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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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
Contact Mary
December 30, 2013
Today, on this second-to-the-last day of 2013, just a brief announcement of the winners of my Merry Christmas Give-Away!
The two winners will each receive a signed copy of Margaret Lee’s new book, The Art of Chinese Embroidery and an embroidery kit for one of the projects in the book.
December 27, 2013
Over at Internet Archive, there’s a lovely old catalog that fans of monograms will want to download and enjoy!
December 26, 2013
One of my favorite gifts for giving this year and for receiving (I received two copies of it myself, both of which I’ll put to good use) is not an embroidery book.
Or is it?
It depends on how you look at it.
December 24, 2013
Merry Christmas Eve!
You might recognize the design below that I used for my Christmas card this year.
I developed it last year here on Needle ‘n Thread when we worked through a series on the development of an embroidery design using monograms. The result was Holly & Joy:
December 23, 2013
Good morning, Friends! Today’s the eve of Christmas Eve, and it’s Monday, and it’s just a little over a week before we ring in 2014.
And all of those together make it a great day for a very special give-away!
A few weeks ago, I reviewed Margaret Lee’s beautiful and instructive new book, The Art of Chinese Embroidery.
December 21, 2013
Just a quick little note today to announce the winner of the Beam ‘n Read light give-away!
December 20, 2013
Last time we looked at the Mission Rose project, I was working on the outer frame.
I still am.
And I’m still pushing for that Christmas finish!
A few readers asked about finishing the twist that I’m using down the middle of the outer frame. It is obviously a much heavier thread than the passing threads and check threads surrounding it. So how do you finish twist at the end of a line? Do you plunge it? And if you do, how?
