vintage embroidery

I found a vintage embroidered bedsheet. I plan to do a reproduction of it so what I am going to do is trace the whole design so I can embroider a new bedsheet. The old one has yellow stains…does anyone know how I can remove the stains and not harm the embroidery.?

Leaf design pillows

Stamping a leaf design is so interesting to do.

1. First gather your leaves.
2. You should choose a leaf that has no shiny texture because the fabric paint will not adhere to the surface.
3. Start to brush your leaf where you see the texture of the veins instead of the front part.
4. Press the leaf on the fabric with your fingers to make sure that the paint is transferred to the fabric properly.
5. Let dry and iron the fabric.

Stenciled kitchen cabinets

I love stencils. In my parent’s old house. I stenciled some nice patterns in the kitchen, in the dining room and in almost every room. You can buy stencil patterns at Michael’s in the US that is where I bought them. But I sometimes draw my own patterns and transfer them in acetate which I cut using a cutter.

Rose Cross Stitch

This is the second cross stitch project I ever made in my whole lifetime. The first one was when I was still in my teens and the second one is this cross stitch Rose design. It is also my last...I had a hard time with this because the weave is so fine I think my vision got more blurry because of this project...well...I am not so young anymore, I must say. Seeing so many wonderful projects in other people's blog, continues to inspire me...I wish I had more time to do the things I like most. I am still employed in the government service and when I do retire, I am hoping that I will be able to fulfill my dreams of enjoying domestic bliss.

Mural

I want to show you a mural which I painted for my twin nephews' bedroom. The bedroom was already colored blue so I just needed to paint the sea creatures and stuff to the blue wall. I used a water based paint for this project. I made some stencils for the fish and handpainted the rest. It took me around 3 days total to complete it.

Memories

This embroidered material is a "Japanese Kimono" saved by my mother during World War II. I love the embroidery but the kimono has been damaged and I probably would just make it into a throw pillow instead to preserve the embroidery. What do you think?

These are vintage clothing of my grandmother in the late 40’s-50’s and my mom collected and kept it for years. The embroidery is really intricate and this would look good if I frame it one by one. Maybe I will put it up in the stairwell of my new house.

Most antique items I kept are displayed there. One day I will have a bookshelf put up in that area and incorporate those antique objects my mom has kept when she was still unmarried. The contrast of brown colored antique “treasures” against the bright yellow background really looks so nice.

 

Lace Curtain

I decided to make use of a lace curtain material which I bought during my student days in Enschede, the Netherlands. I bought it in the flea market and bought yards and yards of the lace curtain and brought it home in Manila. When we built a new house in 2005, I sewed it for my bathroom. The lace had such a nice design so I just sewed some satin ribbons for it to hang. In that way, you could see how beautiful the design was made.

Embroidered sleeveless shirt

I bought a plain grey shirt and I thought it would be a great idea to embellish it with simple embroidery. I found my old threads from a previous cross-stitch project and so I thought it would be a good idea to make use of that. I had no design on paper but I just randomly stitched my way on whatever design will come out. I think its really amazing to transform a simple shirt to this final product.

I used simple stitches: the back stitch, chain stitch and French knot.