Orange Bullion Knot Rose

My friend Lauren completed an adorable orange rose as her second project. :D

The petals are made of bullion knots, the stem is embroidered with three layered stem stitches, and a fishbone stitch for the leaf. 

By the way, kudos to the determined Lauren - she used five different types of floss for the petals, and completing five trillion bullion knots is no easy task!!!!

Here is the close-up:

-Avamae...and Lauren!!!

Bible Book Cover

To keep you guys interested in my blog (which is gonna be pretty hard, seeing as I'm already BORING you to death with BORING posts about BORING stitches), I am gonna post about... drumroll please...

A BOOK COVER! How exciting, right? Anyhoozle, if you wanna make a bible book cover, or just a book cover for any book, you can...drumroll please...

LOOK UP DIY BOOK COVERS! 'Cause I am not gonna teach you. :( As I mentioned previously, you're probably BORED to death with BORING tutorials! (Here is the link to the diy version: http://makezine.com/2009/08/25/how-to_sew_a_simple_fabric_boo/ )

Here is the book cover...

For the "Holy" part, I couched a gold thread onto the turquoise fabric. I used the Split stitch for the "Bible," and I used the Back stitch for the "The." 

Here is the back side!

Happy stitching!

-Avamae