Stitching with a Shimmy

Shimmying through life with needles and thread…
March 7th, 2012

New Elmows Here!

March is for Art Nouveau inspired florals. (And a bonus cat!) The package is available today for $2.99. If you only want one of the designs, with the exception of the cat & houseplants, they will be made available one a week through the end of March, and remain available until April 30.  Today is the package deal and Week One.

The package:

BonusPack

 

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Week One Design:

2012-03-Week1

 

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Note: Elmows are distributed as a pdf file. If you don’t have it on your computer, you can get the free Adobe PDF Reader here. This creates a nice clean chart or pattern that you can print on your printer (and size up or down using a copy machine, or even work from the monitor, if you want.

What ARE these things? What can I do with them and is it safe to buy them from you?

If something goes wonky, PLEASE email or call me
(919-249-8698, 9-5 ET). I want you to be happy!

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February 29th, 2012

Elmows Return Next Week!

Old Elmows

Next week, on March 7, Elmows will return with their new format.

They will still be available weekly. But at the beginning of the month you will have the option of buying the entire package of 5 Elmows. (Four for the month, plus one bonus design) for the low low price (heehee I’ve always wanted to say that!) of $2.99.

Individually, they will be 99 cents each.

Each month will be available for the month they are offered and the month after. So March Elmows will be available for download until April 30, April Elmows until May 31, and so on.

The Design packs of Elmows will then be made available to shops and on my sites (web and Etsy) for the retail price of $5.99 a package, paper copies only.  (So it behooves you to buy the digital download as they are released if you want them!)

In addition, old Elmows will be removed from download Tuesday, March 6. So you have one week to pick up any of the last 12 old ones. (previous Elmows have already been rotated out…)

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February 27th, 2012

Monday Treasure – Elmsley Rose

Elmsley Rose - Sampler

I don’t think she knows I’m about to do this, because I think she lost my request in a stack of spam in her email box! ;P But her new blog has a “borrowing” permission note on it, so I’m taking her up on it.

I first found Elmsley Rose when she began the historical embroidery sampler displayed above. Despite her claims to be just beginning in embroidery, her work was clean, well-designed, and gorgeous! It’s only gotten better.

Calligraphy

It turns out that she started out in medieval illumination and calligraphy, which is my background, too, so we have that in common as well. Might be why I like watching her stitching so much!

She’s in the process of revamping her blog site right now, but it’s still well-worth a look. And well worth following as it develops.

The main site is at http://elmsleyrose.blogspot.com/. The photos link to the original post categories.

 

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February 1st, 2012

Elmows Will be Back in March…

After some thought, I am revamping the Elmow program. Fair warning – all old Elmows will be pulled down on February 15. I will repackage them with a few new designs for sale on the GCD site and on Etsy, but the price will be going up, and you won’t be able to get most of them individually any more.

Going forward in March Elmows will be released as follows:

  • 4 weekly patterns and individual designs as always at 99 cents each.
  • The last Wednesday of the month I will post the entire monthly set, including one additional bonus design for $2.99.

They will be available for one month additional. So patterns posted in February will be available through March, and so on.

A month after they are pulled, the design packs (NOT the individual designs) will be available on Etsy and GoldenCircleDesigns.com for $5.99. The format will probably be PDF, although I may make these designs available to shops in printed format as well.

 

 

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January 10th, 2012

TAST!

I’m going to shift my TAST posts to Fridays/Saturdays, I think, so I can get them up faster so people who are perusing them can.  I think I can manage that.

Fly Stitch ExperimentLast week’s TAST was Fly stitch. I did a small sample, but I’m afraid this is a stitch that I’m just not very creative with. It’s not one of my favorites, and it really felt like an extension just to get this little bit done. I’m happy with the results, though, and have ideas for dandelions done in fly stitch now… so I did get quite a bit out of it!

And yes, all the lettering was done in fly stitch. THAT I may work out a whole alphabet in! With more care than I gave it, it could be really cool. ;)

I think what I really liked here was the opportunity to work with Vikki Clayton’s silk threads again. :) The red is her 6 strand floss. The purple is from a skein I picked up at the needlepoint shop – it’s called “High Cotton,” and is a six strand matte floss that is thicker than normal strands. It doesn’t shine, but it didn’t knot up either. I can see quite a few things this thread would be really good for, and I look forward to trying it out on them. It’s a bit spendy, though.

This coming week is buttonhole stitch. :) Yay! options. LOTS of options for creativity with that one!

 

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