Sunday, 17 November 2013

ABC.....

At the end of my missing sewjo time I started to do a bit of embroidery, when I couldn't remove myself from the sofa to the sewing machine.   In order to feel a bit more useful I decided to do an alphabet for a baby quilt, inspired by this fabulous book from Kristyne Czepuryk:

As I didn't know at the time whether I was having a baby boy or girl I decided to make a less girly, more unisex version, and I replaced a few of the letters with other embroideries that seemed a bit more British appropriate, including Bus for B (using the fab Aneela Hoey's pattern from Little Stitches), and Teapot for T (also Aneela's), amongst others.
There are some really cute embroidery blocks in here.

So, now all of the letters are finished, and I just need to decide on fabric to sash it with (I'm thinking these polka dots, which i love!), although I have a little plan for a special embroidery block for the centre first- I just need to put it into action....

Alphabet embroidery layout, with lots of polka dots, yum!
Ange x

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19 comments:

  1. Anonymous17 November 2013 at 11:05

    The embroideries are lovely, Ange, well done you! And the polkadots suit them!

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  2. DeborahGun17 November 2013 at 12:35

    wow - that was fast. I am slowly doing one block at a time and am only up to I - is going to take me a while!

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  3. Aoife17 November 2013 at 12:37

    I definitely wouldn't say you'd lost your sewjo! They're beautiful and your stitching is lovely. Maybe just your machine sewjo was taking a holiday!?

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  4. Lucy | Charm About You17 November 2013 at 13:49

    Gorgeous! I love the dots! You've reminded me i must start mine!

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  5. Leanne17 November 2013 at 14:29

    That is going to be so cute! What a great idea for when you are relaxing on the sofa.

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  6. Chez Roo17 November 2013 at 14:36

    Gorgeous! Beautiful stitching.

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  7. Wendy17 November 2013 at 15:39

    Oh wow, that is a labour of love! so tiny and lovely.

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  8. Amy's Crafty Shenanigans17 November 2013 at 16:54

    Lovely stitching Ange :) Great polka dots too!!

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  9. Kelly17 November 2013 at 16:56

    So pretty and I love them with the dots.

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  10. Sarah17 November 2013 at 19:55

    Jeez, even your sofatime was productive!!

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  11. Sonia17 November 2013 at 20:32

    If thats what happens when you lose your sewjo, I'm not sure that I'd be able to keep up with you at full speed!!!!! It's going to be a beautiful quilt, lucky baby!

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  12. Mrs Flying Blind...17 November 2013 at 22:23

    Gorgeous!!!

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  13. amy18 November 2013 at 05:20

    lovely! so much patience and work goes into little embroidery blocks like that, i'm very impressed :)

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  14. Canadian Abroad18 November 2013 at 20:23

    You've done good. All those embroideries are so pretty.

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  15. Adrianne @ On the Windy Side19 November 2013 at 01:23

    This is going to be a really cute quilt Ange - and how speedy are you with the embroidery needle?!

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  16. pennydog19 November 2013 at 13:39

    "At the time" suggests you know what you're having... spill!

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  17. Sarah19 November 2013 at 15:32

    They are absolutely gorgeous, lucky lucky baby. And, those polkas dots….it will be perfect x

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  18. Katy Cameron20 November 2013 at 20:41

    Very nice! What was originally for 'b' and 't' then? I thought 't' was always for tea lol

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  19. Very Berry Handmade21 November 2013 at 07:33

    Your embroidery is looking lovely!

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