Bringing news and information about cross stitch, blackwork, needlepoint, and other embroidery techniques from around the internet and the world.
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
The Augusta Chronicle has a great article on the Augusta, Georgia chapter of Embroiderers' Guild of America (EGA). They meet the first Monday of each month, at 7pm, which is great for working stitchers who want to join them.
Posted at 07:49 pm by Allura
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Feeling Stitchy, the blog for the flickr embroidery group, has an article about slips, an Elizabethan method of stitching and then cutting out the design to use as an applique. This one was completely new to me!
Posted at 05:06 pm by Allura
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
From the Coloradoan:
Art - Twist and Shout, a traveling exhibit of needle arts, is on display from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St [edit: Ft Collins, CO]. The free exhibit, which runs through Aug. 26, showcases work in knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, cross-stitch and embroidery. Info: 416-2789.
More info on it is here.
Posted at 12:52 am by Allura
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Needlework Club in The Villages
The Villages' Daily Sun, a newspaper for a retirement community in Florida, has an article about their Needlework Club. They imply that there are men in the club as well, which always intrigues me. I'm finding out that a lot of older men do handwork of some type; it's the younger ones who shy away from the hobby. I wish that wasn't the case.
Posted at 10:16 pm by Allura
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
From Michelle at Applie's Place comes several samples of her embroidery. She has a wonderful hardanger name tag, an embroidered needlecase, a pincushion, and one of her current projects, a horse.
Posted at 10:21 pm by Allura
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Aniza of The NeedleStory has several small pieces she finished up. Summer Scene from The Drawn Thread, a freebie from Indigo Rose named Twilight, and Shepherd's Bush's Pansy Roll.
Posted at 09:17 pm by Allura
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Glow-in-the-dark cross-stitch
BoingBoing and Craft: both have blurbs on Subversive Cross Stitch's new kit, a glow-in-the-dark design by Ray Fenwick. BoingBoing's link takes you to an interview with the artist. The actual design is here.
Posted at 08:41 pm by Allura
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The World's Largest Collection of Smalls is a shared blog showcasing all sorts of "smalls". Contributions must be finished in some way other than framing (which tends to turn things into "larges" I suppose). There's prizes for the 1000th and 2500th posts, too. It's growing into quite a collection!
Posted at 08:32 pm by Allura
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Saturday, August 04, 2007
Lisa of Plain Jane Creations found a UFO (Unfinished Floss Object) hiding in a basket. It's a sampler called Random Thoughts from The Drawn Thread.
Posted at 04:21 pm by Allura
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Feeling Stitchy, the blog for the Embroidery Flickr group, showcased some nifty cross. I was particularly interested in the herringbone patterned buttons, and following up on that link led to Pin Pals's flickr group, particularly their cross stitch section. They make loveley stitched pendants, buttons, etc. I love seeing little useful bits of stitching.
Aside: Many apologies for being so behind lately. Been having some flare ups of health issues. If you want more excuses, they'll be in my personal blog (link on the side). :)
Posted at 03:40 pm by Allura
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