lot of fun.  No straight lines, seams or doing it right to worry about, just playing and having fun :)
 I won the Embroiderer's Association of Canada 2013 calender last week from their blog contest!  Each month features an original design from members across Canada and it also came with a DVD of the patterns and instructions.  The August dragonfly design looks fabulous as well as the canvas work and hardanger designs.  This is one calender I'll certainly enjoy looking at each day.

12 comments:

  1. aww lovely faces..i love them so much..
    hugs xx

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  2. You must have a super duper sewing machine!!! Wow, the little faces look fantastic. Well done, full of creativity :D

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  3. Your portraits make me smile. The drizzle stitches look so cute. Free motion is something I have still to try.

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  4. Congratulations on your win. Your faces are lots of fun. What a great way to practice FMS. Blissful Stitching dear...

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  5. Those are very cute ATC's. Wow that's a great thing to win...lucky you.

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  6. some one is going to be lucky in the ATC swap, very nice Jenny.
    What a win a calender with all those techniques on will you do each one and post it at the end of the month? only joking!

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  7. Congratulations on winning the calendar. Fabulous free-machining. The hand stitching is a great addition.

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  8. You are amazing! That free stitching combined with your embroidery stitches is really wonderful! I miss my ATC days. I did use french knots in one I did out of felt. I wil come back with the link, as i am posting this with my phone and do not know how to navigate around on it!!!!!

    Congrats on your win!!!! Looks like a great calendar!!!

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  9. Here it is, although blurry (old phone).

    http://juliekarenginnyatc.blogspot.com/2010/02/ellie-elephant-made-by-julie-on-2-20.html?m=1

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  10. fabulous! what a joy to stitch those! :)

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  11. lovely stitched faces .. gorgeous atc!!

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