Archive for March, 2010
Suzy’s Reading Roundup
Guess what! Stitching for Literacy has two children’s book professionals guest-blogging during the 2010 Bookmark Challenge. They’ve chosen some of their favorite books to share with us. Skulduggery Pleasant: Scepter of the Ancients Written by Derek Landy The first book in Derek Landy’s Skulduggery Pleasant series is not just another typical world-could-end-at-any-moment-unless-someone-does-something-extra-bright-and-brave fantasy epic. The [...]
Bookmark Tips
It’s true: I have bookmarks on the brain. And not just during the Bookmark Challenge. One day, while strolling through a scrapbooking display (I am not a scrapbooker, just a stroller), I spied these groovy tags in great colors and immediately thought bookmarks. They are perfect as backings for one-sided bookmarks or bases for two-sided [...]
Creating Creatives, Part 2
Bloom’s Taxonomy by Linda Stanek In the 1950s, educator and psychologist, Benjamin Bloom, created a triangular chart of cognitive thinking/learning behaviors, moving from the most common and basic, at the bottom of the triangle, to the highest, most complex, at the tip of the triangle. This was dubbed “Blooms Taxonomy.” At the time, Bloom determined [...]
Extreme Stitcher
Welcome to our Extreme Reader / Extreme Stitcher series where we profile people willing to go to great lengths to read and/or stitch. Meet Mare, our first Extreme Stitcher. I’m going to let her tell her own story. Every year since my son was little we have always given his teachers gifts for Christmas and [...]
Weekend Book Quotes
A bookmark stitched by Mare, of Mare’s Runaway Needle. TV. If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they’ll have with twenty-six. Open your child’s imagination. Open a book. ~Author Unknown We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth. ~John Lubbock The love of learning, the [...]
It Takes Just One
Besides “how do I finish my bookmarks,” another question I often hear is “how can I get involved?” Just as there are a gazillion answers to the first question, there are a gazillion answers to the second. Right, Maureen? Don’t worry, I’m not going to give you my gazillion answers here. Instead, I’m going to [...]
Bookmarks for Practice
Once upon a time, girls and women practiced needlework by making samplers. Samplers remain popular today, but they are not generally considered practice pieces. Rather, they demonstrate proficiency. In reality, I think few contemporary embroiderers practice. (Oooo, what does it mean to practice–there’s a topic for another day.) However, I think bookmarks are an excellent [...]
Barb’s Reading Roundup
Guess what! Stitching for Literacy has two children’s book professionals guest-blogging during the 2010 Bookmark Challenge. They’ve chosen some of their favorite books to share with us. The Bog Baby Written by Jeanne Willis Illustrated by Gwen Millward The metaphorically magical experience of childhood exploration and discovery is literally infused with magic when two tomboy [...]
Bookmark Tips
Pre-finished bookmark forms from Charles Craft. “How do I finish my bookmarks?” is hands down the question I hear most often from Bookmark Challenge stitchers. I propose we answer it. First, for you new- and non-stitchers, “finishing” does not refer to finishing the decorative embroidery, but rather what you do after the embroidery is done. [...]
Creating Creatives, Part 1
The Importance of Creating Creatives by Linda Stanek “She’s a Creative,” someone said with a shrug. That explained it all–her hair, her makeup, even the odd little boots she wore. Why does our society want to separate those who are creative from those who are not? It’s as if we believe that the gift of [...]
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