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Satin stitch has to be my favorite embroidery technique.  Of course, it takes up the most floss and the most time, but I think the returns warrant the extra effort and supplies.

As I promised here, I would show you a thrifty project soon.  I’m using one of the $1 pillow cases and “coloring in” the designs, which are slightly faded and printed a little inaccurately, with my beloved satin stitch.  It is still in progress…but here it was a couple weeks ago:

And here is a few pictures of it tonight, after a few days by the pool, a train ride, some other snippets of free time:

This fabric is so kitschy and cute.  It reminds me of the Beatles’ movie “The Yellow Submarine.”  When I finish an area large enough, I’ll frame it.  I’m not doing the entire pillow case in satin stitching!

Tags: Embroidery, Fabric, Favorite Crafts, recycling, Thrift, thrift stores, Vintage, WIP . This entry was posted on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 10:12 pm and is filed under Fabric Crafts, Recycling Crafts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.