9 My First Embroidery + Free Pattern!

I've recently taken up embroidery and I'm absolutely LOVING it! It all started with this book - Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray. Best $8 I've spent in awhile (on Amazon Prime - free shipping)! I knew NOTHING about embroidery and now you'll see the project I'm working on... I'd say it's pretty darn effective!

 I've been busy making some things from that book, but then I wanted to make a little something for St. Paddy's Day and I realized that it's crazy easy to make little embroidery patterns! I LOVE the "Lucky" song by Jason Mraz and it always makes me think of St. Paddy's Day (or at least since it came out a few years ago). So I used a little quote from it and now I'm working on this little project...

I realized I needed to post the project ASAP if I wanted to say it was for St. Paddy's Day and so I haven't had time to finish it. So I'm just going to show you what I'm doing and where the project stands now...

And show it to you without the embroidery hoop still in place...

And then give you the free pattern to download here!

I've used mostly satin stitch and split stitch on this... and a lot of shades of embroidery floss to create some ombre effects. It's not perfect and I'm still learning a lot, but I'm pretty happy with it so far! I'll be sure to show you guys the finished product - without the tracing paper and all ironed out and pretty!

For now, have fun with it and I'll be sharing it at some of my favorite conferences! And don't forget about the St. Paddy's Day printables I made last year - download them from Box now too!