Posted in Quilting, embroidery, tagged crazy quilt, embroidery, Quilting, roses on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s the newest crazy quilt block I’ll be working on this month in honor of my Mom. I have so much fabric given to me by her. The question has always remained with me about what to do with all the scraps and cut pieces. Our fabric choices are like night and day of course. She always [...]
Posted in Quilting, tagged crazy quilt, embroidery, stitch on April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
An update on my crazy quilt block is due. I have experimented with some composite band stitches that are new to me: Interlaced chain stitch, twisted lattice band, and the fancy herringbone stitch. The last is just a beautiful stitch band when you choose interesting fibers to work with that have contrasting qualities like thick [...]
Posted in Quilting, tagged crazy quilt, embroidery, stitches on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am happy to say that my Haiku crazy quilt block is finally finished. It’s a funny thing about crazy quilting, you can just keep adding one more stitch here or motif there. I had the most fun working the row of Cast-on Stitches. I just love those little flower petals that are created. I chose to make rows [...]
Posted in Needlework sampler, cross stitch designs, tagged cross stitch, embroidery, needlework, sampler on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
One of my favorite things on a Monday morning is to read the Nordic Needle Newsletter . It is a wonderful connection to people from around the world who share the same passion for needlework. I highly recommend signing up for Sue & Roz’s newsletter if you already haven’t - you’ll be glad you did! Oftentimes, amongst the [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, cross stitch designs, tagged crafts, cross stitch, embroidery, garden, spring on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
I am a collector of bits and things that spark my imagination. In the Fall, I look for the small things from nature that might be of use later in a craft project to be worked on a winter’s day. Often on my walks, I will look for small items such as acorn caps. My lucky find [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, tagged embroidery, needlepoint, scissors tassel tutorial on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
In the new March 2008 edition of the ANG Needlepointers publication, there is a wonderful tutorial on making a scissors tassel. There are different finishing alternatives shown using beads and well written instructions and diagrams for making the tassel combinations.
As a fun diversion from my work this week, I decided to create a Spring scissors tassel [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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