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July 16th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Ask Maria
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Thank you for a wonderful site! I have tried organizing my embroidery floss so it is easy to reach and all the colors are visible but nothing seems to work just right. I now have them pinned to a padded and covered tri-fold cardboard but the needles fall out, it’s difficult to put away for [...]
Continue Reading Ask Maria “Organizing Embroidery Threads”
Tags: Embroidery
By Maria 2 comments
April 28th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader
Can you help Linda organize her embroidery floss?
I have tried organizing my embroidery floss so it is easy to reach and all the colors are visible but nothing seems to work just right. I now have them pinned to a padded and covered tri-fold cardboard but the needles fall out, it’s difficult to put away [...]
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Tags: Embroidery, help
By Caley 13 comments
February 18th, 2010 at 01:43pm Under Sites We Love
I’ve been dabbling with embroidery for awhile now, trying to master the different stitches and the techniques. I love the possibilities of embroidery, with so much color and texture added to just about any fabric. Here are my favorite embroidery websites:
Feeling Stitchy- This is my favorite embroidery blog with new posts daily. On this blog, [...]
Continue Reading Link Love: 13 Embroidery Sites
Tags: Embroidery, links
By Caley 1 comment
November 4th, 2009 at 06:55pm Under News
Donna Dewberry, Joel Dewberry, Anna Maria Horner, Tina Givens and Kaffe Fassett, a few of today’s best known artists and quilting personalities have chosen some of their most popular artwork drawings and transformed them into beautiful, multi-formatted embroidery designs under the brand of Westminster Fibers Lifestyle Products.
The Designer Embroidery Collections include:
Donna Dewberry- Her famous brush [...]
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Tags: artwork, Embroidery, wall art
By Christine Add comment
October 9th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Needlecraft
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National Sewing Month left many of you crafters craving other ideas for what to do with your needles. You asked for more plastic canvas and more free embroidery patterns, so we found them [...]
Continue Reading Plastic Canvas, Cross-Stitch and Embroidery for Fall
Tags: cross-stitch, Embroidery, plastic canvas
By Caley 3 comments
August 31st, 2009 at 06:09am Under Embroidery
My favorite craft is embroidery. I had never tried embroidery until the summer of 2000. It was something so foreign and familiar to me at the same time. I thought large portraits would be wonderful and also that it was high-time for some less traditional themes for people to stitch. I founded Sublime Stitching in [...]
Continue Reading Jenny Hart’s Embroidered Effects & Sublime Stitching
Tags: Embroidery
By Jenny Hart 1 comment
May 6th, 2009 at 04:35am Under Embroidery
Last Saturday, I attended two classes in a series called Crafternoon Tea. My first class was embroidery and it was a huge success! I can do all the basic embroidery stitches now and can even do french knots. To do a french knot, you bring the needle up from the bottom with the floss knotted [...]
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Tags: Embroidery, patterns
By Caley Add comment
May 1st, 2009 at 03:23am Under Embroidery+ Sites We Love
A certain fondness for pretty under-things and maintaining them well made me completely fall in love these Felt Corset Sachets. I’d love to throw a few in my top drawers (pun very much intended). These were found through my blog source of embroidery eye-candy Feeling Stitchy. Flickr user rectangel shares the free pattern for three [...]
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Tags: Embroidery, sachet, scent
By Caley 2 comments
February 24th, 2009 at 09:18am Under Embroidery
If you’re not already a fan of the comedy duo/band Flight of the Conchords, you will be after hearing songs like “Business Time” and “The Humans Are Dead” (sung by robots after the robot revolution). Not only are their songs hilarious, they’re really quite catchy! I’m humming one right now. Because I’m obsessed with all [...]
Continue Reading Flight of the Conchords Embroidery
Tags: Embroidery, flight of the conchords, link
By Caley 1 comment
February 4th, 2009 at 09:48am Under Embroidery+ Pop Culture
You may not know this about me, but I am a HUGE fan of The Price is Right. I started watching at age 3 with my babysitter and was determined from then on to meet Bob Barker, get on the show, play Plinko and take home wads of cash. Mock me all you want, but [...]
Continue Reading “Drew Carey is suprisingly easy to embroider”
Tags: Embroidery, Pop Culture, Totally Severe
By Mindy Add comment
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