Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Le Challenge - Wings

Ooooh! I'm excited about this!
I was so full of ideas when 'wings' was announced on le-challenge last month.
Making a decision was tough!
But I finally decided on this beautiful butterfly embroidery, totally inspired by a picture I saw on pinterest :)


I hadn't done any embroidery for, ooh, about 15 years!! So I had a few little trial runs.


I found an amazing tutorial here to help with my french knots!


I'm so pleased with the way it turned out.


I think I have the embroidery bug now though!!
As if I have time for another hobby!
 
Off to link up to Le Challenge now :)
I wonder what next months challenge will be????
 
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20 comments:

  1. Plain Jane14 May 2013 at 09:48

    This is beautiful. I really struggled with French knots when I tried some embroidery a while back but that tutorial makes it really clear - I'm tempted to have another go now! Well done x Jane

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  2. Made by Mrs Jones x14 May 2013 at 09:51

    What a beautiful butterfly. It must have taken ages.

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  3. Kelly14 May 2013 at 09:52

    This is gorgeous!

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  4. AmandaK@whatthebobbin14 May 2013 at 13:31

    Love. It. Pretty butterfly:)

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  5. Kristy @ Quiet Play14 May 2013 at 17:05

    Just beautiful!! Your embroidery is fantastic!

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  6. Sarah_L_N14 May 2013 at 18:46

    Wow, that is beautiful!

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  7. Nat at Made in Home15 May 2013 at 02:32

    It is gorgeous! Thanks for linking up to le challenge!

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  8. Ladybird Diaries15 May 2013 at 02:45

    It's beautiful! Well done.
    M x

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  9. Sarah15 May 2013 at 06:35

    Oh wow! You certainly haven't lost your embroidery touch. That is really gorgeous! It's nice that Le Challenge encourages all sorts of crafty skills and maybe allows us to "resurrect" a few we had temporarily moved on from.

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  10. Michelle15 May 2013 at 09:25

    *GASP* It's BEAUTIFUL! I love, love love this project.

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  11. Lucy | Charm About You15 May 2013 at 11:52

    oh that is just so pretty!! Such great colours too. Glad you've got the bug again because your stitching is beautiful! Thanks for the comment on my blog too, you're a no reply blogger so I can't email you a reply :(

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  12. Nicole15 May 2013 at 13:39

    Oh it's fantastic :D I've not tried embroidery before, it's sort of on the to-do list and this is really inspiring me to give it a go. I love the flowers, thinking they'd look lovely on a plain grey skirt I've got. Yay thanks!

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  13. Jessie's Needle15 May 2013 at 15:16

    Wow, that is so colourful and really pretty. It must be one of the top contenders to win the challenge.

    Keep embroidering.

    S xx

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  14. Dianne Neale15 May 2013 at 22:03

    Absolutely gorgeous. And you will find time, somehow, somewhere!

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  15. Mara16 May 2013 at 07:50

    SO very pretty, isn't embroidery so fun and addicting, you did a magnificent job considering you haven't done anything in 15 years, truly lovely. And isn't that french knot tutorial the best. Thank you for stopping by my blog and for your lovely comment, I second Lucy's about the no-reply, although I did send a reply and have no idea who it goes to, lol.

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  16. Helen Philipps17 May 2013 at 08:36

    So gorgeous! Love the colours and neat little stitches...the whole effect is really pretty :)
    Helen x

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  17. Anonymous17 May 2013 at 10:34

    Wow, that is just stunning!

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  18. Sasha20 May 2013 at 10:02

    Oh my gosh! This is amazing!!! Your stitches are perfect and I love all the colors you used!!!!

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  19. Julie22 May 2013 at 00:33

    It looks gorgeous - and perfect little plump french knots! Yay!

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  20. Anonymous12 October 2013 at 06:34

    This is beautiful! I love embroidery too and am learning how to do it! Thanks for the link to the other blog as well!!! Great job!

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