Softies Central

Condi loves a good blanket stitch

Hey did anyone watch the State of the Union tonight? Did you notice that Condi Rice's jacket was trimmed with a lovely brown blanket stitch! Is Condi a closet crafter?

Embroidery

Some wonderful embroidery...

In-a-circle embroidered picture by lamdesigns

Cute hedgehog bags by Crafting with Love

Pop art pillow by wishfactory

'Winterdreams about Summer' by Fabulous Threads

Embroidery, applique and ebellished with pearl buttons, beads and a heart - how lovely ....by raspberryfairy

Trees Please

My new favorite flickr group is called Trees Please. There are lots of illustrations of trees and some photos of real trees, but also a bunch of tree softies and felt things. Some of the best today. The felt picture above is by someone I feature a lot as I'm in love with her work - another Kup,Kup adventure collecting things with several blue trees - kup,kup. Kup, kup is a finalist in the Softie Awards, as is Floresita, whose work is below!

This great felted pin by mari kjo. That link is for her flickr page, but she's also selling this pin and other pieces in her etsy store here.

Another felt pin with a completely different and wonderful look - this with vintage plastic flower by m i r i a m

Comfy tree cushion by sacredheartarts.

Love, love, love this felt picture by floresita.

Finally, some lovely embroidery - Hill Man by merwing.

French knots

I made the photos extra big today so that you could see the detail in all the French knots. This one is becoming a sunflower and is made by rubycrownedkinglette.

To really see the detail, go to knit purr's flickr page and look at the largest size - it's amazingly beautiful, like an Impressionist painting.

Red French knots decorate the tree on this pincushion by kup,kup

Pillow inspired by Klimt paintings with chain stitch and green French knots by sosij.

Year of the Pig by Gooseflesh - the most gorgeous!

Detail of a snail softie with turquoise French knots by goldtop. Click on the link to see the finished softie.