Yesterday was my Lorri’s Needlecase Day, and I had a lot of fun working on the project.
I did something I have not done in a very long time, and I started in both the center of the fabric and the center of the chart. Per the directions. I didn’t want to […]
Yesterday I did not accomplish much on my rose pillowcases. Perhaps in part because I knew this packet of delight was waiting for me:
Doesn’t that silk floss just look delicious? I am excited to try stitching with it. I’ve stitched with silk single-ply thread, but never silk floss. And underneath the […]
Yesterday was an exciting needlework day. I finally got to start stitching Egyptian Sampler! When I first bought the chart and floss, I also made up my project floss cards. Noted the chart symbol next to the hole on the card, and filled ‘em up. For the blended colors I just […]
Yesterday I began working on the Dragon Dreams ‘Coffee is Magic’ piece. Had to buy a couple of floss colors I didn’t have on hand (and still need to get some Wisper threads by Rainbow Gallery, can’t find it locally). Other than organizing all my floss and cutting my fabric, I did not […]
Free Positive-Negative Designs by Martha Schmidt of Needle Maid Designs. Offered are charts for a Dragon, Turtle, Unicorn, Phoenix, Swan, Butterfly, Flower Basket, Hearts, Wedding Doves, Paisley, and Alphabet.
These designs are worked with a single color of floss, and can be stitched in the “negative” (the design areas remain unstitched) or in the “positive” […]
When I first started reading in the online needlework communities, I didn’t really have a good grasp of what a needlework rotation was, or why people would do them. I figured it was probably mostly a way to justify having a big Stash (enlarging one’s Stash is always fun!).
I am finding in […]
Just CrossStitch (Hoffman Media Inc) is a magazine I’ve been eyeing for a while now. I bought the April issue because I love the wild rose pattern highlighted on the front cover, and figured the pattern was worth the $6.99 even if the rest of the magazine sucked.
The layout of this magazine […]
Setting the pattern: Adventures in sewing and stitching and the artful use of fabric and fiber
Written by Chloe Findlay-Harder [email] for b5media.
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