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Sam Skates

37 thoughts on “Sam Skates

  1. She’s adorable!

  2. i love these embroidered dolls! great concept ๐Ÿ™‚ it reminds me of the fabric cutout ones that my mom used to make for me.

  3. Impeccable stitching.. if only I could stitch like that ๐Ÿ™‚
    I love Sam.

  4. The coolest and cutest one so far! (which is a lot because they all are so adorable!)

  5. She is adorable! I love it and need to work on my embroidery skills! (and possibly spelling).
    Love!

  6. does she ever!

  7. I love the retro feel with the more modern sport!

  8. rad! I was expecting roller skates, all the better that it’s a board. Skateboarding is totally fun and all embroidered dolls should have the opportunity. ๐Ÿ™‚

  9. I was looking forward to seeing your last post come together. She is lovely!

  10. I so love all your embroidered girls!

  11. These are so awesome. I would love to make one for each of my little daughters. Any plans to make them a downladable template?

  12. It’s wheeeee wonderful!

  13. How very rad! Love it.

  14. Aw, she’s sweet.

  15. Hurray my name is Sam! ๐Ÿ˜€ She’s so cute ๐Ÿ™‚

  16. Great scrolldown payoff, Hillary- my first thought was “cute, roller skate embroidery!” but I adore the skateboard surprise!

  17. Wow! She is so cute! Would you ever make these into kits????

  18. Fabulous. I’m loving these embroidered girls!

  19. She’s lovely!
    How do you do such a neat chain-stitch?

  20. I just love these embroidered ladies, they are so cute, I just learned how to do crewel, needle work is so much harder than it looks, at least at first!

  21. The stitching is impeccable! How do you do it? I think her arms are my favorite part. Lovely.

  22. I just found your blog and i love it. Your Pointy Kity is sooooo cute:)

  23. Wonderful! As usual!!

  24. I love your new embroidery work Hilary. I tape my drawn designs to a window and then tape the fabric on top, then I trace onto the fabric that way. It is a make-do light box, and technique I used all the time at art school.

  25. She is so cute..and the fabric background is perfect! But you knew that…

  26. so sweet, hillery ๐Ÿ™‚

  27. So charming…love the retro-ish look of them (they remind me of old fashion book illustrations)

  28. Very, very cool- Great job!!

  29. So so so super cute!

  30. what a cute idea!
    ๐Ÿ™‚

  31. so cute and very pretty

  32. Next time you better put a helmet on her.

  33. Love this one!

  34. Hey, these are SO sweet!
    A thought on transfering designs–there’s a technique stamp carvers use to transfer a design to a block of carving material that MIGHT work with fabric. Worth a try.
    Take a sheet of vellum or tracing paper. Use it to trace your design. The softer/darker the pencil lead, the better.
    Now place it pencilled-side down on your fabric. Scratch the back (especially along your pencil tracing lines) with a fingernail.
    With a little luck, the penciling will transfer to the fabric.
    If it doesn’t work, oh well…. :^)

  35. I absolutely adore this small “pillows” you are making lately, especially because they send me back almost 30 years, when my mom made me a heart shaped decortive pillow with a stiching just like these ones. I am from Portugal and if you would like I can send you a picture of it. I have just brought it from my parents house to give to my daughter (now 4).
    Keep up the lovely work.

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