Would you like to embroider place mats? Are you looking for simple patterns to decorate kitchen linen ? On Littledeartracks Blog it is available a very interesting tutorial that allows you to do table mats, in a simple way you can embroidery original motifs using a stitch that surely already know: the running stitch. Continue reading
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What is a biscornu? How to make a pincushion? A biscornu is a French adjective that means irregular in shape. The Blog French Word of the Day contains the explanation of the term biscornu:
Bis means ‘twice’, and cornu means ‘with horns’, ‘that which has an irregular form, with projections’, or ‘complicated and bizarre.
It is a small eight-sided pillow usually made out of Aida cloth or regular linen, you can use all embroidery stitches that you know to decorate and personalize the top and bottom of the small pillow.
Use a button to secure in the center of the pillow and to give a small depression on the top; you can also use beads to decorate the biscornu.The ideal size of a biscornu is between three to four inches, but can be smaller or bigger if using as a fob or decorative pillow respectively. A biscornu can be done using the technique of crochet, quilting or patchwork but the result is not like a counted thread.
Biscornus are very elegant and they are used by the embroiderer as holiday ornament, pincushion or cell phone decoration. They are popular items for stitchers to exchange in fact there are many biscornu exchanges arranged online through blogs, forums and social network.
Here below there is a biscornu guilde how to find tutorials and free patterns to make a biscornu.
This project is very interesting becouse help you to organize your magazines. You can learn step by step how to do this basket liners, the instructions are available on sew4home Blog. You can use elegant fabrics to personalize your basket liners.
In Maureens Vintage Acquisitions Blog there is a free hand embroidery design of a peach branch. In the Blog you will find others floral embroidery designs.
On Hugsnkisses Blog You can Download the tutorial and the free embroidery pattern to make the Charming Bed Pocket by Cori Blunt.
In a Stitch in dye Blog there is an hexagon pincushion tutorial. The size of the pincushion is about 5″ from point to point. Materials are: scrap fabrics, 1/4 yard of fabric for binding, hex pincushion template, paper scissors, rotary cutter and self-healing mat, quilter’s clear acrylic ruler, sewing machine, sewing machine thread, hand sewing needle, hand sewing thread, pins, iron and ironing board and stuffing.
Halloween Plastic Canvas Projects are available on Aokcorral site. You can download the Tote Bag Pattern and use cross stitch or needlepoint.
In the Over The Moon Designs Site there is a veri interesting guild to learn hardanger stitches. Designs and free patterns will help you to make wonderful hardanger projects.
Before you begin to embroider cross-stitch in a hot summer day you can eat a sweet ice cream.
While embroidering a placemat or a dish towel we can learn languages writing with needle and thread “Gelato” in Italian (Gelato) and Spanish (Helado).
Here below you will find the free cross stitch pattern to embroidery these colorful ice cream.