This summer I have had a blast sharing some cute Summer Inspired embroidery hoops with you – and today is our last hoop in the series! For the last hoop I’ve put together this Let’s Get Lost Summer Bicycle Embroidery Hoop Art. It’s all decorated up with some sweet little flowers and a bunting – so perfect for summer. Or really any time!
And let’s face it – I have no interest in getting on a bike and riding around in a field. But there is something so sweet about that darling basket all filled up with flowers. Makes me want to get a bike. Almost. I think I’ll just keep in stitching them up and admiring their cuteness in fabric form. I’m a lot less likely to hurt myself with this version. (Though I do have a glue gun burn from this project, so maybe not so much.)
I think the hoops in this series make such a fun group together – I can’t wait to hang them up in my craft room. You can find the Hot Air Balloon Hoop here and the Retro Camper hoop here!
But let’s get started on our little bicycle hoop –Β and don’t worry –Β I have a free pattern for you too!
You’ll need:
- 8″ Embroidery Hoop
- Fabric for background
- medium weight interfacing (or other stabilizer)
- fusible webbing
- scraps for bicycle pieces
- embroidery floss for flowers and lettering
- disappearing ink marker
- hot glue
- Free Let’s Get Lost Bicycle Pattern
Cut out a piece of fabric larger than your hoop for the background, and cut out all your bicycle pieces. You might need to print out a couple of the patterns in order to get the pieces whole (so they don’t overlap other pieces). I recommend fusing pieces of fusible webbing to the back of your fabric, then cutting out the fabric piece. It will stabilize it and make cutting easier.
Remove the paper backing from the webbing and fuse the bicycle pieces in place. Layer the pieces according to the pattern. Add your interfacing or stabilizer to the back of your background fabric. Stitch all the pieces down with your sewing machine or by hand – using a contrasting thread so it sort of outlines everything. If you are using your sewing machine, you can pop on the free motion foot and just sort of trace everything with stitching. So cute. Trace your lettering with a disappearing ink marker.
Embroider the lettering with a back stitch, then start adding in flowers for your basket. Add a few little strands of grass and more flowers at the base of the bike. You can do any sort of flowers you want, but I kept mine all french knots. Easy peasy.
To finish off your embroidery add fusible webbing to the tops of some little triangles for the bunting. Fuse in place, then stitch a little row across to the top.
Pop everything in the hoop and trim the back. Glue the edges around to the back side of the hoop and you are all done!
If embroidery hoops aren’t you thing – these would be just as cute framed in a set for your wall – you could paint up the frames in fun colors too.
I just love how colorful and fun they all are – but this one might just be my favorite!
I’d love to hear what you think! and I hope you give it a try!
I love your hoop art – thanks so much for sharing!
Super cute! LOVE all the little flowers!
Oh, Bev, this is the CUTEST!!! I adore all of the flowers! Especially in the overflowing bicycle basket. :)
Bev…..I think this is ADORABLE! I am in love with that bike and those fresh flowers. You are brilliant and so super talented!!!!!!
So stinkin’ cute!!!
These are adorable…thanks for sharing and the pattern
These are just SO cute!
Love this. My favourite. Thankyou for sharing. Can’t wait to get going.
This is all sorts of too cute! It feels like forever since I’ve done any embroidery, and this is definitely making me want to pick it back. And I’m pretty sure I have a few fabric scraps lying around that would be darling for this… Thanks for sharing your process!
Fantastic…these are just my sort of thing, thanks for the free pattern and tutorial. I will definitely make them soon.
They are all so cute! I pinned them. I need to work on my embroidery skills, so I can make something cute like this!
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Great, thanks.. I love it.
Love it! Thank you for sharing :)
Bev these are so cute. My partner and I ride bicycles and also have a 12foot Franklin caravan just like the one in your embroidery. Can you tell me how to get the pattern for the caravan embroidery. Thanks
an absolute TOUR*rific master class , thank you so much
I love your website! Do you have weekly email projects that I could sign up for?
Cheri
All your embroidery is beautiful! Pinned. Stopping by from Creative Corner.
What an adorable embroidery project! I love the little mini bunting.
This looks great! Quite inspirational and maybe I should finally start with creating hope art. Thanks for sharing your process. Love the colourful flowers!
Greets Kat
This is so adorable. I’m friends with an older couple and this fits them to a tee. Thanks for posting. Hello from Share the Wealth Sunday.
One day I will have to stop just pinning these beautiful ideas of yours and actually try making one! I love the outlined machine stitching look, your bits and pieces are always so pretty and neat I just want to make one right now. Then I look at my piles of half done projects and think I must at least finish some of them before I start something new. Thank goodness for pinterest!
Bev, I adore your embroidery hoop art! Look for your Lets Get Lost Summer Bicycle Embroidery Hoop Art pinned at our DIY Sunday Showcase Talent Board!
These look gorgeous, I just love all you projects especially the stitched ones they are so adorable. Great photographs as well.
So fabulous! LOVE it. Going to need to go dig up my embroidery supplies now…!
SWEEEEEEEET!! I love everything you do!! Shared on Facebook and Pinned. Your friend, Linda @Crafts a la mode
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As an avid cyclist this adorable embroidery caught my eye. Saw your feature at The Wednesday Round up! CUTE!
Gorgeous project!
Those are the most adorable things I’ve ever seen! LOVE them all!!!
Bev, these are adorable! Thanks for sharing. You are one of the features at the Make it Pretty party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to this weekβs bash. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/10/make-it-pretty-monday-week-152.html Hope to see you again this week. Have a beautiful day! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
How can I purchase this already made???!!!! So cute!
Oh I love it Love it Love it!!!!! the colors the mixture of texture what a talent thank you for sharing!
These are so adorable!!! Thanks for the fun crafting ideas and patterns!!! β€οΈ
found you via pinterest and am LOVING your embroidery hoops! I just made my first one and now can’t stop! Thank you for sharing your lovely projects!
This is so cute! I’m kind of obsessed with embroidery right now and cannot wait to try this.