Eastern Cedar Berries and Tomatoes Hand Embroidery - Shop Update

"Eastern Cedar Berries and Tomatoes" hand embroidery designs are now listed in the shop. Both designs in the pattern - I also added the colors of the DMC floss I used here in the photo, but that list is only a catapult for your own creativity! 

The Tomatoes piece ended up looking a bit "van Gogh-ish" to me. I really enjoyed blending two colors on each tomato and vine for the effect. When I was working on the Eastern Cedar Berries, I had the idea to make the berries red for a Christmas feel. Adding a red and white whipped back stitch would lend itself to further that Christmas feel, or even red and green! :-D

Eastern Cedar Berries and Tomatoes Design Progress

New designs! I'm currently stitching up two new embroidery designs. I'd say they are "summer" designs, but spring has inspired them. I love close-up shots of pine branches and vines with fruits so I take a lot of them. These designs are directly from my own photos. 

I have a couple of Ball canning jars that house my art sponges; they sit on my cedar shelf above my studio work bench. I had been keeping small squares of tee-shirt fabric draped over them to prevent dust build-up, until now! 

My Pinterest feed recommended some DIY jar covers and I saw the light! As you can see, a little elastic cover is far more pretty than a functional cut of heather-gray jersey knit.  :D  After I've stitched them up and photographed them, they will be added to my Payhip shop. I will post here under the "New Listing 2025" label.