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
October 25, 2008
Last night, I had the opportunity to work with these really interesting new needles on the market called Spiral Eye … Continue reading Spiral Eye Needles for Embroidery and Hand Sewing
October 24, 2008
Continuing with this series of photo tutorials on beginning and ending your threads in hand embroidery, here’s a very simple … Continue reading Ending Embroidery Thread: Pull it Through
October 23, 2008
Margaret Cobleigh recently attended an SCA embroidery workshop on Opus Anglicanum, a form of medieval embroidery associated with England (though … Continue reading Opus Anglicanum: English Medieval Embroidery
October 22, 2008
Heirloom Embroidery by Jan Constantine is a pretty book, and it’s packed full of projects for the hand embroiderer. Here’s … Continue reading Heirloom Embroidery Book Give Away!
October 21, 2008
Anne sent along the following little masterpiece that she embroidered – it’s an icon in a modern style, worked with … Continue reading Reader’s Embroidery: Modern Icon using Japanese Embroidery Techniques
October 20, 2008
For most people, Mondays are met like the plague, but I like Mondays, and I LOVE Mondays with mail. I … Continue reading Thread …. and Needles!
October 19, 2008
After considering the hanging direction of my Christmas ornament, I finally realized I wouldn’t know for sure whether it would … Continue reading Silk and Goldwork: Christmas Ornament Progress