Day 37: Freehand Mini Butterfly Embroidery

using an example for the Doodle Stitching book, i stitched a few more little butterflies to fill in empty spots on my tote. i used left over thread to make these little pretties.



now, i have to finish the inside... so, i ironed on some fusible interfacing to keep my stitches from getting caught on stuff i throw in my bag.



and then i ironed the front so it doesn't have circles on it from the embroidery hoop.



and TADA! i've finished my tote! yay! 
all the patterns came from Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners and Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection: 400+ Easy Embroidery Designs by Aimee Ray

Day 36: Doodle Stitching Brown Moth Embroidery

another little cute winged creature!  and i'm almost done with my tote!

Day 34: Doodle Stitching Moth

i changed the colors from the sample in the Doodle Stitching Motif book.  i used random colors that i picked out of my collection.  what do you think?

Day 32: Doodle Stitching Mini Blue Butterfly

another little butterfly!  i used some of the extra threads i had used on previous pieces.   i had all these short pieces... and i wasn't going to throw them away... so i'm saving them for smaller pieces.  makes them go together better, yah?

Day 30: Doodle Stitching Blue and Gold Butterfly Embroidery

another little butterfly added to my tote. i'm almost done with the whole bag! i can't wait to show you the final product!

Day 29: doodle stitching trio of ladybugs embroidery

A different version of the little lady bugs, but just as cute!




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Day 28: Doodle Stitching Bee Embroidery

embroidered a cute little bee with simple stitches in black and yellow embroidery thread.  kinda cute, huh?

Day 27: Doodle Stitched Winged Wonders Pink Butterfly

more little stitches... cute little butterfly!

Day 26: Doodle Stitching Red Fire Butterfly

this didn't take as long as the blue ice butterfly for some reason.  i changed the colors a bit too.

Day 25: Doodle Stitching Ants Embroidery

got these little critters from the Food section in the Doodle Stitching: the Motif Collection book.  my ants are not as detailed as the ones in the book.  maybe it was the way that i transferred the pattern and i used too many threads (should've used 2 instead of all 6?).



oh well, they're cute and i'll probably add more.

Day 24: Doodle Stitched Blue Ice Butterfly Embroidery

continuing with the embroidery, but from the first Doodle Stitching book by Aimee Ray.  i used the pattern to make a simple embroidery (and didn't make the patch like the project in the book).  it took me 2 hours to stitch the whole thing!  who knew something so small could take so long?

Day 22: Doodle Stitching Celebration Butterfly Embroidery

more embroidery stitching!  i'm still practicing different stitches.  the outline of the butterfly is split stitched, the body of the butterfly is chain stitched, the details on the butterfly are satin stitched, and the ribbon is herringbone stitched.



and yes, i stabbed myself with the needle so there's a teeny bit of me on the right side of the butterfly.  i hope that washes off!

Day 21: Doodle Stitched Snail Embroidery

another cute little critter embroidery from a pattern in the Doodle Stitching: the Motif Collection book.  i'm trying out some different stitches today.  previously i used  only the back stitch.  so i used the split stitch for the shell and the stem stitch for the body.  not quite sure if i like the stem stitch.  i was having some issues with it today.  might just have to practice more.  looks cute though!

Day 20: Doodle Stitched Spider & Web Embroidery

still stitching!  today is a spider and web design taken from Doodle Stitching: the Motif Collection book.  i didn't follow the pattern exactly, because i was too lazy and didn't take the tote off the loop before trying to transfer the design.  of course, the design didn't transfer as dark as i'd liked, so it's a little different from the picture.  i also changed the web color from blue (in the book) to metallic silver (which is really hard to work with, but looks really nice) and instead of a brown spider, i made her black.  her legs seem shorter too, but i think she's cute. :)

Day 19: Doodle Stitched Blue Beetle Embroidery

like yesterday, i'm continuing on embroidering my tote.   today was a blue beetle taken from a pattern in the Doodle Stitching: the Motif Collection book.  maybe by the end of the month i'll have a completed totebag!  yay!

Day 18: Ladybug Doodle Stitching Embroidery

i'm starting a bigger project today... that will consist of lots of little ones.
the goal is to fill up the front of a totebag with little creepy critters all embroidered by hand. so, today i started with a little ladybug pattern i got from the book, Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection.



i traced the pattern on the bag using a mechanical pencil (without lead) and some carbon paper.  it did a pretty good transfer.



the bag is a pretty thick canvas, so it took me a while to get the stitching done.   but it looks pretty good.



the other bug in the picture will be stitched tomorrow. :)