Wedding Memories

What are the special keepsakes from your wedding?  Photos, the top of the cake, a wedding garter? I was asked to create eight of my bridal cuffs and a ring bearer pillow for a bride which will become a keepsake for her and her attendants on this special day.

It's such a joy to work on this type of project. As I stitched I thought about other weddings and how special the memories are and will always be.

I would be happy to create heirlooms like this for your wedding....

Do you love Shiny Christmas Ornaments?

Me too!

I could look at my grandmothers Christmas tree for a very long time. Hunting and hunting for all of the shiny brite ornaments I could find. Beautiful, vibrant colors. Amazing shapes. Sparkly texture. Beautiful and fragile.

I have a few of those ornaments, still. As I rearranged some things last winter I came across them and decided to leave them out for a while. Then they ended up on my design table....if you are creative, you know what happened next.

They never knew what hit them. I sat there just looking at them and sketching....then some watercolor... Now how do I get that sparkly texture? Before long the sketch was transferred to my computer drawing program. From there it turned into an embroidery design. I have resisted putting my embroidery into hoops. Not a snooty response, just one knowing that a lot of time and effort goes into each piece and I would hate for it not to last like heirlooms of the past.

I've designed my hoops a little differently so that they last and become future heirlooms. You may ask, "well how did you do that?" ....shhhhhh

An Elegant Victorian Boot Hand Embroidery Art

I was playing around with some designs and decided that I wanted to create an embroidered boot. I love the 1860s. The fashion, writing, history so I did some research on clothing. After doing that research I designed this Victorian boot. I can easily see a lady, Northern or Southern, slipping this boot on and taking an evening stroll. Or, going on a date with the newest beau.

I plan on offering this in a kit, or a pdf pattern only, and digitized to sew out on an embroidery sewing machine. This design is only 3 1/2 x 3 1/2.

Check Waterrose Handcrafted Obsessions in the coming week for these choices.