Archive for April, 2008
Jerry Kreinik: Reading and Stitching
Jerry Kreinik–engineer, manufacturer, company founder–has never really retired, even though he is well into his 90s. For at least two hours every day, he can still be found working in his office at Kreinik Manufacturing Company (founded with his wife, Estelle, back in the early 1970s). For 10+ years, he could also be found spending […]
Weekend Book Quotes
What’s on my nightstand? Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time, by Lisa Yee.
“Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who you are” is true enough, but I’d know you better if you told me what you reread. –François Mauriac
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. –E.P. Whipple
If you resist reading what […]Weekend Book Quotes
What’s on my mp3 player? The Willoughbys, by Lois Lowry.
I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. –E.M. Forster
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. –Jessamyn West
When you reread a […]Raising Money for Literacy
The Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program is a multi-faceted program. The annual Bookmark Challenge is just one facet. Another is raising money year-round for literacy through the sale of designated bookmark patterns.
Designated patterns are marked with a Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy logo. The logo might be rectangularor square,
and might […]
Stitch Band Bookmarks
I am on a stitch band jag, exploring their possibilities. Stitch bands are thin strips of needlework fabric: Aida, linen, and miscellaneous plainweaves. The bands are pre-finished on the long edges, making them easy to complete after working the embroidery. We see stitch bands as edgings on towels and pillowcases, as accents around baskets, candles, […]
Opening Day for The Needlework Show
Today is Opening Day for The Needlework Show. This is an online wholesale trade show that is open for public viewing and participation. Wholesale open to the public?! How is that possible?
Well, sales are made only to registered wholesale buyers, i.e., shop owners, just like the huge trade shows at convention centers. However, since this […]Anchorage Bookmark Make-It-Take-It
On Sunday, the Anchorage Public Library hosted the Bookmark Make-It-Take-It sponsored by Arctic Needle, Funk & Weber Designs, and the Arctic Needleworkers embroidery guild. Members of the community, some with stitching experience and some without, came to the library and learned to stitch and finish a bookmark.
Participants chose Aida or canvas in a variety […]
The Power of Story (and Three Little Pigs)
I am a member of a number of library and children’s literature listservs. CCBC-Net is a listserv encouraging awareness and discussion of ideas and issues critical to literature for children and young adults. CCBC-Net members explore a wide range of topics in contemporary literature for youth, including multicultural literature, translated books, outstanding, and award-winning books, […]
Weekend Book Quotes
What else is on my mp3 player? The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier. Prodigal Summer is still on my nightstand.
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of […]Weekend Book Quotes
What’s on my mp3 player? Dave at Night, by Gail Carson Levine.
There are books so alive that you’re always afraid that while you weren’t reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. […]
