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 22, 2009
Ok, all you left-handed stitchers out there! Here’s the book you’ve been waiting for – and guess what? If you’re … Continue reading Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion by Yvette Stanton
December 21, 2009
Just in time for you to relax and enjoy some post-holiday needlework, I’m giving away one of Trish Burr’s new … Continue reading Give-Away! Embroidery Project CD from Trish Burr
December 19, 2009
Elena over at Coeur de Freesia contacted me a couple weeks ago regarding last year’s tutorial series on long and … Continue reading Long & Short Stitch Lessons – in French!
December 18, 2009
Here’s a wee word worked on my hand embroidered lettering sampler. I’m working in stem stitch, and since we’ve already … Continue reading Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text 14: A Wee Word
December 17, 2009
Access Commodities has announced two enticing new needlework goodies that I thought I’d point out to you. One is especially … Continue reading Needlework Goodies, Soap Boxing, and Your Input
December 16, 2009
For the next word on my hand embroidered lettering sampler, I’m using a wonderful silk by Treenway Silk out of … Continue reading Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text 13: With Treenway Silk
December 15, 2009
Ready to go browsing with me through favorite needlework haunts, blogs, shops, and so forth? When time allows it, I … Continue reading Needlework Browsing, or Avoiding What I Should Be Doing!