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
May 11, 2008
Have you wondered just how many hand embroidery techniques there are in the world? I love questions like this one … Continue reading How Many Hand Embroidery Techniques Are There, Anyway?
May 10, 2008
Here are some up-close photos of my niece’s hand-embroidered First Communion dress that I told you about earlier, when I … Continue reading Hand Embroidered First Communion Dress
May 9, 2008
I had a reader e-mail and ask me where to find wooden boxes with lids that display embroidery work…. or … Continue reading Reader’s Question: Embroidery Display Boxes … & E-Mail News
May 9, 2008
Here’s another little hand embroidery pattern for surface work of just about any kind… This little motif could be embroidered … Continue reading Hand Embroidery Pattern: A Little Motif
May 8, 2008
Yesterday, I covered the first part of Trish Burr’s “interview” (really, her introduction notes for a class she is teaching), … Continue reading Trish Burr, Needlework Publishing, and More, Part 2
May 7, 2008
If you like needle painting, surface embroider, crewel work, and any shading techniques used in surface embroidery, you’re bound to … Continue reading Trish Burr on Embroidery Books & More, Part 1
May 6, 2008
As promised, here’s the rest of the embroidery project I started last Saturday. This is an embroidered prayerbook cover I … Continue reading Complete Embroidered Book Cover: Cross, Crown, and Flowers