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
January 14, 2010
Working on the crewel rooster project is actually really fun, despite the oscillating ideas along the way that prompt me … Continue reading Wooly Feathers: More Tail Progress on Crewel Rooster
January 13, 2010
This Trish Burr CD features seven embroidery projects focusing on long and short stitch shading. Each of the projects includes … Continue reading Trish Burr CD Give-Away II
January 12, 2010
Thanks to Gill, freezing over there in the UK, I now know that the fleshy, bumpy stuff hanging from a … Continue reading French Knots – Lots of Knots – on a Wattle
January 11, 2010
Roosters are weird. They have these flappy things that grow on their faces and heads. They have these coats of … Continue reading A Crewel Tale … er … Tail
January 10, 2010
It’s tempting to be horribly punny this morning. Crewel embroidery – cruel. Fowl? Truly foul! But I will refrain, and … Continue reading Rooster Breast and Scallops: A Crewel Recipe
January 9, 2010
Were you one of the lucky ones that made it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the end of … Continue reading Did you See Twixt Art and Nature?
January 8, 2010
Since I’m exploring a bit of crewel embroidery these days, I thought I’d share some resources with you for different … Continue reading Great Resource for Needlework Fabric and Supplies – and a Great Sale!