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.
Time to get that old Christmas feeling… Read More »
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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I finished up the last in the series of Nutcracker ornaments this weekend. It seemed easier to do the ornament-making steps all at once when I had the materials and tools out. So here they are!Clara The Toymaker And the nutcracker himself The whole set in a photo together! I have to say these were
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Hi, all. I am working through the set of Nutcracker ornaments, and I thought it might be a good chance to write up how I make them. This kind of ornament makes a nice finish perfect for hanging on the tree or around the home. I’m putting a “glue warning” on this project for those
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Welcome to another lesson from Fall Stitch School with The Floss Box. This week I’m going to look at seeding stitches. And I don’t mean “seed stitches”, well I do, but I mean more generally stitches that can be sprinkled about in a regular or irregular pattern in crewel embroidery. These are filling stitches that
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I managed to stitch 1 of 5 Nutcracker ornaments. I am hoping to do all them. This one went pretty quickly for me. I started with The Mouse King because he is the meanest of the lot and maybe that makes him the most fun! 😉 I’ve already started the next one in the series.
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Yesterday I put in the final stitches! I took a few closeups too you can enjoy. I’m pretty happy with this project. It was a good challenge for me. The squirrel was a bit tricky to stitch in place, but I made it work. The tail is made out of turkey knots that I trimmed
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