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 needlework, stitches, embroidery, needlerolls 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 [...]
Posted in Books, tagged Books, embroidery, needlework, punchneedle embroidery, stitches on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
The Dimensions Company has a resource area for needlework tips on their website to include punchneedle embroidery. I have not seen tips in other forums specifically for punchneedle and found this to be a nice resource to pass along to those who enjoy this needlework technique. Also included on this site are tips for creating tassels, stitches, cording [...]
Posted in Gardening, cross stitch designs, tagged color, cross stitch design, DMC Color Variations, embroidery, garden, watercolor on November 11, 2007 | No Comments »
A while ago, I received an assortment of the new DMC Color Variations embroidery floss colors. I put them aside for a bit in order to finish up other tasks, but finally found the time to put together a design using a few of them. I have had the most enjoyable week working with a selection of these threads [...]
Posted in Design Process, tagged Aida, cross stitch design, embroidery, fabric, needlework, stitches on November 1, 2007 | No Comments »
I had an interesting email chat this week with a fellow stitcher and the question came up “What do I think of Aida cloth?” It was in reference to its use in a cross stitch design when the pattern calls for an evenweave or linen fabric. Great question! I’ve been mulling it over and felt [...]
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