Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged needlework, stitching on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I realized this morning that I have a one year blogaversary coming up on June 3rd. Pretty cool! My goals for this blog have been very simple:
° share my love of needlework with like-minded souls
° write about “new-to-me” discoveries of interesting needlework related topics in hopes that they may be new and interesting to others as well
° share [...]
Posted in Books, tagged crazy quilt, embellishment, needlework, ribbon embroidery on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
I visited the library yesterday evening to find some new reference books for ribbon embroidery. I probably won’t put any more of these embellishments on my current crazy quilt block, but I wanted to study up for the next block. I hope to put the finishing touches on this block over the weekend and I [...]
Posted in Needlework Sites, needlework, tagged celebrations of needlework, cross stitch, needlework on April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am pleased to announce that I will once again have many of my cross stitch models on display and patterns for sale in the Yankee Cross Stitch booth at Celebration of Needlework. The show will be running from April 30th through May 4th in Nashua, New Hampshire. This will be the fifth year that [...]
Posted in Museums, Needlework sampler, tagged Museums, needlework, samplers on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I read with great interest a posting in the current issue of Sampler & Antique Needlework Magazine about a symposium to be presented called “Needlework and the Sea” in conjunction with an exhibit “Needle/Work: Art, Craft, and Industry in a Port City ” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum to be held June 12-15th. After visiting the website to [...]
Posted in Friday Five, tagged needlework, stitching on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
♥ Stitching on a rainy day, all day. No blue sky outside to feel guilty about when inside on a nice day.
♥ Listening to some really good music all day while stitching the day away. The time just floats on by.
♥ No interruptions.
♥ Completing all the tasks I set for myself this week (while listening to some really [...]
Posted in Quilting, tagged crazy quilt, needlework, stitching on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I need to recharge my batteries with some freeform, unstructured needlework playtime. No chart, no plan, no design, no bright idea. I realized last week, as I struggled through finishing the fourth Welcome Home Sampler, that the time has come. I was stitching most of the design without refering to the chart and I have it [...]
Posted in Gardening, Habitat for Humanity, tagged cross stitch, garden, needlework, sampler, spring on March 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Slowly, I have started to pick up leaves from my garden. Slow going around the tender shoots, but careful, happy work despite the cold wind still blowing. The daffodils are well on their way and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the small columbine clusters and black hollyhocks fared well over the winter. I started some [...]
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 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 [...]
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