I usually don’t plan out much of my stitch placement before I start a Mountmellick embroidery design. Sometimes I’ll have some of an idea of what I’d like to use, and maybe a vague idea of where, or perhaps a particular treatment for a specific motif, but much of the time I just figure it […]
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Sorry, this post has been removed. It wasn’t supposed to be here yet! Just be patient and it will be back in about a week. 🙂 Yesterday I had an email conversation with a friend who is left-handed. She has a copy of my book The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion (and loves it), but she’s about to do some highly technical historical style stitching for which there are no stitch diagrams and instructions in left-handed available. She asked me if mirroring will […] Some friends have recently come back from a trip to Afghanistan – as you do! Knowing of my interest in embroidery, they brought back some Afghani embroidered bookmarks for me to see. They are incredibly finely worked, with everything in counted satin stitch, worked by hand. The stitches are miniature! They appear to be worked […] A little while ago, Angelina from Ireland commented on one of the posts on this blog. She told us that she and the ICA group that she is part of, are currently learning Mountmellick embroidery in Ireland. I was so interested that I asked her to share some more with me and all you lovely […] When I put out the call for people who might like to share some of their embroidery with us, this week while I am at The Big Craft Show, Jeanine of Italian Needlework excitedly wrote to me about a colleague of hers, Anna Castagnetti. Following is what Jeanine told me about the wonderfully talented Anna: […] I mentioned in my previous post about my Hardanger bookmark that I had used a new finishing idea for it, that I’d thought up in a lucid moment. Rachel of Virtuosew Adventures asked if I would tell about the technique. Well, its nothing revolutionary, it was just something I hadn’t tried before! I had planned […] If you’re into needlepoint then you’ve probably already read this review. That’s because Nuts about Needlepoint is the blog to follow if you’re a needlepointer. It also happens that its author, Janet M. Perry, is left-handed. She kindly agreed to review my book The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion. Here’s some of what Janet had to say: […] Following on from my series of posts on bullion knots, you may find it interesting that today Mary Corbet has a post about needles for knots. We did cover this in my posts, but its well worth reading some more about it. You can read my original posts at: Tips for working better bullion stitch […] Well, it seems like my Mountmellick stitch along idea is a good one, because I’ve had a very good response! Ok, now I just need to figure out how to fit it into my life… Over the next few weeks, I’ll be spending most of my time getting ready for the Sydney Quilt and Craft […] |
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