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Teeny tiny tutorials

July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Janet Granger is a goddess of miniature needlepoint; and her site, Dollshouse Embroidery Kits, will help you become one, too. Janet’s free online tutorials walk you through everything from basic equipment to working with fine fabrics such as 32-count silk gauze. Several additional tutorials are coming soon. Even if you’re not likely to take up [...]

Jul

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More SRE video tutes

July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments

Melissa keeps adding video tutorials for silk ribbon embroidery to the Honey Bee’s Bliss blog. Her tutes for the spiderweb rose and sweetheart rose, in particular, are outstanding. (I see now that I’ve been doing these the hard way. And my results weren’t that great. From now on, I’m doing it Melissa’s way.) Better bookmark [...]

Jun

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Chart text instantly

June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment


Jun

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NOT your granny’s embroidery

June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

Suppose you’re into embroidery, but you’re not into primitive designs, or retro designs, or puppies or birdies. You’re looking for designs that are a bit edgy. Funky. Modern. Go to Urban Threads right now and start downloading!
Urban Threads is the brainchild of Niamh (pronounced Nee-uv) — a detour on her road to a BFA that [...]

Jun

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Inspiration: Amy Clark Moore

June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This image is not a photograph; it’s a work of bead embroidery–Atalanta’s Apple–by Amy Clark Moore. Moore’s web site says, “Amy Clarke Moore creates photo-realistic images from her everyday life with bead embroidery by stitching size 15 Japanese seed beads to silk noil in a spiraling backstitch.” Having dabbled a bit with much simpler spiraling [...]

Jun

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Needle arts = fine arts

June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If I had the plane fare, I’d be on my way right now to see Thread as the Line: Contemporary Sewn Art at the Ellipse Arts Center in Arlington, Virginia. The show, which opened in May, exhibits the work of 16 artists. “‘The Thread as the Line,’” Ellipse’s web site says, “exposes the expanding interest [...]

Jun

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Week 3: Free pattern from Pimp Stitch

June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment


Jun

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French knot frenzy

June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

Even if you’ve never held an embroidery needle before, this precious poodle will make you want to master French knots. Amy of Early Bird Special blog embroidered this dimensional pooch on a shirt for her daughter. The pattern is a Julie West design from Sublime Stitching. You can catch the links in Amy’s post.
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Jun

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Inspiration: Morwyn Dow

June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

Here’s some more bead-embroidery inspiration goodness: The exquisite work of Morwyn Dow. Morwyn participated in the 2007 Bead Journal project. (See her pages.) You can follow her design adventures and see many more examples of her work on her blog, Another Country.
Thanks to Cyndi at Jewelry and Beading for pointing to Morwyn.
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Jun

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Inspiration: embroidered softies

June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’m fascinated and charmed by Day of the Dead paraphernalia, so I was totally arrested in my blog-hopping by this image of sugar-skull softies designed and embroidered by Alicia Traveria. If you’re not content to enjoy her images and you’re not up to trying your hand at something similar, you can pick up one of [...]

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