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January 9th, 2008

more heart-felt cards

I showed what you can do with a simple running stitch earlier, but you can also use french knots to make the Valentine’s day cards as well:

It’s definitely more time consuming, but I like the look of the little decorative knots around each layer of felt.

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January 9th, 2008

heart-felt cards

These are one of my favorite Valentine’s day projects (it’s actually one of the classes I teach)  These cards are made from different colors of felt & embroidered with simple running stitches.  Pinking shears add a nice detail to the edges - but don’t worry if you don’t have a pair!  I use pre-folded blank […]

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December 30th, 2007

best of 2007 - my favorite tutorials

I’m working on a series of posts to commemorate the New Year and wanted to start off with my favorite tutorials on Tangled Thread:

embroidered crazy-quilt Christmas card
mini Hallowe’en bag
autumn-themed yo-yo wreath
embroidered butterfly memory box
cooling bandana (not really necessary right now - but it’ll be warm sometime…)
celtic interlace napkins
easy ribbon roses
embroidered monogrammed cards
machine fusion fabric (don’t […]

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August 6th, 2007

butterfly embroidery patterns

I’ve been mooching around the web to find butterflies to embroider on something…
What am I embroidering it on?
You’ll have to stay posted for that :-)
I found some lovely designs out there, both for hand & machine embroidery:

Sarah Bradberry designed this one.
“Embroidery Designs” has a beautiful multi-colored butterfly for embroidery machines.
4-Hobby offers a simple, graphic butterfly […]

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June 20th, 2007

links for hand-embroidery

I thought it would be fun to post a great site for hand-work & embroidery :-)

Nordic Needle carries an amazing variety of supplies & tools for handwork. I believe they have something like 19,000 different products? Definitely worth exploring!

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June 18th, 2007

great fiber sites

I’m back :-)  I took a day off blogging to celebrate my birthday, but have brought some goodies back with me to share with you all!

Have you checked out Joggles yet?  They carry all sorts of yummy mixed-media art supplies… like fabric,  gorgeous threads, yarns & flosses.  They even run online classes.

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March 27th, 2007

embroidered journals

Yesterday I posted about the fantastic series Noreen has been running at Hankering for Yarn about making your own journals.
I’ve made many covered journals & notebooks over the years and wanted to share two of my in-progress books:

This is a piece of silk paper, machine embroidered using metallic thread.  I then hand-embroidered the center of […]

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