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MooshieStitch Monday: Padded Satin Stitch Flower

The padded satin stitch is an easy way to add a raised effect to your embroidery. There are different ways to add the "padding", but I decided to try it with felt first.

Here is how I created the flower:

I roughly drew simple flower petals on felt. I chose a felt that was the same color as my floss so it would be more forgiving in case I had any gaps in my satin stitch.

Cut out the flower petals and attach to your fabric. I stitched a small little straight stitch on each petal to keep them in place.

Satin stitch over each felt petal.

Cut felt leaves and attach onto the fabric.

Satin stitch each leaf.

Once complete, I added some yellow french knots in the flower center.

Up close you can see the puffy raised effect of the padded stitch.

Don't know the satin stitch? Check out this how-to.

This video tutorial is another method for the padded satin stitch.

And finally - I had to share this blog post of amazing felt padded embroidery I found on the Hanging by a Thread blog!!

Embroideries out of drawers

Olá! This week I'm showing you a treasure... My treasure!
I took some photos of a very special gift I received from my grandmother some years ago, her last present before she died. I have many more embroidered table linens and bed linens, gifts from my grandmother, ever since I was a child. Some were made by her creative hands... This was not... But it is very, very special for me.

I love the beautiful Portuguese linen... Daisies are my favorite flowers and full of meaning for me... And the simplicity of the embroidery technique surprises me. You don't need more than satin stitch to make something so charming... Of course I could not make such a perfect job... You can't imagine the perfection - it's so difficult to distinguish the back side...

Daisies with satin stitch - my photo

I'm showing my treasure to challenge all those that have treasures at home like this, embroidered by Portuguese hands...

If you are Portuguese, if your parents or grandparents are (or were...) Portuguese the probability of you having an embroidered treasure at home is very high! And I'm challenging you: "embroideries out of drawers"...

Choose your favorite piece of embroidery and tell us the story behind it... Why is it so special for you? Take a beautiful picture and send it to me... I would love to show the world how Portuguese embroiderers are so talented and how many stories can be told by embroidery stitches.

My treasure - embroidered linen table cloth - my photo

Do you accept my challenge? Don't forget... Embroideries out of drawers!!! Wherever you are... I'm waiting for your help and together will show how Portuguese stitches make Portugal so special and well known all over the world.

If your stitches are not Portuguese they are welcome too... Share with us a linen or embroidered item that has a special meaning for you... Do you have embroidered stitches that tell a story? We would love to know about them...

You can either upload your photos to our Flickr embroidery group or e-mail me at agulhanaopica@gmail.com.

Check, check and check!

Khal Drogo, originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired.

Stitched portrait? Check.

Pop culture reference? Check.

Maximum use of just one colour? Check.

Yup, this stitched image of Khal Drogo as seen in the HBO series of Game of Thrones ticks all the boxes. Great work!

Patterns: Crafting Shelves

Crafting Shelves by This Tiny Existence

Wow, first of all I want my crafting shelves to look like this, second, all that intricate, detailed satin stitching must have taken ages and third, what a beautiful pattern by This Tiny Existence!

March Stitch Along - week 3

Here's a shot of me satin stitching those letters!

Elsewhere in the pool there have been octopuses on the most amazing background fabric.

Uploaded by mimiwilborn

And there has been gentleman octopus.

Uploaded by oztheawesomewarewolf

And footballing octopus (I love the applique footballs - you can read why the octopus is called Paul here, it's very apt!)

Uploaded by Nicky- The Stitchy Life

It's not too late to still join in with this month's stitch along, you can find the patterns (and other great examples of this pattern stitched up) if you search under the tag MarchStitchAlong on Flickr and if you'd like to have a go at satin stitching the letters like me and oztheawesomewarewolf, there is a great, very comprehensive satin stitching tutorial here from Sublime Stitching.

I will do a full round up of this month's Stitch Along next Thursday, happy stitching!