Awesome Embroidery Introduction

I was surfing through the DMC usa site and came across an awesome introduction to embroidery video.

It showed my a better way way to do some stitches. And boy did I feel silly on how I was doing it wrong.
I thought that I would share this with all of you. Even if you already know how to embroider, it's still a nice video to watch.

New territory

I have been stitching for about 17 years and I have never used even weave or a wooden hoop.

Today I can cross those items off my list of stuff I haven't worked with yet. In fact those two things are the only items on said list. (hehe)



I normally use metal tension hoops, and aida fabric.


This particular project I just finished is for a friend's wedding present. I can post it here because I don't think that she knows that this blog exists. It will be made into a wall hanging that my sister and I are working on together.

I use a free chart from DMC for the shoe, and my sister made up the little poem.
Our friend has a sign that hangs on the outside her door to her apartment that says something about no shoes allowed. It's just a piece of paper, and we thought that this looks way more classier.

I am very proud of how the lettering turned out. I really haven't done a project with words. And with this fabric was a bigger challenge, but a lot of fun.

Explosion!

Last night we had some friends over and one of them brought me a gift. And to my surprise it was a bag stuffed full of floss! I was more then a little happy. She made my night!



And from the look of the binding on them, I want to say that they are at lest from the 1980s. Ooh, vintage!
I remember what the ones my mom used back then and they look just like them.
So now I have to go through all of me current thread and check to see if the numbers have changed or the dye lot changed. I hope not. Wish me luck!!