An Embroidered Denim Jacket for the Retro Stitchery Book Tour
I was so honoured when the lovely Bev from Flamingo Toes invited me to be part of the book tour celebrating and showcasing her latest publication, Retro Stitchery*.
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Miss 11 has been asking me to embellish her pastel peach denim jacket for ages now. When I flicked through all the bright and beautiful designs in Bev’s lovely new book, I saw that she had an awesome embroidered jacket design that I just knew would work perfectly.
Here’s a photo from the Retro Stitchery book* of the Farmer’s Market denim jacket design on page 48.
You can see I’ve used many of the same elements, like the ombre flowers, daisies and smaller leaf sprays. I kept the flowers and leaves the same size but just rearranged them to suit the look that my daughter wanted me to achieve on the back of her jacket. She wanted the design to look like it was falling from the seam below the jacket yoke.
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Bev’s instructions were super clear and easy to follow so the stitching process was really enjoyable. I love working on portable projects like this, that you take anywhere to sew.
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I stitched with a muted palette of peach, lemon, blue and green embroidery floss from Aurifil. I love 6 stranded floss on a spool. I find it so much easier to use! Doesn’t my Fifi Fox pin cushion look cute pictured here with the stitchery?
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The Retro Stitchery* book cover below gives you an idea of some of the lovely projects included inside! I think I’d like to make the tea towel next, but there’s also cushions, framed and hooped embroideries, mug wraps, necklace designs, embroidered clothing and more. And all twelve designs can be used in different ways, so you can display them however you wish!
To see more creations made with the patterns in the Retro Stitchery book and to find out more about the book tour, please visit Bev’s Blog Post. Then check out the posts from these very talented makers using the links below.
RETRO STITCHERY BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
- March 24 – Mollie Johanson – Wild Olive
- March 31 – Jennifer Long – Bee Sew Inspired
- April 7 – Andy Knowlton – A Bright Corner
- April 14 – Melanie Call – A Bit of Scrap Stuff
- April 21 – Amy Smart – Diary of a Quilter
- April 28 – Amy Chappell – Ameroonie Designs
- May 5 – Jessica Dayon – Jessica Dayon
- May 12 – Sarah Sheen – What Saysie Makes
- May 19 – Stephanie Woodson – Swoodson Says
- May 26 – Jessica Anderson – Cutesy Crafts
- June 2 – Amista Baker – Amista Baker
- June 9 – Jen Van Orman – Heritage Threads
- June 16 – Lauren Wright – Molly and Mama
- June 23 – Amanda Cotton – Sewing Cotton, Riley Blake Designs Blog
- June 30 – Aurifil – Aurifil Blog
I hope you have fun enjoying all the pretty projects inside these pages. I know I sure have.
Happy stitching, Lauren x
What a great idea. Thanks! Just bought the book.
You will love it Sherry! Enjoy.
May I ask you how you transferred the design on the denim?
Hi Kathryn, because the denim is pale coloured, I was able to trace the design onto the fabric using a heat erasable pen. For darker fabrics, you can use a water soluble adhesive called Sulky Solvy that you can print the design onto. Dress maker’s carbon paper is also an option. You can read more ideas here; https://www.mollyandmama.com.au/how-to-transfer-an-embroidery-design-to-fabric/
Hi Lauren, I have just received my copy of Retro Stitching and was so disappointed to realise that the white/peach denim jacket design was not in there – didn’t read your blurb correctly 🤦♀️. Do you by chance have a copy of the pattern you did on your daughter’s jacket available for sale? I have been admiring it for sooo long. Kind regards and thank you.
Marilyn
Hi Marilyn, I don’t have a pattern for this because I just rearranged the elements from the pattern on page 51 of this gorgeous book into a layout that suited the jacket I wanted to stitch. I used the two different leaf sprays from the pattern, the two medium style flower sizes, then the much smaller lazy daisy flowers, all as they appear in the Retro Stitchery book. I followed the book’s instructions to stitch each part of the embroidery also. I hope that helps, Lauren.