Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Stitch Club :: Embellishing Printed Fabric

Though I started out with larger ambitions for Stitch Club this month, I ended up doing a pretty small project. With a theme of embellishing printed fabric, I ordered up some Menagerie in Mermaid from Alison GlassSun Print, with the intention of cross-stitching its Xs and embellishing some pillowcases. 

But friends, those Xs are small, too small to stitch for long with my eyesight. But I did like the fabric, especially the bee. So I chose another project where I could highlight that one section. I revisited Happy Sew Lucky's Round Pincushion, a sweet puck-shaped pincushion pattern that offers a nice variety of shapes. I chose to make mine 2" tall by 4" across, perfect for my stitched bee.

Speaking of said bee, I stitched with size #8 perle cotton, backing the piece with a layer of batting before I started. The out-line stitches were added to define the design a bit more. 

So that's it. Small maybe, but still let me participate along with the club. Just for the record, I did complete a much larger project using a similar stitching on printed fabric technique a while back - so overall I'm feeling ok about things and anxious to see what's next.

7 comments:

  1. Great choice for both the element to feature from the print and the way to use the embellished print itself.

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  2. Very cute! I actually missed the bee at first on the fabric!

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  3. I missed the bee too. That is adorable and highlighting a particular motif is smart. I really like the finished project.

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  4. Debbie, how clever of you to cross stitch the bee design in the printed fabric! I too did not see the bee in the printed design until you stitched it. Making it into the round drum style pin cushion was a perfect choice to showcase the stitched bee.

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  5. Oh my - how beautiful! I had to look closely to see the bee before you stitched it - what a pretty project finish!

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  6. very cute! sometimes small is just right

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  7. That is a very cute pincushion! I love how you highlighted the bee. xo

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