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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Krazy Kitchen Gift Embroidery

I have been working on this trio of kitchen hand towels for-ev-er. I did a lot of embroidery when I was pregnant, but now I usually embroider only at times when I can't sew. Like in the car. Eeeek. They are a wedding present and long overdue (although well within the acceptable one year.) Still, I really like how they are coming along.

I used a very nice quality, sturdy vintage flat sheet to make the towels, which I narrowly hemmed on the featherweight. I downloaded the Krazy Kitchen embroidery pattern pdf from Sublime Stitching, and I traced the motifs I wanted on my towels with iron on transfer pencil in my desired placement. I pressed the patterns on the fabric, chose my colors, and here's what I came up with.


 The silly patterns are based on the known fact that the bride does not like to cook. In her last house, there was a small window in the kitchen, and she joked that they had their own delivery window for take out.
I forgot the handle on the blender. Doh! I'll go back and fix that. 

The flaming pan was fun to make! I used a stem stitch for licking flame texture that the back stitch could not provide.  
In progress. I have a pistachio mixer that I love! The cupcake will be frosted in pink. 
I just love Sublime Stitching. The patterns are soooooo cute. I actually got totally distracted by browsing patterns while I was getting the links for this post. Next I want to stitch some cute little camper accessories with Camp Out.

So, do you embroider? Have you ever used any Sublime Stitching patterns?

4 comments:

  1. How cute!! I love embroidery. Hand sewing has always been one of my favorite things to do. I haven't ever used anything from Sublime--I'll have to check that out. :) Your friend will love her towels!

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    1. Sublime Stitching is great! The designs are wonderful, and you can have transfers mailed or do the instant gratification download, which I love. Don't forget to check out the freebie pattern!

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  2. I've recently gotten back into embroidery. Bought the "Days of the Week" transfers. Yikes! Seven towels right off the bat! But with that many in the drawer (assuming they'll get there), I won't feel bad about a stain or two.

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    1. I'm sure yours will be lovely! I want to do a set for us too. I thought it would be a great camping project when bringing the sewing machine along just wouldn't be practical! ;P

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