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 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 [...]
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 Just for Fun, tagged finishing, needlework, stitching on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Anyone with a pet dog or cat can probably relate to this. My dog thinks he owns my couch. At times we have small turf battles over who owns which side. The couch is situated such in my studio that it receives a good bit of sunlight during the day - a necessity while stitching [...]
Posted in Blogs to Visit, tagged biscornu, needlework, needlearts, finishing techniques, tutorials, needlerolls on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I make my daily needlework travels around the internet to sites I enjoy and to those occasional new discoveries, I am constantly amazed and delighted by the creativity and goodness of people in the needlework community. I recently came upon the Focus on Finishing website. Many people are already aware of this site, I am sure, [...]
Posted in cross stitch designs, tagged embellishments, needlework, quilts, sampler, stitching on January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the end, “The Sampler” will be finished using bell pull hardware. I began stitching the needlework piece a day or so ago. After a good dose of nice, bright sunlight and viewing the threads, the bell pull and the fabric all together, I decided to go with my first inclination to use the Tumbleweed fabric. No [...]
Posted in Design Process, tagged cross stitch, design, needlework, sampler on January 11, 2008 | No Comments »
I have picked many of the colors that I want for my new cross stitch sampler, but I am having second (and third) thoughts about the fabric. I have plotted all the necessary stitches and colors into my stitch program so at least the framework has been done. It doesn’t help, really, that colors on [...]
Posted in Design ideas, cross stitch designs, tagged cross stitch design, needlework, sampler on January 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Alot of tasks have been accomplished this week that don’t make for interesting reading. Being a freelance artist, there is a need to wear many hats: marketing and promotional work, book keeping, correspondence, etc. which incorporate a necessary bit of time. All are very important, but nonetheless, they do not make for an interesting read.
I have been impatient [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, tagged baking, cookies, gingerbread houses, needlework on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
The Spritz Cookies were Santa’s favorite again this year. They are so buttery with a hint of cardamom, I can see why. There seemed to be a good amount of gingerbread cookies missing from the tray as well though! I posted the recipe for these on my Once Upon a Thread page of my website [...]
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