I’ve worked hard on this, but now it’s finally completed. It isn’t a project, but instead my first book of embroidery, and I just have to say something about it here. This is my first book, so I start at the beginning. My main theme throughout the book is that embroidery is an artform and […]
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I’ve completed my embroidery journal project for the month! It’s a bit different, but it has a meaning. I thought about what theme I wanted for the month and decided I would use new beginnings. It took me awhile to choose this theme. I’ve considered many others. New beginnings – not just because it’s a
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This year I signed up to follow along with TAST run from Pintangle. This is the first week, and the stitch is fly stitch. Here is my sampler. I just sat down with a needle and thread and tried a few different ways of lining up the stitches and spacing them. It was fun. There
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The first project of the year is now completed! This one I am calling “Crewel Beetle”. That gives the whole thing away, so here it is! I used some classic crewel embroidery stitches here, namely the beetle’s body. I took the time to lay the lines carefully to be as parallel as possible. Nearly all
Happy New Year to all stitchers everywhere! I hope this year will be the best stitchy year yet. This year I am getting the Embroidery Journal Project going. The main purpose is to give you a chance to make your stitching more personal. This post is the gathering place for anyone wishing to participate in
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I hope everyone is having a great holiday so far. Things are good here. I managed to find some time to do some stitching, and that always makes things better! This is another crewel work project. I really like working with the wools, but I still have a limited collection of colors. That will be
It’s almost time! I made this little embroidery to celebrate: I used Appleton crewel wools. They are sooo nice to work with. This time though I used linen, because I found out the hard way that it really isn’t so easy to pull them through a tight, woven cotton – they just get worn fast.
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Last week I got some new embroidery books! I love getting them. There is always much to learn and see in them. One of them is the new RSN Stumpwork book. It isn’t a pattern book, but rather a book of stitches and techniques. The designs shown in the book are clean and more modern
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I’ve been a little slow lately. Maybe it’s the short days and grayness – we are down to about 6.5 hrs of light now. Soon things will turn towards slowly lengthening days again though, and it only takes a few weeks before you start feeling the darkness lifting. I made this small embroidery for a
Hi all, Maybe you have heard of the Bead Journal Project or the Quilt Journal project, there is apparently also a crazy quilt journal project. For some time now, I have been a bit jealous of them and their projects. But not any longer. I’m officially starting the embroidery journal project. It’s a bit informal
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