Tag: hand-embroidery

Embroidered Patches | Visible Mending

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This month’s Aurifil Artisan challenge is embroidery, and I’ve been working on something that brings me a ton of joy – embroidered patches! I am really passionate about visible mending; about keeping otherwise-still-wearable clothing out of landfills, buying clothing used, and holding on to pieces that fit me well and that I love for a long time to come. I’m always looking for new and creative ways to mend my clothing, and this was aContinue reading

Hand Embroidered Converse Shoes | A Makeover

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I’ve seen quite a few embroidered pairs of chucks out there, but most of them feature flowers. Although I enjoy flowers as much as the next girl, I was looking for something a bit different from the norm. My absolute favorite fabric I’ve ever had is a print called Mystery Food by Sara Watts, which features whimsical octopi. I chose this as my starting point. Although you can buy the embroidery pattern for the octopusContinue reading