Tyson and Megan's Wedding Certificate

I made this for my cousin Tyson and his new wife Megan. (Congrats you two!) I didn't have time to start this until two days before I was supposed to be in Oregon to help with the wedding and actually completed the entire thing in two days. I probably spent about 8 solid hours on it the second day (while watching Supernatural episodes of course). I think this was the first time I was actually sore the next day from embroidering.

I tried to keep the colors simple on this and really like how it came out. I found an interesting feather stitch that I used on the large heart border that I think came out really well. I've finally figured out what stitches work best for lettering and how to include some more decorative stitches in my pieces. Now I just need to find time to market these and sell them...

Wedding Certificate for Megan

So last weekend I attended a my cousin's wedding in New Jersey. Of course I made the gift, because that's what I do. I had wanted to make a quilt, but changed my mind once I realized I really don't have that kind of time. I decided to make an embroidered wedding certificate similar to the one I made Nate for our 1 year anniversary. I spent a bit of time designing it and fiddling with fonts and searching the net for anyone who may have done this before (apparently no one?). Flickr has some great pictures of similar projects which did give me inspiration however. I finally came up with this: I love how this came out and already have plans for more. I forgot how fun embroidery could be, especially if you make your own design. I used a variety of stitches including the stem stitch, lazy daisy stitch, back stitch, chain stitch and I think the filler for the heart and clovers would be called couching? I think my favorite part are the clovers on the sides.