November 20, 2015
Pluggin’ the EGA!
Today, I’m plugging the EGA… as in the Embroiderers’ Guild of America.
Read on – you’ll find information about the EGA, some great free resources, and other enticing bits!
November 18, 2015
Gone Fishin’!
November 16, 2015
Snowflake 2: Free Pattern for your Winter Decor
We chatted not too long ago about various ways to work cross stitch on plain weave fabric, and I offered you this snowflake corner design for some holiday stitching.
Well, along the same longs, here’s another flake. I figure Monday morning is as good a morning to share it with you!
You’ll find the free PDF printable for this particular snowflake chart at the end of the article. But you know me – I’m going to babble a bit first, before I give it to you…
November 13, 2015
Keen on Embroidered Monograms?
If you’re keen on hand embroidered monograms, you’ll be over-the-moon thrilled to know that Monograms: The Art of Embroidered Letters by Susan O’Connor is back in print.
For those you who’ve been hanging about here at Needle ‘n Thread for a while, you might recall my review of this delectable tome!
November 12, 2015
Retro Crewel Embroidery – There’s Something to be Said for It
If you’ve ever been to a thrift store (sometimes referred to as an “op shop”), you’re probably familiar with the fate of many a piece of retro needlework.
What do I mean by retro?
November 10, 2015
Stumpwork Embroidery Essentials – Online Class for Beginners & Beyond
Well, now.
I have a little secret.
I’ve been indulging in a very agreeable diversion the last couple days.
Yep, I’ve been totally glued to the screen, watching videos in the middle of the day.
No, no. I haven’t been torturing myself with a Netflix marathon. It’s much better than that!
Craftsy has a launched yet another excellent hand embroidery class for those who want to extend their embroidery skills in an affordable, easy, self-paced way. Remember the goldwork class I reviewed a while back? It’s the same concept!
Only this new one is a stumpwork class – Stumpwork: Raised Embroidery Essentials, taught by Celeste Chalasani.
Today, I’m going to review it for you. I’ll tell you what’s in it, who it’s for, what you can learn from it, and the general pros and cons. To top it all off, if you want to take the class, I’ve got an early (and deep) discount for you at the end of the review.
November 9, 2015
Yuki Sugashima on The Hand-Stitched Flower Garden
Yuki Sugashima is an embroiderer from Japan, who writes a beautiful blog Y*Handmade (previously, The Barefoot Shepherdess).
I’ve been reading Yuki’s blog for a long time, since it was Barefoot Shepherdess. Her photos are always gorgeous! And her embroidery is always delicate, clean, neat, and simple – it’s easy on the eyes. She has a lovely style.
Several years ago, Yuki wrote a couple guest posts here on Needle ‘n Thread about dyeing threads. You can find those articles here:
On Natural Dyeing, Part 1
On Natural Dyeing, Part 2
The Big News is Yuki’s new embroidery book, The Hand-Stitched Flower Garden. It’s been recently published and made available in the US and the UK, and it is proving very popular.
I asked Yuki to write about the book for you, so you can hear a little bit about her work and about the book itself. So, here you go – a little bit about Yuki and some photos from her new book. (You can click on the photos to enlarge them.)
