Revising an old favourite - 3D Butterfly

Hi all,
If you want to learn how to do 3D embroidery, here's a great place to start.

https://app.box.com/s/21kvc224beinzwg8rjdkxqltw4n6mi3t

Go to the link and download my FREE 3D Butterfly tutorial.

Plus the stitches to help you create this beauty.
Basic Stitch Download: https://app.box.com/s/huzsa0hqhzhjblbcew6j
Intermediate Stitch Download: https://app.box.com/s/7uzmrxcz7kqmq3zmzqiy
Advance Stitch Download: https://app.box.com/s/x9be19f80vhs48tchiej

Enjoy
Arlene

'Cheerful Flutterings' now available for download

From advance beginner to intermediate embroiderer, create ‘Cheerful Fluttering’s’ a Floral and Insect Stumpwork scene ready for framing.

Using two very different techniques, one three dimensional and the second stitched onto the background fabric using a lesser-known honeycomb style stitch creates two playful Dragonflies. Each Dragonfly also having different body types. The inquisitive needle lace butterfly flutters happily about with oversized Daisies standing boldly tempting him to land. While the Hydrangeas stand defiantly in an elegant vase of smoked glass with an intricate design stitch to it’s outside.

All elements are then placed on a background of linen and framed to allow us to stand back and watch our cheerful insects fluttering about enjoying the fragrance and spender of two beautiful flowers.

General information about Stumpwork and stitches will be included in lesson material



Link here: 'Cheerful Flutterings'


Arlene

Latest Project - Stumpwork embroidered Crazy Quilted box.

I have to admit it is easier to make things in a house than in the caravan.  I was commissioned to make a gift for a friend for their friends up coming birthday.

 Embroidered Basket with silk ribbon roses and beaded flowers.

 Inside view of box

 Top view of box, Buttonhole lace Butterfly, Stumpwork Goldwork beetle in pink, Silk ribbon flowers.

 This is the brooch I made as an extra gift

Buttonhole embroidered butterfly.

And of course my signature beetle.
The lady who commissioned it has received, she is over the moon with the result as am I.

New Tutorials - on Etsy

Well it was time for me to move along with my classes, as Joggles will no longer provide them, here on my blog I have added another page tag at the top which says - 'Tutorials for Purchases'.

This is where you will find the links to my Etsy shop for the tutorial directly.

New Tutorials will be added frequently but to start you off there are two now listed in the shop.

The Australian Themed Stumpwork Needle case:

Spring Blooms Cushion cover:

I hope you will enjoy making these two lovely designs.

Arlene

StitchMAP Hexagon Challenge.

In February this year StitchMAP started a year long challenge of Hexagons.  Here are my designs and some of the other designs which I've completed as part of the challenge. Along with these designs there would be two other designs to choose from most months.

 

February, March and April's Hexagons.

'A' with Woven Silk ribbon Roses - February challenge. (not my design), others that were offered was a Celtic knot garden (loads of French knots) and another embroidery flower motif.

March's Hexagons was Flowers - The Australian Wattle and Gum nuts were my design for the Challenge and a Cross stitch rose was also offered.

April's challenge was an Umbrella, Topiary Trees and a beaded Strawberry motif, (not my designs)

 This Queen bee, was for May's challenge (Not my design), also offered was a Redwork Girl and a Shady Lady fabric applique.

 June's challenge was this wonderful Canadian Oak Leaf, (not my design).  Stitched in Felt applique and also in blackwork.  The third offering was Crayon Coloured embroidered wild roses.

July's challenge was my Dragonfly. Which is an element from one of my larger embroidery pieces - Cheerful Flutterings.

Also offered for July was a raised embroidery Butterfly and a spider and his web (often used in Crazy Patchwork).

 August was my Aboriginal inspired Kangaroo and Gecko.

The Gecko is also from a larger embroidery piece, Twines in Nature.

There are still a couple of my designs to be released, but since their still to come we want to be a surprise, so I can't show them here.

If you would like to join StitchMAP and learn a wonderful skill jump on over to the Yahoo site HERE and enjoy this wonderful craft. They regularly run classes to learn about colour, red work, crazy quilting and others.

You can also download my FREE iPhone embroidery app HERE or click on the link above left. (remember Android version is in production and will be released soon)

Arlene

New Classes on Joggles

Two new classes are available on Joggles.

