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Friday, July 2, 2010

Hammock Project: Hand-Stitched Ornaments (Part 2)

Time to finish up yesterday's hammock project. Here's how:
Tutorial: Ornament Doodles 5
Now comes the part, where you stabilize the ornament with a slightly smaller felt circle. Close it with overcast stitches:
Tutorial: Ornament Doodles 6
And now you're done.
Stitched Ornament
Make a few. They take a little practice, but they're wonderful gifts.

I also started to experiment with some looser variations of the theme, but that's a different story. This one looks like 4th of July fire works.
Stitched Exploration
Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!

9 comments:

  1. Sarah {The Student Knitter}July 2, 2010 at 8:34 AM

    I LOVE these!! I will certainly be making a few of them. :)

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  2. Carol, The Answer Is ChocolateJuly 2, 2010 at 10:33 AM

    These are lovely. I can also see making several of these and putting on pillows.

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  3. Sharon StanleyJuly 2, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    i love them...i worked on one last night but needed to brush up on my embroidery stitch skills so it was just practice...today i am heading outside to stitch the real things...such a nice and complete tutorial...thanks!

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  4. SandraJuly 2, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    Qué bonitos quedan!
    Besos y buen fin de semana,
    Sandra

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  5. CharissaJuly 2, 2010 at 4:26 PM

    I started one yesterday! It's a little off-kilter, but I'm having a great time stitching. Thanks again for the idea and lovely photos.

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  6. rosieJuly 3, 2010 at 12:43 AM

    your work is so amazing and unique! love the fireworks - hope your 4th of july weekend is amazing too :)

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  7. joanne/drawntolettersJuly 6, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    So glad I found you here and then got a kick out of it you being in "Upstate NY" (same as Central NY or maybe you are still "downstate" to us in the Hudson River Valley?) Anyway your are in the PERFECT place with all your beautiful hand stitch work and musings! As a thank you gift here is a link to another handstich book my daughter brought me from Japan. Hope you like it!
    http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/4796671005/ref=dp_change_lang?ie=UTF8&language=en_JP

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  8. annekataJuly 8, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    @drawntoletters: I'm actually really upstate NY in the Finger Lakes region. Thanks for sharing the link!

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  9. stephanieDecember 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM

    Hi Annekata! I've used another one of your beautiful tutorials as inspiration for my holiday crafting! I made a few of these for an ornament swap, and they were quite a hit! I've put pictures on my blog again, if you would like to see! I had a bunch of problems stitching a fairly even circle, but I think this project is pretty forgiving about that.

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