Abel the Stitch Explorer pattern is here!

Finally finished with the Abel the Stitch Explorer pattern (aka Abel the Balloon flying Mouse)! It was a bit of a struggle in the last few days to sort out all the details. I had to get used to using new programs on my computer and that's not exactly my greatest talent. But we got there in the end...Abel and me.

As you can probably tell from the photo(s) it's a sampler pattern. I have included all the details about colours (more than 30!) and different stitches (about 15) in the pattern PDF (as I always do, at least the last two years or so) but to be honest I would much rather see people do their own thing with this pattern, try out and learn stitches and come up with amazing colour schemes. Abel is especially fond of the not often used stitches or even stitches unknown to man (and mouse)kind!

So if you feel like welcoming Abel the Stitch Explorer to your home, you can find him here in my shop. He is more than happy to fly over to wherever you are! x

Old Hen

The photo is unrelated to what I actually wanted to write in this post but like many other bloggers I don't like to write posts without a photo so there you go.. I stitched this Hen when I did some embroideries for Lizzy House last year (to go with her Castle Peeps line of fabric) but the Hen didn't make it into the patterns! Lizzy now has a fabulous follow up line by the way, it's called 1001 Peeps.

So...what I wanted to let you know that due to personal circumstances my Etsy shop will be closed for the next couple of days but....The NEW Follow the White Bunny Shop is open for business as usual! There is a pretty awesome package deal in there now of three bestselling patterns with well over 20 pages of patterns, photos and stitch & colour guides.

Have a wonderful weekend!

&...because it's fun

I promised there would be a new pattern from me soon but there isn't one yet and I would like to explain why.  Not sure what happened but sometime, earlier this spring I lost my embroidery mojo a tiny bit. Only a tiny bit... On top of that  I also felt slightly pressurized to release a new pattern. Seeing that others make one pattern after another and my last pattern was months ago! I guess the final straw, was what happened to me a couple of weeks ago (I kind of wrote about it here) which took away any fun that was left in being creative.  So considering all this it was not strange that the pattern I was working on (not the one pictured!), was not coming along smoothly. I'm sure many of you would think it is lovely as it is but I don't want to put anything out there that I'm not 100% (or at least 95%) happy with....

So I put the pattern aside, even though I had been working on it for weeks, and it felt like a big relief! I sorted out my floss, went through my WIP's, dug up this small Ampersand embroidery and finished it! I also went through some older sketches I had made for patterns and found some nice new candidates for (smaller) patterns. After all that my embroidery mojo was back and I'm stitching away on a new pattern idea. Besides that, I also signed up for two fun embroidery projects.

One is the Phat Quarter Swap, I just had to play along this time because the theme of the swap is books! I also know from previous embroidery swaps that it's great for your creativity, even if you are simply following an existing pattern.  The other project, Embroidered Digital Commons, is a bit high brow, which is probably why I don't understand half of it, haha. Several groups are stitching terms from the Digital Commons. I'm in Mr. X. Stitch's group and we are stitching the term 'Fractal'. I was designated  to stitch the words 'In the same way'. I think I can do that!

Another thing that felt really good was opening my own shop (see previous post) with downloadable patterns. Hopefully I will be able to put something new in there soon (but I'm not promising anything!)...

New place to buy my patterns!

I was thinking about opening my 'own shop' for a while now and I quite spontaneously decided to make the switch today! My Etsy shop is still open (and most likely will remain open for some time) but for your future purchases please visit my new shop! The best thing about the new shop is that you can download the pattern you have purchased right away.  Also, you don't have to sign up or anything although payments will still be made via Paypal. Hope to 'see' you soon in my new shop. :)

FALL SALE!!!

As a tiny one woman business you can make spontaneous decisions. Like having a Surprise Fall Sale today and tomorrow in the Follow the White Bunny Shop! 20% (20!) off all (ALL!) patterns. Prices are already adjusted to Sale Price. Happy shopping!

Sunday stash #22 Dots (and a bit about my Saturday too)

It was in inevitable that the flu would stop by our house too. Unfortunately it meant that the belated birthday party we had planned for Zoe had to be canceled as she was the one that fell ill yesterday.  On top of that it rained the whole day Saturday and just as it was getting dark we had a power failure. : /  It only lasted a couple of hours so it wasn't too bad, but still...

This morning me and Luna went for a walk (me)/ride (Luna) around the block because today is a beautiful and non-rainy Autumn day. If it was up to Luna she would take all the leafs home, but she settled for this collection of huge leafs.

Now moving on to the Sunday Stash. I'm showing you a collection of some of my dotty fabric this week. Every self-respecting stash should have some dots in it! The crinkly one beneath the properly ironed ones is not mine. I'm making 30 (!) coasters for flower pots for my daughters Montessori School with this fabric.

Last but not least I would like to share with you that from now on you can easily access (and bookmark) my blog with this address: blog.followthewhitebunny.com and my Etsy shop with this address: www.followthewhitebunny.com. I'm dreaming of opening my own little shop on the latter address but I will let you all know when (and if) it happens of course!

White rabbit is finished!

Just finished my White Rabbit embroidery and I'm very happy with how it turned out! I think will turn it in to a little wall hanging or something. The pale yellow wood grain will look better with a darker border of green or blue than just on it's own I think.

If you also like Alice in Wonderland stuff you MUST check out The Mymbles Daughter, a fabulous jewelry shop on Etsy. I bought the sweetest necklace there with a separate bird and cage pendant. It was so hard to choose from the many lovely designs!

Happy bunny Give Away (a small one)

I was just so curious about what everybody was doing with my embroidery patterns that I found myself checking Flickr regularly for possible new additions. So...I started my own Flickr group and because I am a very optimistic person I am confident that all of the embroideries made with my patterns will be showcased there! :)

Today there are already 30 of you who have joined my little group! That makes me a very happy bunny and I want to celebrate it with a modest give a way. The winner of this giveaway can choose 2 single PDF patterns from my shop! All I ask of you is to leave a comment. It would be awesome if you could share with me what embroidery pattern you would like to see in my shop. Give away ends Friday the 17th of April noon Oslo time! Oslo in Norway, Europe that is (are there any other Oslo's?)
sorry, you cannot enter the giveaway anymore. Winner will be announced soon!
Ye ol' shoppe is here: www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5529370
And you can find the Flickr group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1087099@N23/
Sorry about the ugly links, I haven't figured out yet how to make them look good.