This month’s free designs date from a LONG time ago, when I was just a baby digitiser and hadn’t yet the confidence to work from my own drawings. So at the time I used designs from many different sources, and one of them was the work of the incomparable Arts and Crafts artist William Morris. I did a series of designs taken from Morris tapestries and fabric, and here are two of them for this month’s free designs, both for the 4 x 4 inch (100 mm x 100 mm) hoop
Morris carnations
Morris Irises
Just a couple of words of warning. First, do stabilise these well, because there can be quite a lot of pull on them. And second, because I digitised these with a very old version of the PEDesign software, I found a few glitches (mostly unnecessary jump stitches) when I stitched them out on my very modern machine. I redid parts of the designs and I think I’ve fixed all the mistakes, but it’s possible that one or two small ones may remain, especially if you change the format from .pes to something else. But all the same the final result should be OK
You can download them by clicking Morris carnations and Morris irises, and don't forget the worksheet
Hi Mia, The feather like stitches that you used on the carnations gives a really realistic touch to the petals edges and the iris middles. Thank you for sharing two of your wonderful designs with us.
Mia,
I love the detail in the flowers, they look wonderful.
Thank You
Michelle
Thank you for the designs! They’re really beautiful and just in time to remind us spring will be here soon.
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I was just trying to wrap my head (yet again) around pull/push compensation yesterday. I think I may be a lost cause.
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Mia,
Thank you so much for these designs. They are very pretty and will be nice to give as gifts.
Martie
Thank you Mia for the lovely designs. I love flowers of any kind and these are just what I was looking for.
Mia, I have your William Morris set(s) from waaaay back and still love them! Great that you updated some of them, too! Hope you are staying warm and dry.
These are really pretty – thank you!
Mia that you for the designs they remind me spring is coming.
hirley
Pour des numérisations de “débutante”, c’était déjà très prometteur !
Superbe Mia et grand merci encore une fois
Mia, they are beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing. Deena
Thank you! They are lovely and I look forward to sewing them.
Ceil
These would looks so pretty on a quilt. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!!
Mia, I really like these two…the iris is our state flower, as well as my favorite. They are so delicate and intricate. You have done a great job in capturing that delicate touch and uniqueness about them. These are really pretty, but I will have to wait on the stitching as we have 5 more inches of snow.
Thank you so much.
Your work is so inspiring. Thank you so much. Have you ever thought of doing something in a modenr art like design, bold colors , odd shapes? I can’t digitize, and don’t want to , but would love an artistic colorful , modern pillow. Thanks.
Thank you!