Stitching with a Shimmy

Shimmying through life with needles and thread…

Archive for April, 2008

April 24th, 2008 by deRomilly

Bellydance Costumes

Bellydance costumes are amazing things. Whether you are looking at a hipscarf used for practice, a fully beaded cabaret costume, or some of the confections that the tribal style dancers put together, you are looking at a work of art.  Heck, even the basic hipscarves that students like to wear to class are amazing works [...]

April 14th, 2008 by deRomilly

Rebecca

These quick lace mitts were designed and made for my friend Rebecca. She hasn’t seen them yet, so if I see a “squee” on her blog I’ll know she reads this one. J   I learned the lace pattern in some sweater that I knit a while ago that didn’t work on me at all. [...]

April 4th, 2008 by deRomilly

Geometry and Nature..

…not to be confused with the Geometry of  nature! I found a new-to-me website. It’s in Dutch, but she translates into English below each post. And even if you couldn’t understand it, the charts are amazing!!! She found the old charts in her Aunt’s attic, and she and many friends have been digitizing them and [...]