A little crafting - Getting ready for embroidery

I keep looking at hand embroidered items.  I have a stash of embroidery threads so I do not necessarily have to buy any in.  A lot of projects have been worked on linen.  I have some new linen and some vintage linen.  However I have noticed that some people use calico.  I have a stash of this in the house as well.  This may prove very useful for some things I need to make for my bedroom in due course.

I have also been looking at lots of different embroidered pieces and I am seeing an awful lot of stuff would like to have a go at.  Some are available in the form of kits some are freelance pieces.  Sometimes no details are given so that you can go out and source that kit (where applicable).  Frustratingly, there are a lot of lovely pictures of embroidery which supposedly link to a kit which in fact lead nowhere.  Etsy is proving useful for buying PDFs for the print out pattern to create some of the designs.  Some designs are free the majority are not.  There is a proviso on the free kits that they be used only for your own use and that the pattern or items are not sold on to a third party.

Here is one of the freebies with a link to the pattern

https://youtu.be/6TZkuVhMX-g and 
https://youtu.be/-dorGebHxaQ

And here is a link to a beginners embroidery shopping bag with a sunflower pattern which is included in a separate link,

Tutorial for sunflower bag Sunflower bag tutorial

Sunflower Embroidered bag pdf for pattern

Equally stunning is the embroidery carried out by this lady.  It is absolutely so stunning Irina Polat embroidery  I think her work is absolutely exquisite.

So I am starting to slowly amass patterns and things that I need to have a go at these projects in due course.

I am looking to playing in the not too distant future.

Catch you soon.

Pattypan

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