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 27, 2010
Working on the Crewel Rooster project, I’ve had the opportunity to play around with seven different crewel wools currently on … Continue reading Comparison of Wool Threads for Crewel Embroidery, part 1
January 26, 2010
You probably have realized by now I’m a thread junkie. I’ve said it before, and I freely admit it. But … Continue reading Cotton Floche: What’s Not to Love?
January 25, 2010
Last week, I mentioned the wonder of making an embroidered box and provided a link to a project featured on … Continue reading Making Embroidered Boxes, and a Book
January 23, 2010
If you’ve been following along with this crewel embroidery project I’ve been working on lately, you know that one of … Continue reading Crewel Embroidery: The Flower is Coming Out
January 22, 2010
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Emily Leigh Lowes was first published in 1908. The book is just as … Continue reading Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
January 21, 2010
Crewel embroidery is definitely different from regular surface embroidery, as far as the threads are concerned. Wool thread is not … Continue reading Crewel Embroidery: Rooster Head, Neck, Crown
January 20, 2010
A couple points to reiterate on this crewel embroidery project, which I’m calling (oh-so-appropriately) The Crewel Rooster: 1. The first … Continue reading Crewel Rooster: Tail Feathers. Again.