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First responses to The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion

It has been a busy but enjoyable week. The books arrived as promised on Tuesday, and all pre-orders were posted by Wednesday morning. It has also gone off to the Australian distributors, so it should appear in the shops some time soon. The US shipment will arrive at the distributors some time next week, and […]

December 11th, 2009 | Category: left handed embroidery, new products, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion | One comment

The left-handed embroidery books are arriving today!

The The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion will be arriving here today!

I am eagerly and anxiously awaiting the delivery of oodles of boxes of books. Its going to be about 35 degrees Celcius here today, so I am really hoping that they come early in the day before it gets too hot.

I have a busy […]

December 7th, 2009 | Category: left handed embroidery, new products, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion | 2 comments

Left-handed advance copies arrived!

Yes, that’s a REAL book in the photo above. Its not a version of the digital file from which the cover was printed. Its the real deal!

So I’m even more excited today as the advance copies of The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion have arrived! I was unsure that I was going to be home when […]

November 13th, 2009 | Category: new products, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | 8 comments

advance copies on their way

I got an email from my lovely printers. There are two advance copies of the book on their way to me as of today. Oh wow! Oh wow! I am so excited!

I’ve been doing some embroidery on some shirts lately, and trying to use a good range of stitches. I’ve been thinking that […]

November 11th, 2009 | Category: The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | 2 comments

Enjoying stitches, colour, thread and fabric

I really really enjoyed making The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion. I loved learning new stitches and playing with them to see what variations I could come up with. I loved pushing them further than I would naturally normally do. Amongst my favourites would have to be Spanish knotted feather stitch, up and down buttonhole stitch and […]

October 18th, 2009 | Category: embroidery musings, embroidery stitches, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | Leave a comment

Why write a left-handed stitch dictionary?

Let me tell you a little of the background of my latest book The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion.

I am left-handed. I have always been left-handed. I hate using scissors because I am left-handed, and the left-handed scissors that my mother bought me as a child unfortunately disappeared into the ether at some point. I have […]

October 16th, 2009 | Category: embroidery stitches, teaching embroidery, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | Leave a comment

Pre-order ‘The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion’ NOW!

The Left Handed Embroiderer’s Companion is now available for pre-order! (yay!) The book will ship in January 2010, but if you order now, your copy will be posted as soon as it arrives!

Keep in mind that you’ll also be able to get it from your local needlework shop in early 2010. If they don’t […]

October 12th, 2009 | Category: left handed embroidery, new products, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | 2 comments

I’m back from Adelaide and exhausted!

I flew in from Adelaide this afternoon, very tired, but having had a wonderful week. I was teaching at Beating Around the Bush, Country Bumpkin’s needlework conference in Adelaide, Australia.

The first day, I taught a single day class on merezhka, and two in the class actually got theirs finished. The second two days were […]

October 10th, 2009 | Category: left handed embroidery, new products, teaching embroidery, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion | Leave a comment

The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion – being printed now!

Just wanted to dash in here to let you know that I have sent “The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion” off to the printers. Yay!!

Now I am doing final preparations for Beating Around the Bush next week. Then after I come back from BATB, I can finally take a breath!

For those who will be at […]

September 30th, 2009 | Category: teaching embroidery, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | 2 comments

very busy trying to finish the book

Sorry about the lack of posts from me. I have been extremely busy trying to get the book (The Left-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion) ready for the printer. Hopefully it will go off in the next few weeks…

Despite the fact that I am really enjoying it, it just want it FINISHED!!

I also have to make […]

September 9th, 2009 | Category: teaching embroidery, The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | Leave a comment
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