I am really enjoying my foray into the deeper levels of Crazy Quilting. It will likely remain something I do mainly for myself: it’s extremely time consuming, but also very satisfying. It has also renewed my interest in my little band sampler – I got it into my head to work all the stitch combinations [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for August, 2009
I’m back from Havi‘s workshop. Wow. Just wow. I’ll tell you more later, but right now just know that I got home late on Sunday after a driving detour and a long weekend. I’m still processing everything I learned about myself, and all the techniques. I did pick up a needle today — working on [...]
I’ve been moping recently about the state of my studio. It’s very difficult to work in right now, because it never really got set up, for various interruptions in my life. But I had gotten it into some semblance of semi-ordered chaos, and while I never wanted to just stay up there and stitch, which [...]
This is a list of some of the needlework blogs I read on a regular or semi-regular basis. Things I really really like to spend time on when I can. So, in no particular order, my 10 favorite inspirational needlework blogs. Pintangle – Sharon Boggin’s blog. Between this and her stitch dictionary, my stitching life [...]
Stalled. Stuck. Not moving at all. So I have, theoretically, been building a turquoise bedlah, as several past posts have demonstrated. Right now, however, it’s stalled. The fabric is over the bra, I’ve got the base shape for the belt found, but not cut out, and I’m supposed to be stitching the sequins onto the [...]