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learning Mountmellick a sheer pleasure

I received a lovely email from a customer the other day, who has been teaching herself how to do Mountmellick embroidery. I include some of if below.

By the way, I haven’t sent a picture of the problem I was having with Palestrina stitch, but I did notice that the instructions in Inspirations magazine which […]

July 10th, 2009 | Category: hints and tips, Inspirations, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, mountmellick supplies | Leave a comment

Supplies pack for Snow White Mountmellick tablecloth

Because people have asked for it, I am putting together a supplies pack for Snow White, the Mountmellick project that is published in the latest issue of Inspirations magazine (#62). You’ll need to supply your own copy of the magazine, as that has the pattern and instructions.

Included in the supplies pack are those listed […]

May 14th, 2009 | Category: Inspirations, mountmellick embroidery, mountmellick supplies, published projects | Leave a comment

Snow White mountmellick – cable plait stitch

I have had a number of enquiries about the instructions for cable plait stitch, to use with the Snow White mountmellick tablecloth. The instructions for this stitch have not been included in the most recent issue of Inspirations magazine, in which Snow White has recently been published.

When Inspirations publishes a project, they often can […]

May 13th, 2009 | Category: embroidery stitches, Inspirations, mountmellick embroidery, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, published projects, whitework | 2 comments

Snow White Mountmellick – link to images

As I promised, here is a link to some images of Snow White, my Mountmellick project in Issue 62 of Inspirations. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there’s a better picture than the very difficult-to-see one at the top of the page.

You can purchase all the Mountmellick embroidery supplies needed […]

April 26th, 2009 | Category: Inspirations, mountmellick embroidery, mountmellick supplies, published projects | 2 comments

Snow White Mountmellick Project

Today I received my contributors’ copy of “Inspirations” No 62, from Country Bumpkin. It is, as always, full of absolutely gorgeous embroidery.

I have a project in the magazine: “Snow White”, a Mountmellick embroidery tablecloth. I actually made this cloth some time ago, and when my friends at Inspirations called, asking if I could do […]

April 17th, 2009 | Category: Inspirations, mountmellick embroidery, mountmellick supplies, published projects | 2 comments
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