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
March 29, 2008
Here’s another photo of beautiful embroidery work from a reader… Thank you, Anne, for sending along this photo! Anne has … Continue reading Reader’s Embroidery: Japanese Embroidery – Pansies!
March 28, 2008
I love being able to share readers’ needlework projects, and this one is really stunning. It’s a piece of crewel … Continue reading Reader’s Embroidery: Crewel Work Enchanted April
March 27, 2008
I’m pretty sure Shakespeare’s soliloquy could be re-written for the embroiderer: To lick, or not lick, that is the question… but I won’t bother!
Whether you thread your needle by licking your thread or not, at least you ARE threading a needle!
But in case you didn’t know that there are (easy) options for threading a needle – other than licking your embroidery floss – I thought I’d present a couple tips on how to thread an embroidery needle without wetting your thread.
March 26, 2008
WOW. If you have not checked out this website, it’s a must, for a lot of reasons, but most especially … Continue reading Embroidery Inspiration!
March 25, 2008
Why would anyone want a hand-made needle? Surely, a hand-made needle must be some roughly hewn large thing unbefitting to … Continue reading Hand Made Japanese Embroidery Needles
March 24, 2008
Once you have an embroidery project set up and ready to go – fabric selected, design transferred, threads lined up … Continue reading Embroidery Needles
March 22, 2008
And yet another example of ecclesiastical embroidery – this time, a superfrontal, which hangs on the top front edge of … Continue reading Ecclesiastical Embroidery: Pelican Altar Frontal (Superfrontal)