Archive for the ‘embroidery’ Category
Tweetthere are cotton cloths, scribbled with colourful cross stitch on almost every surface of our home. no matter how much care I think I’m taking, sweetpea keeps finding skeins of embroidery floss and bringing them to me … after she’s finished her version of embroidery. This ususally involves one end of the skein being wrapped [...]
TweetToday, the fourth day of August 2011, I bring you … This is my new shop and the name all my patterns and goodies will be sold under. Abby and Julian are responsible for my logo – I’m so thrilled with it! And here are the first two patterns … (if you click on the [...]
TweetI’ve been glued to my screen for HOURS. But I do have so much to show for all that time and effort … two original, almost finished cross stitch patterns which will be available for sale any day now! I’m still clicking and tweaking. It’s amazing how 80% of the design is finished in 50% [...]
TweetHere I sit, completely consumed. I don’t remember the last time I felt so very much in the right spot at the right time. I’m transferring my original design – “The Whale and her Girl” – from one of the soft knobbly cotton dishcloths I buy at the hardware store, to MacStitch. Little bits change [...]
Tweet It might be cold and grey outside, but inside, we here in Bootville are peaceful, snug and busy. There has been lots of … :: hunting through boxes in the sewing shed, looking for missing embroideries. :: ogling the incredible amount of fabric – and some of it, so lovely – that is hiding [...]
TweetThis is not a good finish. I confess, I woke a little glum this morning. Last night was the bookshop farewell. After 15 years, the doors of our local, family run bookstore are closing for the last time this Saturday >deep sigh<. When I walked through the back office and into the store last night, [...]
TweetMy Blackwork book arrived and it’s so lovely. Plenty of good charts with lots of elements with which to build my own samplers – flowers, leaves, borders, animals, funny little men (with very funny pokey out bits), and lots of “fills”. There’s good historical information about the art of blackwork – believed to have originated [...]
TweetI did get it finished! And wore it! And love it! I just adore it and have worn it more days since finishing the embroidery than not. Definitely need to stitch up another. Must get that Laura Ashley smock out for a look and there’s a lovely long smock Mum gave me for Easter that’s [...]
TweetWe drove home from first an obs exam (had to be filmed taking patient’s bp, temp, resps, and pulse), than an afternoon ice skating and so many streets we drove were just like this. It’s expected if you’re in my car, you must join in and sing … “ooohhh! aaahhh!” How could you not! It’s [...]
TweetIt’s finished. There were probably a few more hours of stitching over the weekend, than studying … but … it was just so nice and there had been lots of study the previous 5 days! Keeping with the making it up on the trot, I added some very late leaves. I am pleased with what [...]
TweetIt started at 2.30am. No, to be accurate, it was 2.37am. I woke to the soft panting of Sweetpea. When I peered into the darkness I didn’t have to look far – she was peering down at me, standing on the bed at my shoulder. She wanted to go outside. We thought this was very [...]
Tweet All stops were pulled out today to start and finish Abby’s trick or treat bag. And it’s done. But no Lydia nightdress – it will be finished later this week, and as it’s sleeveless, will make a lovely summer nightdress. It would have been too cold tonight dear girl – it’s blustery, pouring rain [...]
