Embroidered Mythical Creatures Book Tour
Feb 28th 2022
Hi, I’m Aimee Ray, author of the Doodle Stitching hand embroidery book series, and I’m excited to share my latest release, Embroidered Mythical Creatures with you! This is a book I’ve had in my mind for many years. I’ve been a huge fantasy lover for as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawing unicorns, mermaids and dragons for as long as I could draw. So, putting all of my favorite mythical creatures into a book of iron-on transfer embroidery patterns has been a dream project for me! I think you’ll love stitching up these whimsical patterns as much as I loved drawing them. The book includes more than 50 designs as well as complete beginner’s embroidery instructions and stitch diagrams.
This book is full of patterns in all sizes and complexity, and one of my favorite little guys is this sweet “butterfox” motif! (Come grab the free pattern download at my blog today: littledeartracks.blogspot.com and stitch along with me!) You can embroider the patterns in any of your favorite colors and stitches, but I’m going to show you step by step how I stitched my version. The DMC floss colors I’m using are brown 433, orange 976, light orange 977, ecru, dark brown 838, dark turquoise 561, turquoise 3816, light turquoise 3817, pink 352 and light pink 353. Split your floss and use 2 of the 6 threads throughout.
I started by outlining the fox with a Back Stitch, and filling in the feet with Satin Stitch. (If you’re new to embroidery or just need a brush up, come visit my website at little-dear.com for lots of stitch tutorials!)
Next, I began filling in the body with the Long and Short Stitch in orange.
This stitch is great for filling in color in larger spaces, it is basically just stacking your stitches like bricks. It is also really versatile, it doesn’t have to be exact! Use your intuition, angle the stitches to fit the space, and add extras here and there as you need them.
Next, I’ve added more Long and Short Stitches in light orange to create a bit of a gradient in color from bottom to top.
I’ve added the eyes and nose in dark brown Satin Stitches, and I’m filling in the chest and tip of the tail with more Long and Short Stitches in ecru.
I’m filling in the wings in the same way with the turquoises, and this time I added the outline and details over the top last with Straight Stitches and French Knots.
Finish up the design with pink butterflies in Straight Stitches and Lazy Daisies, and Straight Stitch and French Knot grass and flowers. All done! I love how this cutie turned out. I hope you’ll give it a try too, and check out my new book, Embroidered Woodland Creatures for lots more fantasy and fairy tale inspired embroidery patterns!
This blog post is written by Aimee Ray.
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Embroidered Mythical Creatures Tour Schedule
Feb 28
C&T Publishing
Aimee Ray
http://littledeartracks.blogspot.com
March 1
Jo Avery
March 2
Benzie Design
https://www.benziedesign.com/blogs/tutorials
March 3
Wild Olive
March 4
Carina’s Craft Blog
https://www.carinascraftblog.com
March 7
little dear Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/littledear
Snuggly Monkey
https://www.snugglymonkey.com/blogs/news
March 8
Cozy Blue Handmade
https://cozybluehandmade.com/blogs/blog
Comment your favorite mythical creature below for a chance to win a copy of Embroidered Mythical Creatures! We will announce the winner on this post on March 8, so make sure to check back in!
Congratulations, Bluebird! You have won a copy of Embroidered Mythical Creatures. To redeem your prize, please email us at ctinfo@ctpub.com.
