Embroidery work by Jenny Hart for my second book, La Casa Loca: Latino Style Comes Home (Rockport).Here in Phoenix, we have a lot of Mexican gift shops that I L-O-V-E! You can find all kinds of small imports and really super low prices. and practice your Spanish! I especially love the patterned napkins and tea towels. Sometimes they are printed with an outline like the picture below, other times, they are hand drawn with a pencil and/or ballpoint pen. They always have big, juicy flowers, leaves, fruits and other motifs - ripe and ready to be colored with thread.
In my Artful Sewing book, I incorporated a piece of one I embroidered into a belt I made.
The next time you want to embroider but are out of patterns - draw your own design! For more info on the art of embroidery, check out Jenny's site, SublimeStitching.com!
Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)
P.S. Check out my new book and product line!
I just finished embroidering Jenny's Lucha Libre patterns on a set of tea towels. They are so cute.
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