Posted in Gardening, cross stitch designs, tagged cross stitch design, embroidery, garden, spring on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
They are a bit weatherworn, to be sure, but my garden gnomes are a bright reminder of Spring. I was greeted this morning with their smiles and sunny outlooks in the warm morning sunshine. Underneath the blanket of fallen leaves and snow, my daffodils have begun to sprout already in the warmth of this corner [...]
Posted in Books, Design ideas, tagged embroidery, needlerolls, needlework, stitches on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
An excellent desk reference to own is a book called “Embroidery Stitches” by Mary Webb published by Firefly Books. It is a collection of more than 400 stitches for use in embroidery, needlework and needlepoint. This book was recommended to me as a resource, one which many of you are already familiar with, I am [...]
Posted in Habitat for Humanity, Random Thoughts, tagged stitching on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
My best intentions and plans were to go places and spend time doing fun things with my kids on their school break, however, they have spent the better part of their days off battling a cold. They are most happy camped out in the living room playing the Wii and Nintendo. Isn’t that the way of it? Best to stay indoors and [...]
Posted in cross stitch designs, tagged cross stitch, stitching on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
My stitching buddy can have the couch all to himself for a few days. I finished stitching the latest cross stitch design on Friday. It is a summer design full of sunny yellows and sky blues. I keep a box of frame corner samples and chose a frame in a color and style that will work [...]
Posted in Museums, tagged embroidery, needlework, textiles on February 13, 2008 | No Comments »
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has a wonderful online exhibit of Textiles, embroidery and needlework from their collection. I searched under “needlework” and “embroidery” on their site search and spent some time on the Tour of Textiles. They have a nice zoom/pan feature to get closeup views of the embroidery and textile pieces. I recommend grabbing a [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged crochet, cross stitch, knitting, random acts of kindness, valentines on February 9, 2008 | No Comments »
It has been a good week for designing. I have had my pencils working overtime on a few new cross stitch design layouts. Let’s see what happens with them. Some are for magazines, some are for my own projects. Next week will be devoted entirely to stitching models.
Speaking of next week, did you know that February [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, tagged embroidery, handmade cards, stamps on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I had some fun over the weekend experimenting with handmade cards in lieu of the store bought kind. This one will be given to my youngest daughter who used to sing this song to me when she was in pre-school. The cards work up quickly and are simple to make with a few basic supplies.
Heavy card stock, cut to [...]
Posted in cross stitch designs, tagged needlework, Valentines Day on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Just published in the current issue of The Gift of Stitching Magazine is a new Valentine’s Day bookmark design to celebrate the season with. Handmade valentines are a special gift from the heart. This needlework bookmark is simple and quick to stitch for your special valentine who enjoys reading. I suggest using a fabric that has a vintage look [...]
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