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Paper and silk velvet buttons,a video.

embroidery on paper

Stitched paper surfaces for hand embroidery, a video

surfaces for hand stitch

three new pages and a pile of stitched papers

stitching papers, a video

embroidered pages continued

creating texture on paper

stitched papers for surface design

stitched paper as an embellishment for surface design

embroidering notebook pages

Thank goodness dreary February is brightened up by Valentine’s Day. This year I decided to go traditional with hearts and flowers to celebrate, though I won’t turn down a nice bottle of wine or some dark chocolate.

I think I once made a hearts quilt, but it was gifted a long time ago. Rather than go the quilt route I found it was faster and more fun to sew some hearts onto leftover blank greeting cards. The background is painted pattern tissue, and the hearts are old sheet music that I painted and stamped. The papers were heavy ...

design sheet, stitched paper

embroidered pages, embroidered details,

stitching and altering papers continued

stitched papers, backgrounds for hand embroidery

extending pattern, embroidered paper

creating stitched paper surfaces for embroidery

embellishing paper with stitch

hand embroidery and surfaces for stitch