Under the Sea pillowcases complete!

Motifs from Aimee Ray of Doodle Stitching The Motif Collection. Look for it on Amazon or on Etsy under littledear.

Still stitchin'

I'm really enjoying the nautical motifs in Aimee Ray's Doodle Stitching that I blogged about here.

I finished the first of two pillowcases, and after getting some really cool threads at The Stitchin' Post in Catonsville yesterday, I stayed up late working on the second pillow case, which I will show you soon.

I also found some really great patterns for cross-stitch and a very cool book called A Rainbow of Stitches. The book's designs are for embroidery and cross-stitch. They are modern and what I would call IKEA-like.

My latest gig

Dusting off my meager childhood embroidery skills and practicing new stitches so I can make something pretty. Freeform stitches here from Aimee Ray's Doodle Stitching. I am awaiting her second book, The Motif Collection.

I was inspired to try embroidery again by my sweet and talented art friend, Bryanna, who has dome some wonderful stitching herself, among other things, and by the Flickr 39 Squares group, which I joined only as a voyeur until now.