Sublime Stitching...

I can not describe how happy I am with my new book-kit from Sublime Stitching. 

I had a birthday gift to make to a friend of mine and I thought this "mother's love" tattoo design will be great for her. 

I embroidered her daughter's name in the middle of the tattoo and I think it looks so nice!

The little disaster began with my sewing project. I thought it will be nice to make the embroidery in the top lap of a messenger bag. But wanted it all to be mine, so I didn't take any pattern to follow and made it myself. Well, this was the terrible mistake, lol... I did sew it all and when it was finished I realized the straps were sewn in the wrong side. But when I looked closer to it I discovered that the design was embroidered too high in the lap and that's why it looked to me like the wrong thing were the strap!, lol...

Well, finally, here's how it looks like; the finished bag made in pretty cherry linen and with a perfume-patterned lining. It looks so cool and alternative, except for the design problem, lol... I learned now I must always follow a pattern!!!!, lol...

Embroidery

Love my embroidered placemat!

This was a bad morning because ETA made another terrorist attack in my country and killed one married policeman and father of a little child. It is terrible and always a morning like this keeps me in front of the TV until I have to go out.

I think that's why I enjoyed even more my beautiful placemat today. Took me off the terrible tv news. Thanks God we have good things around to keep as sane and alive from all that terror!

Thanks Floresita!

First time ever embroidery!

This is the placemat I bought yesterday at Ikea and I think I'll buy more next time because it looks so nice with the design embroidered. 

I think I have to use a "less-ply" floss for this or maybe softer colors. I don't really know. But in my next project I think I'll be able to fix some mistakes I made here.

This next pic is a closer look of the design. I downloaded it from Floresita who I think I owe the "fever" I have now for embroidery because her blog is just adorable!!!