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March 26, 2013

Give-Away! Trish Burr Books – Great Little Supplements!

 

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With Easter right around the corner, I think it’s a great day for a give-away! And this one reminds me particularly of Spring…

While I was visiting the Deep South a couple weekends ago, a little package arrived from South Africa with a couple of Trish Burr’s “supplement” embroidery-related books in it, and today, I’m giving away the pair!

I call them supplementary books, because they are really meant to accompany other books or designs by Trish. Take a look, and you’ll see what I mean.

Trish Burr Color Book
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March 25, 2013

Finishing Little Things

 

Little Things … I’ve been working on Little Things for about 9 months!

What are Little Things? Well, they’re little embroidered things – in fact, they are part of a project book titled Lavender Honey & Other Little Things: A Little Primer on Embroidering & Finishing that will be available here on Needle ‘n Thread in the near future.

Little Things: Embroidering and Finishing
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March 21, 2013

Goldwork Deconstruction: Wheat

 

Continuing with this series on deconstructing goldwork embroidery, today we’re looking at the wheat!

I love little heads of golden wheat in embroidery. For some reason (maybe because I live in Kansas?), I’m always drawn to them. It’s amazing how many ways wheat can be rendered in embroidery!

Wheat is a prevalent element in ecclesiastical embroidery, so it isn’t surprising to find it featured on a vestment like the one we’re studying these days.

Goldwork Embroidery: Wheat
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March 20, 2013

Stitch Fun! How to Lace Lattice Stitches

 

When I first started playing with lattice stitches as part of the Stitch Fun series of embroidery stitch tutorials, I was moving towards laced lattice stitches, because they’re a little more difficult to figure out than regular lattice work.

So, we mixed up the lattice stitch tutorials with a few tutorials on lacing regular stitches, remember?

Now, we’re going to combine the concept of lattice stitches and lacing stitches to produce a raised, detached filling that can be lacy, light, and lovely.

Laced Lattice Stitches Tutorial
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March 19, 2013

Figure Embroidery – Painting People with Needle & Thread

 

Figure embroidery has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s actually one of my goals for this year, to work a piece of figure embroidery here on Needle ‘n Thread.

But you know those New Year’s resolutions… I figure if I resolve it one year, I’ve got at least five to make it happen. Or at least, that’s how it seems to work out!

In any case, I’ve been doing some reading lately, and the topic is sniggling about in my head, so I want to talk about it. Telling you all about it always helps me to clarify things.

St. Joseph Embroidery silk & goldwork
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