An almost done floral embroidery from Trish Burr's  'Crewel and Surface Embroidery' book. Very fun. Very relaxing. I'm using Appleton wool and DMC cotton floss and pearl. I have been allergic to every other wool I've touched however,  Appleton is an exception. It stitches up beautifully slightly fuzzy, which adds dimension. If you make a mistake, like I did it comes out easily enough. I stitched in the pale peacock blue on the leaf where I wanted pale green. It came out just fine.

Grandson's Cloth Book - Stump, Bees, Snail, Butterflies, caterpillars

My daughter went from making a Spot Sample from ideas we got from Mary Corbett's  Needle N Thread to making pages for her nephew's book. Her favorite stitches are turkey work, button hole and couching. She also used a bit of lazy daisy, satin, padded satin, french knots and a few others.

Grandson's Cloth Book - Spiders & Butterflies

A pocket of netting for the little guy to 'keep' his butterflies in. I made a pocket for ladybirds, bees and dragonflies too. He can take them out and his mommy can put them back in :)

 The spider is a Crusader made of almost all backstitch, same for the web using DMC floss and gray rayon embroidery thread. 

Grandson's Cloth Book- Ladybirds

Simple applique, stuffed ladybirds, and turkey work catapillar.

Grandson's Cloth Book - Grasshopper

A three dimensional grasshopper idea from jane Nicholas Stumpwork Medieval Flora. On a budget so there are no fancy materials. It's worked on osnaburg with DMC floss and organza ribbon from one of my daughters wedding gift packages.  Stitches are; applique, satin, buttonhole, padded satin then couched.