Embroidery

For October, I chose a plant that grows wild on the side of the road all over California. It’s called doveweed or mullein because the doves and wild turkeys like …

For this month, I decided on using the pretty manzanita bushes that I saw on a hike. There is lots of Manzanita in California, and I just love the the …

Today I have another free hand embroidery pattern to share with you. Funny thing, this tree is one of the first things I drew in my embroidery sketchbook. Eventually I …

This month has been HOT and smokey in California. We went on our annual camping trip, about an hour and a half away, and I spotted a lovely patch of …

California is getting browner and hotter, so there’s not much left to choose from for my phenology wheel this month. I did, however, spot bunches of wild sunflowers growing on …

It’s getting so hot and dry here in California, I’m starting to run out of pretty green things to embroider. One thing that we have plenty of around here are …

I’m obsessed with the flower I found for May’s phenology embroidery project! I found them on a hiking trail, snapped this quick pic, and went home. Afterwards, I couldn’t figure …

There was no question what I needed to embroider on my phenology wheel for the month of April. The Lupines around here have been spectacular! In some areas, you can …

If you’ve been embroidering for a while or like to quilt, undoubtedly you’ve run across my friend Bev’s blog called Flamingo Toes. She just released a book, and it’s got …

One of my favorite things about spring in California are the California poppies! Even before I started this phenology wheel project, I knew that I’d be doing a poppy embroidery …