Bonsai Wisteria:

Link: Joggles Class - Bonsai Wisteria

Spring Blooms cushion:

Link: Joggles class - Spring Blooms

Arlene

Class closing soon - Cheerful Flutterings

Hello All,

Been a little quiet, yes I know, but I have been busy, will show results in the next few days.  In the meantime my next class with Joggles is closing soon.  Cheerful Flutterings, scheduled for April 8th the class will run for 4 weeks.  You will be introduced to needle lace, wire wrapping, some advance stitch techniques and a couple of little known stitches.  Click the link or go to the Classes tab for more details.

Arlene

2014 Joggles classes

Introducing a new class for the first part of 2014 on Joggles.

Dolphin:

and a repeat of "Cheerful Flutterings's"

Embroidery App - Customer reviews needed

Hello everyone,

Thank you to the 380+ wonderful iPhone/iPad/iPod owners who have downloaded our app.

We would really love to have some customer reviews done on our app, so they appear in the iTunes store when people come to download it.

I have a 3D Butterfly kit to giveaway to one lucky reviewer, please leave a comment below to say you have left a review within the app, on the 6th December (AEST) I will draw a lucky number using the ' random number generator' and post the kit to anywhere in the world.

Thank you all for your support.

Arlene

(AEST) - Australian Eastern Summer Time

Re Release of the FREE 3D Butterfly Tutorial

Jump on over to the FREE TUTORIAL page tab to download free the instructions to make this lovely 3D butterfly.  It's the same one that's FREE in the App.

Next week I will add the other FREE tutorial from the APP, the iPhone case.

Enjoy.

Arlene

Stumpwork DYOB (Do Your own block) - Beth's block

For some reason it seemed to take forever to finish this block, I guess it's because I have had so much on lately.  Hopefully it will slow down after the next four weeks.

Here is my work on Beth's block.

 Plus close ups

Now back to work on catching up on my CQJP blocks... no 3...   Arlene

Round Robin Progress

I have finally finished my work on two blocks for Kathy Shaw. Kathy was so
kind to allow me to hold them longer so that I could get others work out of the
way before I completed hers. Unfortunately there wasn't a lot of room on either
block for me to work with, so I did two motifs for her.

For the Butterflies and Dragonflies, I created a silver and goldwork butterfly
based on her own design.

I added several buttonhole butterflies in some of the
spaces and butterfly buttons beneath my motif. There was no more room really to
do any seams.

For the Lace and pearls one, again there were only smallish seams left and only
one place for a motif. So I added lace butterflies here and there and added
twilled ribbon and pearls onto of a lace motif in the corner. Two seams near the
basket of flowers.

I've also been working on some blocks for Southern Cross Crazies, my Xmas cracker swap block and our current round robin.

This is the Christmas cracker block, still to embellish, with silver, blue and white, and a silver beetle.

And this is my block for the RR, we get to choose our own theme, so I chose Christmas. in the silvers, white and blues.

And lastly the first part of my stocking for Lyn's Stocking swap.

Arlene

3D Butterfly FREE Tutorial

A FREE Tutorial for you to make my 3D butterfly will be available for FREE download until 31st July, 2012.

Please go to the FREE TUTORIAL TAB FOR DOWNLOAD

I hope you enjoy this free introduction to stumpwork.

Arlene

ps. if you have troubles with download, please leave a comment below, and I will send to you directly.

Who's up for it?????? 3D butterfly

Who's up for a FREE tutorial - to make a 3D butterfly ? Can't wait, do you want this one to own?

Watch this space, over the weekend you can download the FREE tutorial for this beauty. I hope to have the download ready by Saturday at the latest.

But if you want to own this particular butterfly - I have him to give away
What do you have to do? you ask!!!!
Well it's easy as 1,2,3

1. Leave a comment on this post, before 9:00 am (Eastern Standard time - Australia) Saturday, July 21st.

2. Make sure you leave your name  eg- if your a Wendy - which Wendy?

3. In the comment form, please answer the following question:
Why would you like my butterfly?


It's that easy!!!!!

Good luck!
Arlene

All about sewing RR - Lorries block and butterfly

Ok, now a weekend of stitching was certainly on the cards, and I've enjoyed it immensely.  I've finished my work on Lorries 'All about sewing' block, which I'm the angel for.

Here is the block after my work, the wonderful black singer sewing machine was already on the block to begin with.

My additions are of course the 3D butterfly, then working anti-clockwise, the green chevron seam, the green/blue fan with flower beads. The pink buttonhole and white herringbone seam, with a woven silk ribbon rose cluster. Buttonhole stitch butterfly's, butterfly charms and a flower beaded seam.

Here are closeups for you.

Arlene