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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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Garden Swirl Stitch-Along 4: Flowers & Centers

 

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Good morning and welcome to Tuesday in Kansas – a little later start to the week than intended, but here we are.

Today, we’re going to move forward on Garden Swirl, our current stitch-along on Needle ‘n Thread. We’re almost finished with the embroidery. It’s a little project and it goes pretty quickly, but the nice thing about a stitch-along is that you can work it at your own pace.

If you’re not quite caught up, that’s ok! You’ll find all the lessons for this project listed here in the Garden Swirl Project Index, so that you can catch up at your leisure.

If you are a member of the Needle ‘n Thread community on Patreon, you have already received these instructions in PDF format, for easy download and printing. You have everything you need right now to finish the embroidery on the project.

If you would like a materials kit for Garden Swirl – with the design pre-transferred for you on beautiful, fine white linen twill – you can find those kits available here.

If you would like a decorative box for mounting Garden Swirl (along with the finishing supplies for mounting in the box lid), you’ll find those available here.

Garden Swirl: Flowers & Centers
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Voided Monograms – and Other Good News!

 

Today is a Milestone Day here in the studio!

After I-Don’t-Know-How-Many-Years (ok, I do – it’s been 9 years ago this very month!), I have finally completed the design collection and stitching guide for Voided Monograms!

Now, it’s true. I haven’t been working on this for nine years running. But sometimes, it feels as if I have!

I’m excited to make this new PDF – Voided Monograms: Design Collection & Stitch Guide – available to you! Many people have asked for it over the years, and at long last, here it is!

These voided monograms are packed with color, stitches, texture – everything that’s fun about embroidery – and a lot of leeway for your own creative input and manipulation. They’re great fun to stitch, they will teach you all kinds of lessons and help you hone your embroidery skills, or simply allow you to relax and stitch your heart out!

Voided Monograms: A Design Collection with Stitching Tips and Instructions
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Garden Swirl 3: A Few More Flowers

 

Happy Monday!

Today, we’re going to move right along on Garden Swirl, by stitching a few more flowers on the piece.

If you’re just joining in on the stitch-along, you can find the Garden Swirl Project Index here. There, you’ll find all the previous installments, including design and materials, listed in chronological order.

If you are a member of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon, you received today’s lesson last week, in a downloadable PDF format. If you haven’t picked that up yet, hop over to my Patreon page, where you’ll find it listed under “Collections” in the main menu.

Garden Swirl stitch along 3: more flowers
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Embroidered Maniturgium: Battling the Indecision of Decision Making

 

I’m having one of Those Weeks. Umpteen attention-beggars. A gazillion interruptions. Unprioritized Priorities taking over every task list. And the Great Battle of Indecision in Decision-Making.

True, it’s all part of the adventure of life! I’m happy it’s Friday, and I look forward to some time to Un-muddy the Mind this weekend.

And how will I unmuddy the mind? Well, for one thing, I’m going to make a decision! I always tackle the questions that need a decision, first. Indecision can be crippling, when it comes to moving forward on a project or plan. So the quicker I can solve the decision dilemma, the better.

In life, there are lots of huge decisions that we all have to make at some point or another. I’m not really talking about one of those biggies. Not at all! I’m talking about a decision that, in the scheme of things, is really rather trivial. But it has thrown a wrench in my forward movement. And so I need to tackle it.

This weekend, I will make a thread decision.

Embroidered Maniturgium: thread decisions
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Garden Swirl Stitch-Along 2b: Leaves

 

Good morning, folks!

Today, we’re going to add the leaves to the Garden Swirl project. If you’re just joining in on this stitch-along adventure, you can find the previous installments of the stitch-along here in the Garden Swirl project index.

If you are a member of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon, you received today’s information already, in the PDF that was posted last Friday. I can’t cover as much in a blog post as I can in a PDF, so usually the PDFs on Patreon have more information in them and they are a little farther ahead on the project. So don’t worry if you don’t see a post on Patreon today – you already have this information!

Garden Swirl Stitch-Along: Embroidering the Leaves
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Garden Swirl Stitch-Along Project Index – and News

 

To keep things organized and easy for you to find, here’s the Garden Swirl Project Index for the current stitch-along here on Needle ‘n Thread.

We currently have the materials kit for this project available here. The kit comes with the design pre-transferred for you on beautiful white linen twill, plus all the threads, and fine English embroidery needles.

And you’ll find the decorative box for finishing the project here.

Garden Swirl Stitch-Along Project Index
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Garden Swirl Stitch-Along 2: A Large Flower and the Vine

 

Welcome to part 2 of the stitch-along for Garden Swirl.

If you’re just joining in, you’ll find part 1 – which covers materials, tools, and the design – here.

Next Monday, I’ll be creating a Project Index for Garden Swirl, which will be available under “Tips & Techniques” in the main menu here on Needle ‘n Thread.

Members on Patreon will find today’s information (which also includes embroidering the leaves) already published over on Patreon, with a downloadable PDF.

Today, we’re going to embroider one of the large flowers on the design and we’ll also stitch the vine and all its little offshoots.

Garden Swirl 2: Flower and Vine
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