For years now I've been fascinated by all the fabulous projects in Japanese craft books. Particularly the sewing projects. As Japan has been on my mind a lot lately I decided to stop into Kinokuniya.
The flagship store on Avenue of the Americas is huge so you can just imagine the selection of craft books. I could have spent hours flipping through then all. I started with sewing projects but as I'm not very good at sewing in English, ahem, I moved on to knit and crochet, many of which use universal charts. Still not what I was looking for. Finally I landed in the embroidery section.
Let's call it . . . Idees Vol. 12. :) Some of my favorite projects:
Love these!
Perfect for summer, no?
I want this set for myself.
And this might just be my favorite. But it's hard to decide.
So what did I start with? Inspired by this:
I started my own red work sampler:
It's come a long way since I took this photo and I'm enjoying finding elements to add from this book and other cross stitch pattern books. It's something I can grab to work on while watching TV or if I only have a few moments. I can't wait to see the finished product.
cheers!
3 comments:
as soon as sammi is big enough to wear slippers there will be a half animal pair like those in this house!
HIYA , the photos are gorgeous and i really love teh little cat and dog slippers soooo cute , your sample looks like it will turn out great so looking forward to seeing it x tfs
xmaggiex
The Kinokuniya bookstore is my absolute favorite!
I love all the pictures from your embroidery book. I especially like the cat and dog slippers. Too cute!
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