May 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
- 27 - Embroidery In Hand, No Hoop
- 14 - Embroidery Design Layout – Basting Guidelines
- 13 - Preparing Linen for Embroidery
- 10 - Testing Embroidery Threads: Colorfast?
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
February 2012
January 2012
- 31 - Vintage Linens
- 17 - Cutting Linen on the Grain
- 3 - Ninth Day of Christmas: Favorite Linen & Silk for Hand Embroidery
November 2011
October 2011
August 2011
June 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
December 2010
August 2010
- 30 - Preparing Linen & First Needlework Lessons
- 29 - Removing the Linen Slub
- 1 - Gold Silk on White Linen – It’s Coming Along!
January 2010
- 11 - A Crewel Tale … er … Tail
- 8 - Great Resource for Needlework Fabric and Supplies – and a Great Sale!
- 5 - Crewel Embroidery: Wool Threads – What Colors?
December 2009
- 31 - Free Hand Embroidery Pattern: The Crewel Rooster
- 29 - Needlebook Kit: The Finish!
- 11 - Slub-a-Dub-Dub, My Thread’s Got a Slub
- 1 - Access Commodities, Linen Twill and some Wool!
September 2009
August 2009
May 2009
March 2009
February 2009
December 2008
- 31 - Hand Embroidered Maniturgia – Ecclesiastical Embroidery in a Hurry
- 28 - Cramming Another Embroidery Project
August 2008
June 2008
- 23 - Hand Embroidered Monogram – Finished Guest Towel
- 20 - Hand Embroidered Monogram: Taking the Curves with Satin Stitch
- 14 - Hand Embroidered Monogram on Linen Guest Towel
- 10 - Vintage Embroidered Linen: with Whitework and Crocheted Lace Edge







Recent Comments
If you really pinned me down and put on the thumbscrews for a choice, I’d have to say crewel...
Sandy in TX - 8 hours 34 minutes
This reminds me of the Battle of Prestonpans tapestry (www.prestonpanstapestry.org) I saw at the...
Jeanne Morrison - 9 hours 49 minutes
Mary, I think it is the historical aspect of the book that interests me. This handiwork was obviously so...
Patti G. - 11 hours 2 minutes
Dear Mary What an amazing display of tapastry work, I’ve just looked on their website and...
Anita Simmance - 13 hours 42 minutes
I have tried to get this book from ILL through my library, and they’ve not been able to get me...
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