Embroidery Tuesday: Embroidering Rudolph

I can't find the post from my blogroll from last season which showed Rudolph as an embroidery design.

It's the figures from the Rankin-Bass TV show, so love at first sight!

These are from coloring-book.info

They have download instructions, but I always just copy and paste into Paint and print from there.

There are many pages to convert to embroidery patterns.  Nice for yourself or a gift, and doable by Christmas (if you're not me).

Embroidering on Patterned Fabric: LadyLapsus

Via the Feeling Stitchy Blog,  a wonderful idea by LadyLapsus for adding to the design elements of an embroidery piece by using colored/patterned fabric as a background rather than the traditional white linen.   It just seems like brilliant idea.

I'm also seeing embroidery hoops in different shapes and colors, which adds another interesting element, particularly if you use the hoop as a frame for the work, as many do.

LadyLapsus has a site (In German) so you can see more of her work  http://www.meinhood.com/shop/