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I learned to embroider when I was a kid, when everyone was really into cross stitch (remember the '80s?). Eventually, I migrated to surface embroidery, teaching myself with whatever I could get my hands on...read more

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January 9, 2014

Monogram Designs: Free Online Resources

 

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For the past couple years, I’ve been on an unending quest to discover, read about, and explore everything I can on the subject of monograms.

Along the way, I’ve collected a bunch of links to online sources, built up a little collection of monogram-related images on Pinterest, and bought a bunch of out-of-print, in print, rare, and easy-to-find books on the subject.

In other words, I glutted on the whole monogram thing!

Paul over on BibliOdyssey – a blog on books and illustration which I follow pretty faithfully – wrote about one of my favorite old books this week. It’s called Monograms & Ciphers, by Albert Angus Turbayne, who was an American designer of books in the late 1800’s – early 1900’s.

Monograms & Ciphers by Turbayne
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January 8, 2014

A Shocking Blue Silk for the Mission Rose

 

Ahhhhh. I love this color of blue! But I’ve never had a chance to use this particular blue silk thread, because it just hasn’t worked in any of my projects.

So I was Positively Delighted when I realized that I could finally incorporate this almost-electric-looking deep blue into the Mission Rose project.

It might be a little shocking at first to see the color – you might be thinking She’s nuts, that color won’t work!… but bear with me here!

Mission Rose Silk and Goldwork Embroidery Project
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January 6, 2014

Mission Rose: Very, Very Close

 

My first finish in 2014 will be the Mission Rose project – the End is Coming Very Soon!

The Mission Rose is a goldwork & silk embroidery project that I started in the spring of 2013 and have developed step-by-step here on Needle ‘n Thread. If you want to follow the project from beginning to end, you’ll find all the articles relating to it listed in chronological order on the Mission Rose Index page.

Mission Rose Goldwork Embroidery Project
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January 2, 2014

Arts and Crafts Embroidery – Book Review

 

Let’s kick off the New Year with a book review! Why? Because I love books!

And I love, love, love needlework books. I love how-to needlework books; I love project needlework books. But needlework books that I can really read are usually needlework history books. And I really love those!

Today’s book is just such a book. It’s not a how-to book. It’s not a project book. It’s a book that looks at a very specific era of needlework history – the Arts & Crafts Movement. The book is called Arts and Crafts Embroidery and it’s by Laura Euler.

Arts & Crafts Embroidery by Laura Euler
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