I came across a website recently after seeing several posts on the Facebook Applique This & That group page. It’s called Meringue Designs. I asked the owner, Cynthia, if I could do a post and borrow some of her photos to share what she has to offer, which are some super cool applique and embroidery designs. I love funky and modern and different (and VINTAGE too), and these are all of that and more! Check her out! A lot of her embroidery designs are shown on pillows, which is a great way to give her customers ideas! I can’t sew much, but there may be a pillow in my future. I’m sure you could even buy blank pillows here & there and spruce them up!? LOVE the look of the linen pillows!
Here is the Scribbled Daisy and this is shown on a women’s adult tee. L.O.V.E IT!!! There is no telling how much this would cost in a store. $30? $40? Do it yourself!! She recommends using solid fabrics and I agree – I love the contrasting stitching too.
Next, Scribbled Vine. This one comes in applique and you can use fabric for the leaves, and also a stitched version which is thread only. This is shown on a little apron – cute!!!
Scribbled Roses ~ This one comes with 8 different designs including the middle “heavily scribbled” rose and the “lightly scribbled” roses on the ends as well as a variety of sizes. You could also just use 1 (or 2) of these on a pillow or shirt or whatever you’d like to put them on. My head is spinning with ideas for these designs!!
This one really caught my eye ~ Branches Monogram! This is the type thing I see in Pottery Barn and those type catalogs and drool over! Leotine Linens come to mind??
Drifter Alphabet ~ I see people ask all the time about raggy applique alphabets and this falls in to that category. The edges are meant to be raw so trim loosely and see what happens! I love the little dragonflies too ~ didn’t see them on her site but will ask about those! (I asked and she said the dragonflies were coming!)
Scriptina Alphabet ~ Love it! This appears to be on a stocking!
Bird on Branch ~ looks great on the pillow!
This is the design that originally caught my eye ~ I think it was Cynthia’s profile picture on Facebook and it’s so cool! Technicolor Vine – the smaller version comes in a fill stitch and the medium and large are applique.
Last photo ~ Paper Roses. Again, C-U-T-E!!
These are the designs that immediately caught my eye! She has many many more and I could go on and on. It’s unfortunate that we are in between houses and I can’t decorate anything! Making mental notes of what I can do in our next house…
There are gobs of embroidery and applique sites out there (ahemm… Applique Cafe), but I haven’t seen much of this type design and thought they were very cool! BTW she is also on Facebook so click on over and LIKE her page!
AWARENESS RIBBON news ~ so far we’ve sold 35 designs, which means $35 will go to Tornado Relief! Thanks to the 35 of you who have added this design to your collection whether you already had an awareness ribbon design or not! We hope to sell many many many more! I have gotten some great suggestions as to where to send the donations when we reach $100. After that $100 we hope to sell 100 more and keep on donating!
Lastly, 30% off ends SUNDAY (aka Happy Mother’s Day)!! We’ve sold a few gift certificates this week and there may be still time to mail!
I realize this is from an earlier post…..but I am working at getting my sewing closet organized. I have had trouble trying to find Hugo’s Amazing tape….I checked for it at Michael’s and JoAnn’s and they did not know what I was talking about. Do you have to order it online or is it available at local stores? Thanks!