My Saturday Project

Embroidery Hoop Fabric Art 3, originally uploaded by sugar-cookie.

One of today's projects on my to do list was making some embroidery hoops and swatches of fabric into art for my bathroom. You may have seen the project tutorial over on Purl Bee that they made with lovely Liberty fabric, so I thought I might try some of my favorite fabrics from my collection. I have to say, I do have a sizable collection of new and vintage fabrics, but some are just too precious to cut. I finally gained the courage to do just that with this project. I have to say, I think they look very nice hanging up in my bathroom!


This is another view of my hoops in the bathroom. I chose to make an asymmetrical layout with the hoops, opting for an odd number at the moment. I can always add more if the mood strikes...


For my fabrics I used a sea scene of some Heather Ross fabric I ordered a very long while ago. This was one of those ones I have lots of yardage (still) and could not bear to cut it until today! Hooray for my small victory!


This is a Shinzi Katoh print that I think is totally adorable. I believe it is from Kitty-Craft. I love it so much cos the little animal characters look like something I might draw - and oh, that little bun has the sweetest look!


Here is one of my Spoonflower samples! It is made from the cotton lawn fabric and is a little on the thin side, but it works quite well for this project. I love the color theme of all of my hoop frames I have going.


I hot glued the inside hoop and pulled the fabric as tight as I could (so the hoop would sit flat against the wall as much as possible). Then I trimmed the excess fabric.


Here is my assortment of hoop frames. Like I said before, I love the color schemes in all of them and think they look very pretty all together as a whole. This is a really simple and inexpensive project to do, plus it is great for using small bits of fabric as well as ones that you have been holding on for that "special something" to make!