Take a cyber-class; make this pillow

With just the addition of a small bow to tie on the rings, this gorgeous needlework-sampler pillow could easily become the perfect ring-bearer pillow. Or, if there’s not a wedding on the horizon, wouldn’t it make a lovely addition to your boudoir. Ruth Schmuff gives the heads-up that this pillow, Promise, is the subject of Anna-Marie Winter‘s next embroidery cyber-class. The class description notes,

This classic white on white design combines a variety of fibers including silk, silk ribbon and metallic threads. Various finishing techniques will also be explored to adapt this design to several styles of pillows or finished as a framed piece.

Find out more and get links from Ruth’s blog post.

Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand dyed ribbons as well as imported European silk Embroidery Ribbons. You can see the listings here on Etsy.  Why use silk ribbons? While you can use other kinds of ribbon, it’s best to work with silk because It’s lightweight and very fluid and can easily be manipulated into stitches.