Not much time today — I’ve got to work a half day and then come home and change and put on make up and go all the way across town for a bellydance performance. Luckily, I’m (theoretically) up near the beginning of the show, so I’ll get to enjoy watching the rest of them without [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for February, 2009
For years I designed little cross stitch designs, all the while claiming I couldn’t draw. And I still hold the belief that not drawing shouldn’t keep you from designing pieces you want on your wall, especially if you can’t find a designer who designs just exactly what you want. Options for the non-drawing designer! Make [...]
I have put several needleworked/embroidered pins up on my Etsy shop. The original intention was to get them up early enough to be available for the holidays. Unfortunately, life really intervened! I thought you might like a few details of my thought process on these – The first three are embroidered beadwork. The purple ones [...]
I was right. Orange is difficult to find in spring in a way that *I* consider pretty. There are a lot of construction flags. I was trying to avoid actually taking pictures of oranges or carrots. I didn’t manage it. But here we go: The orange sweatshirt on the construction guy with all the orange [...]
As I’ve noted here before, I collect historic needlework books, including the facsimile editions of Weldon’s practical needlework that Piecework put out several years ago. In these volumes (and in the early 20th century Weldon’s Encyclopedia of Needlework that a friend gave me) is a canvaswork style they call “Ivory Embroidery.” Weldon’s says, “The work [...]