French Knots are Your Friend (and Other Bits of Valentine’s Embroidery)

February 12, 2018 by mymateriallife

Some day I’m going to get some kind of large metal grid material from the hardware store and some beautiful red silk from the silk store and I’m going to cut that silk into strips and make big French knots in it right through the metal grid and it’s going to be awesome – that beautiful red silk on that industrial metal. I’m not sure what I’ll use for a needle exactly or what I’ll do with it, but I […]

Categories: Embroidery & Needlepoint, Other Holidays • Tags: embroidery, french knots, hearts, plastic canvas embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, valentine's day

Purrfect Plastic Canvaswork

February 12, 2015 by mymateriallife

I’ve often walked by those sheets of plastic mesh in Michaels or JoAnn’s and wondered what on earth people do with them. Then I saw this (below) in the November/December 2014 issue of Marie Claire Idées (it’s French). Did you happen to see it? It was a particularly beautiful issue, but these plastic canvas tags alone made me want to buy it. They also inspired my purrfect kitty tag (shown on top of post pinned to a stretched piece of […]

Categories: Embroidery & Needlepoint, Other Holidays • Tags: black cat, canvaswork, hearts, lion brand bonbons, marie claire idees, needlepoint, plastic canvas, valentine's day