Vintage Elegance Christmas First we designed a group

First we designed a group of jumbo applique dragonflies

We also embroidered a ladies white blouse using one of the larger scenes and then added colorful buttons to jazz it up even more

We wanted to create designs that exude a sense of nostalgia and warmth

Each block in the tile scene contains an immense amount of hand shading

We used leather on the applique designs

Vintage Elegance Christmas First we designed a groupWhen we were designing Vintage Elegance we wanted to create a light and airy collection that includes cutwork and applique. We started by choosing our fabric. We picked bright oral prints in pinks, blues and greens. We then chose thread colors to compliment the fabric. When we were digitizing the collection we chose cutwork stitches, light contour stitches, applique and candlewick stitches. When we stitched the designs we used the fabric we chose for