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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

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Tag: scissors

March 2025

  • 14 - The ABC of Padded Stitch – Elisabetta’s New Book!

February 2025

  • 24 - Color & Sparkle & Cut!

August 2024

  • 28 - Seeing (delectable!) Red: New Scissors

April 2024

  • 15 - Golden Forge Embroidery Scissors: the DOVO Substitute?

August 2022

  • 10 - The Scissor Fob & the Laws of Gravity
  • 5 - Tool Talk: Simple Scissor Care Tips and the Sheath

July 2022

  • 22 - Something New, Small, and Blue – and Scissors!

July 2021

  • 28 - Scissor Talk: 3 Claveles from Spain
  • 8 - Dovo Scissors & Substitutes

August 2019

  • 21 - Tool Talk: a Tool Block, a Laying Tool, and a Stork

January 2019

  • 11 - Here’s the Low-Down on Those Embroidery Scissors

December 2018

  • 21 - A Stitcher’s Christmas, 2018: An Exquisite Pair of Scissors!

November 2018

  • 5 - Tool Talk: Sajou Embroidery Scissors

December 2017

  • 26 - A Stitcher’s Christmas Winners & a Reader’s Finish!
  • 22 - A Stitcher’s Christmas #9: Exquisite Embroidery Scissors!