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
August 31, 2011
Registration is open for The Nesting Place – an online embroidery class that will take you step-by-step through creating a … Continue reading The Nesting Place – Online Embroidery Class – Registration Open!
August 30, 2011
Well, today’s the day to announce the winner of Trish Burr’s new book, Needle Painting Embroidery: Fresh Ideas for Beginners!
August 29, 2011
I love it when products geared toward simple yet tasteful surface embroidery hit the needlework market. Last week, I showed you a new line of surface embroidery projects out from Rouge du Rhin – kitchen towels ready-printed for embroidering. The same company is catering to the surface embroidery crowd with a line of iron-on monograms, too, and the ones they have out so far are pretty nice! So I thought I’d show them to you…
August 27, 2011
I’ve been kitting up all the embroidery supplies for The Nesting Place the last couple of days. I’ll be launching registration for the class on Wednesday, August 31st, when you’ll be able to see photos of the project and read all the delicious little details!
August 26, 2011
Bullion knots can be used to make all kinds of flowers – from the simple daisy-shaped flower, to the bullion rose bud, to elaborate and ornate bullion roses. Like I said yesterday, it’s a versatile stitch!
Today, I’ll show you how to make a simple petal shape for your basic, everyday daisy-type flower. Think “detached chain stitch,” only made with a bullion knot.
August 25, 2011
Today, I’d like to give you an opportunity to win a copy of Trish Burr’s new book, Needle Painting Embroidery: Fresh Ideas for Beginners. (That link will take you to my review, if you’d like to read it.)
August 24, 2011
The bullion knot is a terrific little slug-like stitch. Oh, that sounds ugly. It’s a terrifically beautiful stitch, and you can make terrifically beautiful things with it!
It’s a terrifically versatile stitch, too.
And at first, it can be terrifically intimidating.
To help you with the latter point, I have a how-to video for the bullion knot. In the video, I’ve worked the bullions with the fabric in a hoop that’s stretched somewhat tight, but not tight enough to prevent me from making the bullion knot easily.
Today, we’re going to look at the bullion knot, worked on fabric that’s framed up very taut in an embroidery frame. When the fabric is very taut, and when you’re working in a frame with two hands available for the stitching (you don’t have to hold the hoop with one hand), there’s a slightly different method you can use for making a bullion knot. You might find it much easier to approach bullions this way.
