January Calendar Block

24
Aug

OK, so I live in the desert southwest and we really don’t get snow here but I grew up with snowy winters so I chose and snowman scene from the Snowman Blocks bundle for my January block.

The ITH block with “January” all around is from the In-the-Hoop Calendar Block set. This set is designed for ultimate flexibility so that you can insert whatever design you want for the center block.

Again, I’ve used the InkTense colored pencils to get the color. These pencils are easy to use, no clean up required, and moisture is used to get the water-color effect and make the color permanent.

Credits

Designed and made by Lindee Goodall (11/7/2018)

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December Calendar Block

24
Aug

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays so I chose a Santa scene from the Vintage Christmas Scenes bundle to combine with the blank December block from the In-the-Hoop Calendar Block set.

The In-the-Hoop Calendar Block set is designed for ultimate flexibility so that you can insert whatever design you want for the center block.

Again, I’ve used the InkTense colored pencils to get the color. These pencils are easy to use, no clean up required, and moisture is used to get the watercolor effect and make the color permanent.

Credits

Designed and made by Lindee Goodall (11/7/2018)

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November Calendar Block

24
Aug

My choice for my November calendar block from the Thanksgiving Traditions Blocks set and combined with the blank November block from the In-the-Hoop Calendar Block set.

The In-the-Hoop Calendar Block set is designed for ultimate flexibility so that you can insert whatever design you want for the center block.

Again, I’ve used the InkTense colored pencils to get the color. These pencils are easy to use, no clean up required, and moisture is used to get the water-color effect and make the color permanent.

Credits

Designed and made by Lindee Goodall (11/7/2018)

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October Calendar Block

24
Aug

I love line-art style designs. This design set is done in a single color and multi-color. I’ve used it to quilt my project.

The block is also colored with Inktense colored pencils, my current favorite media for coloring fabric. The pencils are easy to use, no clean up required, and moisture is used to get the water-color effect and make the color permanent.

This pumpkin and cat design comes with the In-the-Hoop Calendar Block set. There are many other sets to choose designs for the rest of the months based on what holidays you celebrate and whether you live in the northern hemisphere or southern.

Credits

Designed and made by Lindee Goodall (10/23/2018)

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Victorian Crazy Patch Wall Hanging

31
Oct

There’s just no way I would have done an embellished crazy patch project like this any other way!

By digitizing all the crazy stitches, I could work them out before I ever stitched and having my embroidery machine do all the piecing and embellishing made the only time consuming part be the fabric and thread selection!

The border was digitized to match the width of the sashing strips (1/2″ wide finished) so that too is “automated.”

And yes, this yet another quilt as you go project.

Finished size is 26 x 26″

Credits

Designed and made by Lindee Goodall (10/31/2017)

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Autumn Leaves Wall Hanging

29
Oct

Simple outline or “redwork” style designs can be so versatile. Here I’ve adapted them for raw edge applique and quilting.

After creating the original leaves for another project some years ago, I added a few more and while I was doing that, I had the idea for this project. It’s really quite similar to the technique I used in Pen & Flowers but instead of layering the fabric underneath the main fabric for a shadow effect, I placed it on top.

Then the trick comes in that you have to know where to place your pieces unless you plan to trim the fabric off after stitching. This collection includes a plain placement line for each leaf. Combine the two designs, stitch the outline first, place your cutout leaf (cut it larger than the placement line) then stitch the detailed leaf design.

If you have Embrilliance Stitch Artist, or any other digitizing software for that matter, find a font you like and type in AUTUMN. Then simply apply a bean (triple) stitch to the outlines. I colored it in with Inktense colored pencils.

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Halloween Haunted House Mini Quilt

30
Sep

Since the release of the Winter Friends quilted and colored wall hanging, I’ve been getting requests for other seasons.

Like it’s companion project, this one is digitized for both multicolor and monochromatic. Also, I’ve colored it with pencils, a technique I happen to like.

Credits

Designed and made by Lindee Goodall (9/30/2015)

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Change the Needle, Change the Thread

03
Mar

Sometimes we need reminders to keep us focused!

I stitched this one up using alphabets I have available as BX fonts (Euforia, Monterey, Serena, and Eccentric, all 1″ size) combined with design #1 from Sewing Vintage Redwork.

I stitched on a linen-like fabric from my stash and stretched it over an artist’s canvas, padding it a bit with some batting. It hangs over my embroidery machine when it’s not traveling to shows with me.

The beauty of using keyboard fonts is that it makes it easy to add longer lines of text to any design and quickly change the font style to suit your project.

If “BX fonts” are unfamiliar to you, you need to check them out! At the time of this posting, there over 150+ designers making fonts in this format and you can use any of them with a free program from Embrilliance called Express.

Of course, after I made this as a demo piece for my embroidery club, they wanted the finished version. If you preferred “done for you” designs, you can get this and more in Sew You Say.

Credits

Designed and made by Lindee Goodall (3/3/2015)

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Multimedia Carnation

13
Dec

Month seven’s topic in the Echidna PIE Embroidery Training Series is color theory and adding color via other media. I’ve used all sorts of media including paint, ink, pens, crayons, paintstick, and dyes.

For this project, we’ll use colored pencils since they’re inexpensive, easy to use, readily available, and require no cleanup or special prep.

Redwork designs offer an easy way to get into coloring embroidery. If you’ve ever colored in a coloring book, you can do this. And, it’s even easier—the lines are raised!

There are two birth month flowers for January. The Carnation, used for Australia, an addition to being the first birth month flower of the year is also the first-anniversary flower.

Carnations can be found in a wide range of colors, and while in general, they express love, fascination and distinction, virtually every color carries a unique and rich association.

The alternate birth month flower is the snowdrop which symbolizes new beginnings and hope because they typically bloom at the end of winter and announce the approach of spring.

I’ve used the Australian flowers for all the projects in this series. The projects are designed be used with any appropriate design. Even if you don’t make the actual project, I encourage you to try out the techniques—you’ll learn so much!… Read the rest

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Winter Friends Quilted Wall Hanging

30
Nov

This project came about as an answer to my embroidery club participants who wanted an embroidered quilt. I’m sure you know the kind: every block is solidly stitched and then pieced together to create a huge embroidered scene that is so stitch-intensive it could practically stand up on its own.

Just the thought of stitching one of those things makes me feel tired! That is not my idea of something fun and enjoyable.

And not only would it take a long time to design, but it would also take a longer time to digitize, test, and make a sample. And guess who would have to do all that? Me!

When I saw this artwork, though, I knew what I wanted to do with it. It was drawn for color line work and with the details that were in it, you’d still need a really large hoop to do it justice.

By enlarging it even more and splitting it into manageable “window panes,” I could make one of those larger embroidered quilts that was really more quilt-like than one composed of embroidered blocks.

This project includes the “color line” (or “multi-colored redwork”) version and a solid color version. While they do use the same artwork, they are digitized completely separately.… Read the rest

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