Teneriffe embroidery
Last month at one of the quilt groups that i belong to– the gal introduced us to Teneriffe Embroidery. I had never heard of such things!
It's kind of like chicken scratch embroidery, but much more intense. You are weaving the thread around spider lengths to make designs.
of course E-How has some instructions on how to. More info here.
I kind of love it. I have always been a lover of tatting, {totally on my bucket list to learn it} but this– this might be a little bit easier. The needle is the 'shuttle' and it is crazy what you can come up with!
this purple one has a teneriffe center with tattting surrounding it
You can see a bunch of examples and images here: Teneriffe embroidery photos
You can check out a few books online {or pdf}
You can visit a few blogs which are full of great teneriffe embroidery stuff too:
Nhanduti de Atibaia and Renda Tenerife — both sites are translatable just in case you need it. 
Some of my favorites from the blogs:
If you'd really like– you can make a flower with the teneriffe embroidery rose tutorial by This and That
I am thinking i might give it a try on a pattern for the Sewing Cottage Ezine…….any ideas for me?
