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
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
November 26, 2021
Good morning, and Happy Day After! For those who celebrated yesterday, I hope you had a jolly Thanksgiving! We did, and the turkey was dispatched in excellent form.
I will jump right into the Needful Message this morning – there’s a Big Ole Sale on Needle ‘n Thread this weekend! The First Ever Full Shop Sale on Everything!
Read on to hear all about it…
November 25, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends!
I hope that this Thanksgiving Day, even if you don’t celebrate it the way we do here in the States, is a beautiful and happy day for you and yours, and that you have many reasons to be thankful in your life, too.
Needle ‘n Thread – and the community we have all built around it – is one of the greatest blessings of my life. I am grateful to each one of you for keeping me motivated, inspired, and always learning! Thank you so much for being a very special part of my life!
November 22, 2021
It’s hard to believe it is the week of Thanksgiving here in the States! It always ends up being a hectic week on the family front and here in the Studio for some strange reason. The only way the whole lively pre-holiday vibe could increase at this point would be if we got snow. Wouldn’t that be something?
But we’re going to put snow and holiday thoughts aside a little longer, and finish up the second dragonfly that we started last week. This is the final tutorial in the How to Embroider (Blank) series for 2021. But never fear! There’s more coming! Next year, we’ll have a similar series, with a better name and some really fun projects.
Let’s dive into the final dragonfly episode, shall we?
November 19, 2021
Good morning and Happy Friday! Yay! It’s the workend!
I have lots of dabbling to finish up this weekend so that we can explore some other stitching ideas in the near future. So I’m not thinking in terms of weekend these days. Fortunately, I love my work!
But in the meantime, I thought it might be a good idea to continue with the final part of our Embroidered Dragonflies series, by presenting the design and materials list for the second dragonfly.
November 17, 2021
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about organization of specific needlework-related stuff, and recently, I’ve had lots of questions come in about the topic.
There’s always the thread question: How do you store your threads?
And recently, with the article this past Monday, lots of inquiries on the bead storage containers in the photos.
But I’ve also had a couple questions about storing needles and about scissor storage and organization.
As it happens, I’ve written about all these subjects before. But for those who are new to Needle ‘n Thread, or those who’ve been around for a while and would like a reminder, I thought today I’d answer some of these questions on The Organization of Stuff.
November 15, 2021
Say you have a project in your head, and you know exactly what you want it to look like, and you know exactly what kind of threads and embellishments you want to incorporate on it, but you’re not exactly sure if it will all work the way you want it to.
Thread weight, bead size, embellishment size, stitch choice, colors, densities – all these things have to be taken into account when you’re planning a project, especially if you’re planning it to fit within certain parameters.
November 12, 2021
Welcome to Friday, and a cold and blustery one at that – at least here in Kansas!
But in the studio, where it’s warm and cozy, there’s a bit of sunshine going on. Bright, sunshiny yellow floche, in abundance, is piling up everywhere!
Every time we start taking apart floche, it’s a lot like Rapunzel taking down her hair.
