Inventive Needlework, by Shay Pendray, was designed with the needlepointer in mind. All of the examples are painted canvasses, and the techniques are described for working on painted canvas. While I adore painted canvasses, and dream of sitting down and stitching one –I’ve even bought several — they are usually the last thing I choose [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for November, 2008
I have, somewhere in my mess of a studio — a doodle cloth that I took with me to many of the classes I took at the Creative Arts and Textiles Shows (CATS, now sadly extinct). They are, in a very literal way, true samplers. Moreso even than the ones I usually work on my [...]
As I write this draft (on Nov. 21), we are having our first flurries of the year here in the Piedmont of North Carolina – by the time it’s posted we will probably be back to our normal mild Thanksgiving weather — but I rather hope not. Last night the end of my cherry tomatoes, [...]
I have a bit of an addiction. If it’s a stitch dictionary, if I don’t already own it I am probably standing there considering buying it. Recently I have become more adept at turning myself down when that inner child starts begging, “but MOMMY, it’s a stitch dictionary! I WANT it!!!” A-Z of Embroidery Stitches: [...]
I’d been without time to read my blogs for a while and when I came back, I couldn’t find Sharon B’s blog! I was horrified. Just a little wandering to her main website later and I discovered she’s moved again. Back to a custom url. If you are having trouble finding her, she’s now at [...]