Graceful Blogs and Videos RSS Feed
04 Nov
0
787
As I worked on the Jacobean Sampler collection I set myself a challenge, to take some of the elements and create a tree of life, a very popular design in this style of embroidery. Obviously the first ..
04 Nov
0
561
The Antique sewing machine with pretty scroll work, perfectly beautiful fuchsia flowers, delightful roses, along with some outstanding blending of threads was one of my most challenging design project..
12 Oct
0
732
A while back I was delighted to receive an email from a couple of ladies who were making a wedding dress and wanted to use designs from the Natalie’s wedding day collection. This was exactly what I ha..
05 Jul
0
761
Over the years I have created quite a few embroidered quilt blocks and I am often asked how they should be joined. With more Quilt blocks soon to be released I decided I needed to explain the methods ..
24 Jul
0
605
Last time I explained a little about my dilemma combining my Jacobean Sampler quilt blocks. Even though I was determined to join them into a quilt, I encountered several problems along the way includi..
27 Jul
0
549
In my last two blogs I explained how my Jacobean Sampler quilt blocks had failed to join perfectly and what adjustments I had to make. Once my blocks were squared off, I was a great deal more happier...
21 Jan
0
879
Graceful Embroidery’s 2025 Birthday Collection
Guest blog by Pamela Celko
In September 2025, Hazel offered a beautiful collection of monogram designs with many accents. Each letter was presented ..
12 Dec
0
876
As well as introducing my new Nutcrackers, see my first attempt at animating them using AI. Happy Christmas. These nutcrackers will stitch out perfectly on felt and you can trim around them easily. No..
17 Dec
0
444
When I decided to embroider the Romantic Crazy Christmas Tree, I knew I wanted to have a black background so I looked for pale fabrics for the segments of the tree. I found some “left over” fabrics fr..
09 Jan
0
496
When digitising the designs for the Graceful Ivy collection, I decided to create some quilt blocks, 6 for the 200mm x 200mm hoop and 2 for the larger 260mm x 260mm hoop. Here is one of the blocks ..
09 Jan
0
612
Once all the blocks were joined together it was time to consider how to finish the wall hanging off and to make it extra special.
One of the excellent tools I discovered to finish off my wall han..
24 Sep
0
472
Adding some dimension to embroidery can be a challenge but I have tried to make it as easy as possible with the designs which have this option. A little practice may be advisable to perfect the techni..