embroidery & such.

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These two are on two halves of the same towel, it's for my aunt from California who moved to Missouri. I used vintage state flower patterns.




free-hand cherries for a friend...




Painted canvas bag, the back says "Craft por Vida" in the same lettering as the banner. I used acrylics, and I really enjoyed the raw canvas as a painting surface. I used a tracing paper stencil/transfer method on the face - it's useful for painting or drawing at least somewhat decent charicatures. I have a question for you all, though: Is there a spray fixative I could use to make this more durable? I was thinking scotch guard.