Every so often I still get a chance to wander around the net and read. (Read: I had a long weekend because of Thanksgiving!) My favorite finds: Mary Corbet at NeedleandThread.com has been doing a series on stitching letters (this link is to #9, and she’s doing other things between, so be warned, you may [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for November, 2009
I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit recently. Not only because I’ve been taking part in and watching more dance shows recently, but also because an acquaintance (who makes shorts for poledancing for fun & fitness or whatever) also brought it up. There are performers in every performance art who are either “on” or [...]
Use the best materials you can afford. If you can, use a hoop or frame that’s big enough for the entire design. If this is not feasible, try to use a slate frame or other framing method that rolls the embroidery rather than crushing it. Or remove your hoop when you stop stitching for the [...]
“Heirloom” may mean different things in different contexts. When I look at my y embroidery collection, pieces I have that were made by my great-grandmother classify as heirloom in my mind – I never knew her, and they are all I have left. But most of them were intended to be used – and much [...]
I think these are my own designs! But you know, it’s been so long since I stitched them I can’t promise or prove it, and the original pattern is long gone. So you won’t ever find them offered for sale or for free from me. If they are mine and you want copies, I apologize. [...]