Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Stitching on Felt Shapes/Creative Impressions Stitching Template



Happy Tuesday Everyone:

I have an easy tutorial today for Stitched Creative Impressions Blossoms ( Pastel 62201, Bright 62203 and Heritage 62202) as well as the Medium Felt Blossoms (62101, 62102 one 62103) and Leaves (Olive 62302) that were added to a store-bought plain pencil case for a little extra pizzazz!


I have quite the stash of embroidery thread as I haven't created anything with cross-stitch for many years now (paper crafting is my passion now).  It was time to pull the thread out of storage and create a new use for the thread.  I decided to try stitching on the Felt Blossoms to see what kind of outcome I would have!  I love it!

I started out by stitching some designs with different colors onto the Blossoms when I was watching tv at night.  I found it to be really relaxing, so I just kept on stitching away!  This is what I ended up with:

I just started playing with layering different size blossoms together.  As you can see, there are many different stitches used.   Of course there was still one thing missing to complete the flowers - Creative Impressions Buttons in different colors!  Now I was happy!


Finally, I laid out various Blossoms on my pencil case and began to adhere them to the case using basic stitches.  Again here is the final piece.


If you find that you aren't really comfortable with embroidery or you just need some inspiration concerning what stitches to use and where, not to worry!  Creative Impressions produces and distributes this wonderful Stitching Template designed by Kathy Shaw.  You will love this!




You can leave the five full templates included together like this - just place over the desired piece, place a pencil in the holes indicated, twist the pencil and voila!, you have your pattern perfectly placed on your blossom or fabric.



In this case I cut apart the template on the broken lines with scissors and I store them on a metal ring.


Here are a few more examples of choosing the desired stitch and placing it on your piece.


I know I will be creating a lot more projects with Felt Shapes and stitching - with and without the template.  Can't wait to get started on some more!

Happy Stitching!
Susan




Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Baby Gift Tags

A friend recently had a new grandson and I wanted to send her a gift.  As usual, I came up short when it came having kid stuff in my stash and, as usual, Creative Impressions to the rescue!


I used a tea stained tag that I had set to dry on the patio table on my deck.  It left an interesting stained texture, don't you think?  A simple pine tree brad fit the theme of my gift which was a onesie with mountain animals and trees.


I punched a heart from another tag to cove the back of the pine tree brad.


I layered punched hearts with this sweet little heart brad and layered onto the tissue paper.


1/8" organdy ribbon tied around gave a nice presentation to my gift for little Rhett Lukas.  Don't you just LOVE that name??

I just love how simple details make it easy to make something special for the ones you love!