December 25, 2014
Merry Christmas!
From my house to yours… …I wish you and yours a very happy, joyful, peaceful Christmas, with plenty of blessings … Continue reading Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2014
Hand Embroidered Christmas Ornaments – Index
Here’s a handy index for all the articles relating to the hand embroidered Christmas ornament series that finished this week.
The index will be listed under Tips & Techniques in the main menu on Needle ‘n Thread, under Hand Embroidery Lessons & Step-by-Step Projects, where you can find a list of most of the embroidery projects and lessons we’ve gone through together over the years.
December 23, 2014
How to Finish an Embroidered Christmas Ornament
Well, it’s December 23rd – two days before Christmas, and time to hang a new hand embroidered ornament on the tree!
So far in this mini series, we’ve set up the Christmas ornament and started embroidering it, we finished the embroidery on the first side of the ornament, we finished embroidering the second side of the ornament, and now, we’ll do the finish work.
This is the fun part, because this is where it all comes together!
December 22, 2014
Hand Embroidered Christmas Ornament, Part 3
Just over a week ago, we began a mini series on how to make a hand embroidered Christmas ornament from embroidery supplies in your stash.
Even though time was ticking quickly towards Christmas, I proposed that we still had plenty of time to embroider an ornament – a fun ornament! – and have it hanging on the tree or wrapped as a gift before Christmas.
In the first article, I showed you how I set up my ornament and began the embroidery. In the second article, we looked at the embroidery techniques I used on the front of the ornament.
Today, I’ll show you how I finished embroidering the front and the back of my ornament, and tomorrow, I’ll show you how to finish the ornament – a simple but effective finish, that takes about ten minutes. I promise! Only ten minutes!
Don’t forget you can click on any of the photos in the article to view them larger.
December 20, 2014
Something to Dream About…
Just popping in this morning to give you something to dream about while you’re sipping your coffee and waking up.
You know, just a little something to help you procrastinate on a Saturday morning!
The Crewel Work Company has announced their needlework retreat dates for next year. They look blissful, fabulous, dreamy – come see…
December 19, 2014
On Embroidery, Timing, and Inner Voices
I’m pathetic when it comes to judging timing on my embroidery projects. I am an Over-Optimist when it comes to time.
If I just crack down and do it – Really Concentrate on it – it won’t take long at all. I can have that done in a day.
I tell myself things like that all the time. I give myself the Most Amazing pep rallies. Go, Mary. You can do it!
December 18, 2014
A Dozen Embroidery Books that Would Make Great Christmas Gifts!
Yes, I know I should have done this two weeks ago! But there are a lot of things I’m doing right now, that I’m sure I should have done two weeks ago!
Every year, I’m accosted with the what-do-you-want-for-Christmas question, and I’m pretty sure there are plenty of stitchers out there who are also asked the same thing.
As time ticks away and Christmas looms closer, you still have a chance to lay out some heavy hints. If you have family and friends who might be baffled about what to get you for Christmas, forward this list!
You can even act like you did it accidentally.
And if you’re like me and you have to finagle (or even buy!) your own Christmas presents, maybe you’ll find something on the list you didn’t even know you wanted. Get it! Wrap it! Sneak it under the tree!
Then thank your husband, your wife, your brother, your sister, your parents – doesn’t matter who! – profusely for it.
