Let’s kick off Wednesday with a little sneak peek! Every year, I try to release at least one kind of …| NeedlenThread.com
On an embroidery blog, it seems reasonable that my alphabetic recap series entry for the letter “E” could simply have …| NeedlenThread.com
Over the years, I’ve highlighted many, many tapestry projects from around the world. Past or current, these tapestry projects have …| NeedlenThread.com
Let’s have a little bit of fun with an embroidery stitch today, shall we? It’s been a while since I’ve …| NeedlenThread.com
D is for Dillmont – as in Therese De Dillmont. Credited with a prolific amount of authorship of the old …| NeedlenThread.com
Back in August, I bought a copy of May Morris Designs: The Essence and Soul of Beautiful Embroidery by Lynn Hulse, published by the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. Of course, my intention was to review it for you pretty quickly. But Did I?!? Nooooo. Last week, I heard from Lynn, which prompt| NeedlenThread.com
It was so hard to decide what to write about, that represents by the letter C in my A-B-C Revitalization …| NeedlenThread.com
Good morning and Welcome to Friday! Today, we’re launching a little Tribute to Tea. I know there are a lot …| NeedlenThread.com
At first I was… and then I wasn’t… and then I was… and then I wasn’t going to add a …| NeedlenThread.com
Continuing with my A-B-C Revitalization Series here on Needle ‘n Thread, today, we’re on the letter B. In this case, …| NeedlenThread.com
Recently, I was working up a list of social media posts for my Needle 'n Thread Facebook page. I was putting together a "revitalization" series on Facebook for older content, when it struck me that it might be a good idea to do that here on the website, too. There are about 20 years of content h| NeedlenThread.com
Last week, I introduced you to my misadventures in appliqué, wherein I asked for your input because I just wasn't finding a solution that I liked for this appliqué project that's in the works. Thank you all so much for your input! I was flooded with great ideas and suggestions, as well as some t| NeedlenThread.com
Following the arrival and distribution of Elisabetta Sforza's new book on padded satin stitched monograms earlier this year, I've received lots of little questions here and there lately about satin stitch techniques. Today seems like as good a day as any - especially because I'm pushing a deadli| NeedlenThread.com
Needle weaving in hand embroidery involves all kinds of stitches. Woven picot, woven wheel, various interlaced stitches - these are both examples of stitches that involve "needle weaving." In drawn thread and whitework embroidery, needle weaving is used to create decorative woven bars in drawn threa| NeedlenThread.com
Welcome to part 2 of the stitch-along for Garden Swirl. If you're just joining in, you'll find part 1 - which covers materials, tools, and the design - here. Next Monday, I'll be creating a Project Index for Garden Swirl, which will be available under "Tips & Techniques" in the main menu her| NeedlenThread.com
We've taken a couple more tiny steps in expanding our curated needlework supplies - especially with some new embroidery thread collections and a new hoop. I call these supplies "curated" because they're the tools and threads that I specially select, that I think are worthwhile to have available,| NeedlenThread.com
Well, here at the studio in Kansas, summer has officially begun - with a crazy-cold and rainy weekend. I even had the heat on yesterday! Not summer-summer, mind you, as in the season, which commences on the summer solstice some time around the third week of June. I mean the summer that (since my| NeedlenThread.com
Oh, golly! I love deadlines. Here in the studio, we've been working on the appliqué lettering project that we talked about here. I really want to thank the Collective Mind of Needle 'n Thread - that's all of you - for your input and advice on the appliqué process for these letters. We're| NeedlenThread.com
Whew! It was a wild and wooly weekend out here in Kansas, thanks to some sweeping storm fronts and the anticipation and anxiety they bring with them. It's not that I don't like a good thunderstorm, but destructive weather is always worrisome in case it hits, and heart-wrenching when it does hit.| NeedlenThread.com
Today, I'm presenting you with a different kind of book review. A Kaleidoscope of Goldwork Butterflies is a project and technique book published by Alison Cole last year. It's a beautiful book, with beautiful projects in it. At the same time, it's a special book. It was published and is bein| NeedlenThread.com
Good morning! I've got a lot to chat with you about in the coming days, as we pull together the projects that we're working on here in the studio. My goal this week is to set up the "final" version of a project sample I'll be stitching over the next couple weeks. It's a small, spring-bright,| NeedlenThread.com
If you're an inveterate arts & crafts sort of person, then perhaps you have a Bucket List of projects that you dream about getting to some day. I do. I have a Project Bucket List. They're not all embroidery projects, but a whole lot of 'em are! But see, my Project Bucket List has one Might| NeedlenThread.com
Swedish weaving - or "huck embroidery" or "Swedish darning" - is enjoying a comeback lately, so we're going to talk about it today! While the origins of Swedish weaving are largely uncertain, extant examples date as far back as the 1600's. It's not even certain that the origins are necessarily S| NeedlenThread.com
Before we explore wool threads any further - comparing different types and discussing their make-up, pros and cons, and so forth - I want to do a little house cleaning so that these articles are easier for you and other visitors to find on Needle 'n Thread. To that end, here's an article index of| NeedlenThread.com
Today, we're going to get going on the embroidery for Purple Posy. We'll be embroidering the decorative top and base of the tape measure cover. If you are just joining in, we started this project last week and you can find the first installment here. If you would like a materials kit, we stil| NeedlenThread.com
Tips & Techniques A list of all kinds of hand embroidery tutorials, tips, and techniques, including beginner tips for embroidery, tips on transferring embroidery patterns and designs, working with specific embroidery threads, tips on goldwork, on silk shading, on individual embroidery stitches.| NeedlenThread.com
