embroidery

A repeated topic that comes up when I’ve spoken about my high school Needle Arts class is the students’ Embroidery Stitch Journals. Several readers have asked about the stitch journals, so I thought I’d show you what they are. The Embroidery Stitch Journal is a book of sorts that my students will be filling up [...]...

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It’s been a long time since I’ve gotten to these monograms, but I really need to finish this alphabet! So here’s the L in the Fan Flower alphabet. If you’re looking for stitching suggestions, check out the “A” in this same series of monograms – I’ve included just a few loose ideas. I’m sure you [...]...

The other day when I wrote about favorite stitch dictionaries, Lamora of Access Commodities commented about a fantastic book called Samplers and Stitches by Mrs. Archibald Christie. Ironically, the book was on my list for blog posts this week! It’s a book I’m using for my needle arts class, and since it’s free online, I [...]...

You'll love these free & fun Back to School Embroidery Designs!...

Now- I am not an old hand to embroidery but nor am I a greenhorn. You may find me safely in the middle of the road. This is just myexperience we are discussing here, not my enthusiasm. That can be ranked way uphigh. You have to stand on your tippy-toes to reach it. But this is only since Idiscovered SublimeStitching. Back...

Machine embroidery and quilting enthusiasts listen up–you can now piece in the hoop. Written by designer Larisa Bland, Piece in the Hoop shows you how, and she’s not alone in that adventure. This book is part of the Create with Nancy series, so there’s a DVD included so you can see the techniques in action. Nancy Zieman [...]...

Here’s a simple hand embroidery pattern that I cleaned up from an old French magazine from the turn of last century. I think I cleaned this one up for kids to stitch during summer embroidery classes a few years ago – I remember one of the little kids begging for a fish design! Here’s the [...]...

It sounds like the beginning of a dumb joke, doesn’t it: “What do you get when you combine wool felt, embroidery, stumpwork, sculpture, painting, nature, and embellishments all in one project?” Well, I’ll tell you what you get. You get Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects, by Sally Mavor. I don’t have a lot of experience [...]...

As the summer draws to a close (officially, it ends today for me), I’ve been frantically preparing to teach the Needle Arts class I mentioned a while back. I really appreciate everyone’s feedback on the subject – your comments were very encouraging and really helped get me fired up about the class! “Needle Arts” is [...]...

This past summer while I was away, one of my guest post writers was Anna Catagnetti, who has recently authored and published a book on “Openwork Embroidery” (Ricami a Fili Tesi).Now that the book is on the market, I’ve had a chance to look at it, and I thought I’d show it to you, too. [...]...

One of the questions that came up the other day when we were speaking of Cosmo embroidery floss was whether or not I had tried their two-stranded embroidery thread. I haven’t yet, but I will. It’s an interesting concept, and I would guess that the two-strand embroidery floss off the spool has come about thanks [...]...

When an e-mail arrived from the Director of Marketing at the Florence Griswold Museum, asking me to help spread the word about their upcoming fall exhibit titled With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, a couple things popped into my mind: 1. To my knowledge, the exhibit’s been announced on at [...]...

Back to Floss Talk! The embroidery floss that I mentioned last week is Cosmo Embroidery Floss. Several readers commented in the original Floss Talk post about Cosmo Embroidery Floss, so you probably already know that it isn’t a new floss, though it is new to me. It’s very popular among quilters and is found more [...]...

Erin, a reader in Michigan, sent me some photos of an embroidery project that she inherited from a friend. I bet many of us can relate to receiving a partial embroidery kit from friends or relatives, and not knowing where to find the missing elements. In Erin’s case, she has the fabric stamped with the [...]...

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This is my favorite picture from my new book, which officially comes out today. The photo is the facing page for the preface, which is, in its own Alicia-way, my favorite thing about the book. The preface turned out to......

Quite a while ago, when I was exploring Lefkara Lace, I heard from a reader who was looking for a resource for Rhodes Embroidery. If you search online for Rhodes Embroidery, most likely you’ll come up with lots of references to Rhodes stitch, but this isn’t what the reader was asking about. She was looking [...]...

I’m a little late seeing this, SewMamaSew have been having a Christmas in July project month. Check out this adorable project and here’s the link to the rest of the month. Similar Posts: 10 of the best fourth of July crafts | little bear embroidery pattern | fourth of july crafts | how-to: polymer clay [...]...

Elementary Embroidery by Mary Symonds is a little gem of a book – it’s old, it’s thorough on the basics, it’s still applicable today, and – perhaps best of all – it’s free!I like to go squizzing around online to see what out-of-print needlework books are available. I really think that you can find just [...]...

Wow! There was a good response to this week’s give-away of the book, A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2. It’s one of those give-aways where I wish I could send out a copy to everyone! It’s such a great little book! Alas, there is only one. (Well, actually, I do have two, but one is [...]...

This cross & lily hand embroidery design is perfect for church linens. My niece and I are working together to embroider a couple palls, and this is the design she wants to use, so I thought I’d post it here for anyone else interested in it.This hand embroidery pattern could be used on a number [...]...

The other day, I reviewed the A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2, and today, I’m going to give away a copy of it, from the Wooly Thread, where it’s on sale for only $15 right now. Read on to see how to enter the give-away!If you haven’t read my review of the A-Z of Embroidery Stitches [...]...

I quite liked how quickly the last hoody sewed up, so I made another. This time I added an embroidery from Embroidery Library. The banana surfing monkey is one of this month's freebies, so if you want one for yourself, you should get one before the month is over....

I’ve been wanting to do this for a looooong time. Almost a year ago, I wrote about using watercolor pencils to transfer embroidery designs. After writing the post, in which I wished for the Ultimate Embroidery Transfer Implement, a reader (Jean, thank you!) sent me an e-mail suggesting that I try the Paper Mate Flair [...]...

Embroidery Stitch Dictionaries are handy books to have on your shelf, if you’re a die-hard embroidery fanatic. And even if you wouldn’t rank yourself quite as a complete fanatic, stitch dictionaries are wonderful reference tools to have on hand, especially when you want to expand your stitching horizons a bit. To me, the best stitch [...]...

While enjoying life in the Canadian Maritimes on my recent break, I ran into a few needlework-related items. The first one was a piece of Victorian perforated paper embroidery, hung on the wall of the “rectory” in the idyllic (and fictitious) town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. Since I took a few photos of [...]...

Even though I’m officially back from vacation, I still have two more guest posts on needlework that I want to share with you. Both are really good – and they touch on needlework topics that I don’t often visit. This first one is by Patricia Richards, who operates Patricia Richards Miniatures, a website devoted to [...]...

When hand embroidering faces in a needlepainting style for ecclesiastical embroidery, the saying “less is more” often produces the best results. Today, I want to show an embroidered face up close and point out a few things about it.This close-up is of a piece of embroidery from an old vestment, probably from the early 1900’s. [...]...