These watercolor embroidered mason jars were inspired by Cresendoh, you can see the full tutorial at their site.
I took their tutorial and made a few minor changes. Where they stamped a mason jar onto fabric to act as a pattern, I hand drew my mason jar.
Into an embroidery hoop, I layered the following: my hand drawn mason jar fabric followed by a layer of batting and finally another layer of white fabric.
*Using a stem stitch, I embroidered the mason jar. I used dark brown embroidery thread for the jar, gray for the lid, red for the lab and dark brown for the word on the label. {These steps were not included in the tutorial by Cresendoh.}
When my embroidery was complete, I applied blue watercolor, using the technique described by Cresendoh.
After a few trials and errors, I decided to leave my mason jar untrimmed until I applied the watercolor and it fully dried. I feel like it left the edge of the mason jar and batting beneath cleaner.
When completely dry, I cut my mason jar out, cutting around the embroidered stem stitch I made outlining the mason jar.
I applied no fray to the edge of the 'grace' jar. No fray was not applied to the 'hope' jar and you can see, over time, some fraying did result.
Attach some floral wire to the top of the mason jar.
And hang.
And, I am absolutely in love with the results.
If you liked this tutorial, make sure to check out my 'Make a Wish' embroidery pattern and tutorial.
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