A Birthday present for my Mom

My mom gave me some sweatshirts to embroider for her about a year ago. Machine embroidery on sweatshirts is not my idea of a good time, so I put it off. I bought a new hoop-it-all embroidery hoop for my embroidery machine and decided to try it on the thick sweatshirts. It worked great and I managed to embroider all three of these sweatshirts in one afternoon quite painlessly. The designs are from Embroidery Library. I love the hummingbird. Check out the detail by clicking on the picture to enlarge it.  My mom loves sweatshirts and I am sure these will make her happy. I might even do a few more now that I have discovered how great my new embroidery hoop is!

Even More Bunnies!

This was a UFO that I started a few years ago. It is a Nancy Halvorsen design from her "Easy Does it for Spring" book. The bunny garland. I like the way it turned out, but I think it's time to do something non-bunny related :-p

Spring Table Mat

I made a new table mat in pretty Spring colors and look who hopped on it! This is the cute little bunny I found during my latest garage sale shopping excursion. He looked so sad I just had to bring him home. He looks like chocolate, good enough to eat. Yummy!

My Bunnies are Home

Didn't my framer do a great job!

More Bunnies

A Spring pillow for my daughter. The embroidery is from Embroidery Library and has 76,567 stitches. It took me most of a day to machine embroider it. Just think, it took me over a year to cross stitch the bunnies below and a day to embroider these bunnies. I love both techniques, the process and the outcome. You have to admit that machine embroidery is the best for instant gratification though. Which do you prefer?

Bunnies

I finished stitching my bunnies. Now to get them to the framer.

Bad, Bad Blogger!

Life can be so distracting. I have neglected my blogging for too long. I have also been neglecting my sewing machines and all of that beautiful fabric in my closet. I have been stitching though. Here is what I am working on. I am getting close to having it finished, then I  will take them to the framer. I plan on having these bunnies done for Easter!