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I grew up with a grandma who quilted, but she’d never been interested in passing along the hobby, so when she finally kicked it I was the grandkid who got all her materials, ‘cause I was the only one who knew how to use a sewing machine. Then, in 2015, a friend had a baby and I figured I’d make her a quilt, ‘cause how hard could it be?

oh

my

god

Luckily I am the stubbornest human alive, ‘cause I never woulda finished otherwise. I didn’t know what I was doing, didn’t know the terms to look up how to do anything, I musta reinvented the wheel like eight times and it took ten months, BUT I DID IT.

Figured I’d suffered enough and would never do it again and now I’m on quilt #9 smdh

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I’m hyperventilating.

Holy shit. Holy SHIT.

This is INCREDIBLE.

Oh my god.

I’ve gotta go lay down holy shit look at this how do we just walk by other human beings every day and live our separate lives when there’s a person sitting next to you on the train or in line for coffee who goes home and makes things like this what even IS being human holy shit.

GOOD FUCKING JOB.

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I had a lady asking me about Kasuti embroidery.  This is a pretty good intro to the basics, if you’d like to check it out.

#kasuti #embroidery #needlework #stitching #art #craft

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wenqaz0830 on douyin

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(via Embroidery♦️Вышивка♦️Handmade (@world_embroidery) • Instagram photos and videos)

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Embroidered Brooches from ArtByAshfox

x / x x / x x / x x / x x / x

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I bought myself a spinning wheel as an early birthday present and am having an absolute ball dying fiber and seeing how it spins up.

#wool #spinning #yarn #art #craft

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suedaurio

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Kirsten Chursinoff

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Crystal Cold Silence Mandala by Evelin Karu

Free Crochet Pattern Here (May need to make an account)

#crochet #stitching #needlework #art #craft #mandala

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“Trippy” by Karen Marchetti of Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Created for her art group’s spiral challenge, this fun, intertwining applique is a fabulous showcase for Karen’s skilled free motion quilting.

Photo taken at MQX Quilt Festival New England 2019

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Closeup of embroidery on a man’s vest, Pieniny highlanders from Szczawnica, southern Poland.

Photography by Stanisław Gadomski, 1970s, from the digitalized collection of Muzeum Miejskie w Tychach.

#Poland #embroidery #stitching #needlework #art #craft

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Embroidery pattern from Przeworsk: edges of rańtuch, a head covering.

Source: wiano.eu

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“Spring Harmony” by Kathy McNeil of Tulalip, Washington. A beautiful appliqued pagoda triptych. I’ve never been to Japan, but I have a picture of my daughter in a similar setting at Epcot, and this brings back wonderful memories.

“The Sprinter” by Birgit Schueller of Riegelsberg, Germany.

The stitched figures are simply marvelous. I have several friends who run (I don’t, and being asthmatic gives me an ironclad excuse) and when I showed the pictures of this quilt to one of them, she joked “if that was you, the guy would be clutching a Charley horse.” Too true!

“Dream House 3” by Karen Turnbull of Laguna Niguel, California. I love the current trend of wholecloth quilts depicting images. This is a stunning example of what you can do in thread.

Bubbles" by Barbara McElroy of Greely, Colorado. Stained glass applique. Fun color and movement.

Photo taken at AQS QuiltWeek Daytona Beach 2019

#quilting #needlework #stitching #art #craft #embroidery

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While en route to New Hampshire for the MQX show, I thought I’d try to get through a few more of my favorites from Daytona Beach Quilt Week.

Wifi on a train is spotty at best, so I may have to store them all up and send them when I reach somewhere with a connection.

“Protecting the Flame” by Sandi Snow of Lutz, Florida. Winner of Second Place Wall Quilts - Pictorial. The details in Sandi’s quilts are meticulous, and the rich colors in this stained glass style piece make it one of my favorites out of all her work.

“Dance of the Twirly Girls” by Andrea Brokenshire of Round Rock, Texas. Winner of Best Wall Quilt.

Vivid color and super detailed stitching. Another gorgeous floral piece!

“Happiness Blooms from Within” by Kestrel Michaud of West Melbourne, Florida. Raw edge fused applique in a wonderful palette.

“Bubble Ballet” by Birgit Schueller of Riegelsberg, Germany.

Fun use of color with a lot of great free motion work.

Photo taken at AQS QuiltWeek Daytona Beach 2019

#quilting #stitching #needlework #art #craft #embroidery

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First boomerang complete. Each frame is hand stitched and scanned in to create this bouncing animation. I edited it in post and reversed the video to get the bouncing effect and repeated it a few times. Each piece took me about 3 hours to stitch

#animation #embroidery #stitching #needlework #art #craft

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Simple and perfect.

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