Love is Free-February Giveaways

FOLLOW ME on ilovefibeart blog & you may win one of several silk heart sachet kits which I will be giving away beginning next Monday! Once a week during February, I will draw a winner from followers names & send one of these heart sachet pillow kits to each lucky winner! Colors may vary and you may choose: Mom, Sister, daughter, friend, Mimi, Grandma, thank you or, of course, LOVE!

Hearts are already embroidered in kits...all you have to do is sew them up and fill them with your favorite herb (lavender!) or soft stuffing. Add a beaded or ribbon hanger and they make treasured ornaments or fragrant additions to bathroom, guest room, etc. I love to give finished sachets to teachers, friends, hostesses, and other favorite people. They also make special party favors for bridal luncheons & showers.

See all the different heart kits in ilovefiberart store or in my etsy store!

Happy week & Good luck!
-EE
ps-I will e-mail winners for address to send prize! Odds (today) are 1 in 4!

Tiptoe thru Tulips-Fiber Art imitates Life

No contest, of course. As always, nature trumps anything I can come up with in my little room...God is like that...ahhh but what inspiration-a tulip peeking out of a blanket of snow!

With silk for fiber art flowers & velvet for the leaves, I made these for a school fundraiser. I embroidered the tulip cups, using collaged layers of silk, threads & scraps & gold metallic tulle, hooped together then embroidered as individual petals for larger tulips, multiple petals per hoop for smaller flowers.

Some got special fiber art touches like leopard overlay tips and tiny fiber art fruits for fun. Once each flower "head" was assembled, I embroidered long tulip leaves using chocolate brown silk & rayon velvet. I then made tubes of the same velvet to cover piping & wire for the stems. Once completed, they made a colorful spring "bouquet" of fiber art!


Happy Spring...even if it is the middle of Winter!
-EE
ps.-snow tulips photo credit to my dear husband P

CD and Ornament Class!

Last week we met in a local sewing/software store to create silk & velvet ornaments from ilovefiberart.com CD Volume 1 (see store). The classroom at B-Sew Inn was light and cheery, with Christmas decorations hung and festive holiday music playing. Our group was a delightful band of sewers/crafters with a wide range of experience and lots of fun stories from all! I loved getting tips from them on beading, bag making, pincushions, and other various topics!

Thank you Ladies! I can't wait 'til the next one! We'll make "Present" or "Gift Box" pillows for home and holiday decorating! -EE

Boho Dollmaking

Muslin doll shapes have always intrigued me. You know the craft store variety: made in China, I think. Well, I decided to start making my own, partly to have them when needed for my doll cupcakes (see ilovefiberart index page), but mostly to have new three dimensional objects to embroider & embellish!

This girl is "Go Veggie" Boho girl. I just drew an outline of an inflated stick figure (email or better-yet-blog me & I'll send you pattern!) Then I sewed outline on double fabric, right sides together, leaving opening on doll's side. Turn inside out, stuff & close. I used eyelash yarn for her hair, embroidered bird & tiny embroidered "mixed bag" plus trading beads for her embellishment. Use your favorite quilting or sewing scraps for these...I have made several now in different sizes...I may even string the tiny ones together to make a little angel garland for my tree! (I will post that, of course!)

Happy dollmaking!
-EE

Love to Ride

In honor of this week's Grand Nationals Morgan World Championship horse show & with thanks to my amazing embroidery software & my dear friend Jan Eckardt Butler's fine porcelain horses, these horse themed Mixed Bags are now available*...in store & by special order.

Other breeds & disciplines, even special custom wording available by order. Please email with any questions! elaine@ilovefiberart.com

Thanks & Happy, Healthy Horses!
-EE

*These designs are original & copyrighted by Emmons & Eckardt Studios.

Welcome

happy 2009...
Welcome to ilovefiberart blog! We are excited to start communicating & sharing ideas in sewing & fiber art! For those individuals we met @ International Quilt Festival: Thank you for your patience! We have new patterns & kits, plus your favorites (cupcakes & fruits). First will be Valentine's Day heart pattern & applications......stay tuned for free patterns & new ones to buy, too!