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no, its not

Just hopping up on my soapbox here. “Sharing” patterns is not sharing. It is stealing. Pure and simple. It happens all over this industry, and that makes many of us very sad, and even angry.

Here is an explanation of why it hurts designers, and ultimately hurts everyone including the stitchers who are completely honorable, who [...]

July 30th, 2010 | Category: embroidery musings, soapbox | Leave a comment

using the right tools for the job

If you were learning silk shading embroidery, one would assume that you would use silk thread to stitch with, right? If you went off to a class to learn this, and completely ignored the requirements list and brought a supply of crewel wool instead, do you think you would get the right effect?

You wouldn’t [...]

February 21st, 2010 | Category: embroidery musings, mountmellick embroidery, mountmellick supplies, soapbox | 2 comments