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
July 7, 2008
Deepa, who checks in and comments now and then on Needle’nThread, has a blog called This and That, and on … Continue reading Chemanthy Work – an Indian Embroidery Technique: Tutorial Link
July 6, 2008
I’m glad to see that some readers are having fun embroidering some of the monograms from the alphabet I’ve been … Continue reading Reader’s Embroidery: Monogrammed Guest Towel!
July 6, 2008
This time, two monograms for your hand embroidery projects – letters E and F! For more free monogram patterns for … Continue reading Monogram Patterns for Hand Embroidery: Letters E and F
July 5, 2008
Back onto my schedule of supplying you with the whole monogram alphabet for your hand embroidery projects, here’s the letter … Continue reading Monogram for Hand Embroidery: Letter D
July 5, 2008
Slate frames have been around forever – well, certainly since the Middle Ages, and anyway. They’re made up of four … Continue reading Dressing a Slate Frame for Embroidery: Photo Tutorial
July 4, 2008
When you get beyond the beginner stage of hand embroidery and move into more complex forms, you may find that … Continue reading Slate Frames for Hand Embroidery! Yippee!
July 3, 2008
Here’s the next monogram for hand embroidery – the letter “B.” I think it’s a bit fuzzier than I would … Continue reading Monogram for Hand Embroidery: Letter B