Elemental Stitches

Autumn Inspiration

Remember my Embroidery Inspiration Mosaics from last year?  Like this skull one and this spider one?  I am creating these again this holiday season, but I want to do it a little different.  Last year I was focusing on embroidery.  This time I am including all crafts, photography and decor.  Just beautiful photos and crafts that inspire me visually as well as interesting links from around blogland.  I hope you find yourself inspired too!

1. Autumn apples, 2. Fabric Leaves, 3. crafting 365 - day 240,

4. autumn afternoon, 5. Custom autumn leaf and pumpkin order, 6. Portrait of a girl holding a autumn maple leaf,

7. craft 365 - year 2 - day 80, 8. gathering expedition, 9. Pile O Coasters

My weekend has been relaxing, but hot all of a sudden! 

How was your weekend?

Christmas Embroidery Inspiration and More Free Patterns

1. Christmas Pencil Toppers, 2. Christmas Ornaments, 3. borduurwerk / embroidery, 4. Forever Noël embroidery pattern,

5. Mistletoe Holly 3 nov09, 6. White Christmas Lavender Bird, 7. Pretty Christmas tree, 8. love birds ornament,

9. Rudolph, 10. Merry Fucking Christmas, 11. Bitty Elf Shoes, 12. Christmas Stitchette pillow,

13. 2008 Christmas Ornament Swap #2, 14. Day 19 - Felt Christmas mittens, 15. string of lights, 16. Peppermint ornament,

17. all stitched!, 18. Target Tuesday:Tree Tea Towel, 19. Felt Gingerbread Biscuits // Star group, 20. Lulu's advent calender 1

I also came across a couple more Christmas embroidery designs on flickr.

Christmas Robot Elves (Awesome pattern!!!)

Holiday Deer

Presents and Ornaments

Gingerbread House

Yule Tree Sprite

Celtic Yule Pattern

Hope I gave you some last minute ideas!  Have a great week!

Embroidery Inspiration - Time for Pie

1. french knot cherry pie, 2. Sweetie Pie embroidery pattern , 3. Vintage striped toweling with hand embroidery ~ pie,

4. pie-em, 5. Fruit Pie embroidery, 6. Embroidery ATC,

7. Sunday Pie, 8. All in favor, say "Pie!", 9. Sweet Cherry Pie

Harvest Inspiration

I found very few completed embroideries for Thanksgiving.  I am working on a pattern list of Thanksgiving embroidery patterns from around the net so look out for that in the next couple days.  Hopefully we will see some more turkeys in the days to come.

1. Autumn Wreath embroidery, 2. Tired Turkey Embroidery, 3. squirrels: the acorn fairy stitchette, 4. Hibernating Bear,

5. Brown Tumbling Leaf Embroidery, 6. hello, autumn, 7. acorn embroidery, 8. Bunny stitch along close up,

9. autumn bird, 10. hosten3, 11. The Guardian (Palomino), 12. AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN.....,

13. Wild Turkey Pillows Custom Embroidery, 14. Squirrel Friend, 15. Fall Embroidery, 16. Finished Turkey Towel

Embroidery Inspiration - Spiders and Webs

1. Black Spider Pouch, 2. spider web, 3. Embroidered Card: Spider Web, 4. dangle on a tattered vintage hankie, 5. Spider Close-up, 6. not to be feared, 7. SPIDER hand embroidered brooch, 8. Spider web, 9. golden spider

Embroidery Inspiration - Owls

1. Owl Embroidery for Fruitloops, 2. Embroidery owl, 3. Owl Embroidery, 4. Buttercup Bag, with Owl, 5. round neck top with owl embroidery, 6. owlie owlie owl, 7. ABC Quilt Block - Owl, 8. Framed Crewel Embroidery Owl circa 1960s, 9. Kathy's finished Owl embroidery! So awesome!!, 10. owl swap, 11. Owl Mandala, 12. Owl patch., 13. Cherry blossom owl, 14. Owl Embroidery - Gift # 1 of 5 things, 15. hello owl critter, 16. Hooty owl zipper pouch

Embroidery Inspiration - Skulls

1. Middle view of skull, 2. Alas poor Yorick of the West, 3. Sugar Skull (WIP), 4. Sugar Skull_Completed, 5. Dia de los Muertos Embroidery, 6. Embroidered Sugar Skull Key Chain, 7. skull and cross bones vintage buttons, 8. Calavera, 9. 102_0828, 10. Dia de los Muertos (close-up of embroidery), 11. Halloween pumpkin pattern, 12. progress..., 13. sugar skull, 14. Tiny Sugar Skull Embroidery, 15. Marigold Sugar Skull, 16. sugar skull embroidery

Embroidery Inspiration - Pumpkins

1. Cross Stitch - Halloween Fairy, 2. embroidered pumpkin, 3. buttons and pin cushion, 4. pumpkin crowns, 5. Pumpkin etui needlebook part1, 6. Pumpkin, 7. patch of punkins, 8. Harvest Bounty Basket Wrap, 9. Plumpkin Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Easter Embroidery Inspiration

1. osterhasen_basteln_wip, 2. Easter Egg Kid embroidery, 3. Embroidered eggs, 4. Rabbit, rabbit, 5. I dropped an egg chick, 6. Have a crackin' good Easter! Bawk, bawk!, 7. eggs 026, 8. Workbasket - Chick, 9. eggs_5

Woven Inspiration

1. What a tangled web we weave....., , 3. Weave Mandala, 4. Chincero Woven Textile, 5. Denim Weaving, 6. Weaving doesn't require a voice..., 7. SAORI Weaving, 8. woven lamb locks, 9. Woven Cotton/Rayon, 10. weaving hands, 11. Woven Palm Fronds, 12. texture woven hat