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
March 3, 2010
Speaking of Embroidered Flowers for Elizabeth, the author, Susan O’Connor, is teaching quite a few neat looking classes around the … Continue reading Embroidery Classes with Susan O’Connor Announced
March 2, 2010
Oh, golly. Today’s the big day to find out who won the Embroidery Flowers for Elizabeth book, plus the other … Continue reading Embroidery Flowers for Elizabeth Winner Announced!
March 1, 2010
A few weeks ago, I posted a free hand embroidery pattern that I’m currently using as a goldwork embroidery project. … Continue reading Goldwork Embroidery Project Underway!
February 27, 2010
Yesterday, I reviewed the book Embroidered Flowers for Elizabeth by Susan O’Connor, and today, I’m giving away a copy – … Continue reading Embroidered Flowers for Elizabeth – GIVE AWAY!
February 26, 2010
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that Embroidered Flowers for Elizabeth by Susan O’Connor, published by Country Bumpkin, was released, … Continue reading Embroidered Flowers for Elizabeth: Book Review
February 25, 2010
Blackwork embroidery today is generally a counted thread embroidery technique. In the Ancient Days of Long Ago (16th & 17th … Continue reading Different Take on Blackwork Embroidery & a Fish Face
February 24, 2010
Desperately, I hunted through my studio for a collection of blackwork threads that I knew were there somewhere! Like a … Continue reading Blackwork Threads Lost & Found and Something Fishy