'Funk & Weber Designs' Category
Embroidered Bracelet Online Class
Treat yourself to a summer staycation! Pour yourself a glass of iced tea, set up a lawn chair under a tree or head to the pool, and stitch a fully-customized bracelet with me. This project is wonderfully portable. The Embroider Me! Bracelet Basics and Beyond online class is back, July 19 – 25. This is [...]
Changes Afoot
Yesterday, Sandra encouraged me to post more on Life In Alaska. (Thanks, Sandra!) According to comments and stats, Sandra’s not the only one to like Alaska-themed posts. Hey, I love Alaska and think it’s wildly interesting. (That one’s for you, Becca. Well, and me. And anyone else who wants it because Becca and I are [...]
Bookmark Tips
The Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy 2010 Bookmark Challenge officially ends on May 6 so that participants have time to get them to libraries and schools for Children’s Book Week (CBW). Tip 1: Note, however, that not all collected bookmarks are used for CBW events. Some participants will continue to collect bookmarks for end-of-the-school-year [...]
Bookmark Tips
I can’t help it, really I can’t. I made a list of ideas for the Bookmark Tips series before I decided to run the series, but I haven’t been using it. The card stock frenzy has taken over. You know those window cards (greeting cards) made out of card stock where you adhere needlework between [...]
The Needlework Show
Operation TBD is today! On your mark. Get set. Drop! When you’re finishing dropping a book or two or twenty, reward yourself with an hour or two or twenty of browsing The Needlework Show. It opens today. This is the online wholesale trade show that anyone can view. If you see something you just have [...]
Bookmark Tips
Last week we talked about using card stock tags as backs and bologna for bookmarks. It’s also possible to stitch directly on cards; in fact, Kreinik offers some Tokens & Trifles stitching cards that are perfect for bookmarks. The cards come in a variety of shapes and sizes. We, Funk & Weber Designs, used 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 [...]
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. [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
The first bookmark from the Stitching for Literacy Flickr Pool! This is a Teresa Wentzler design stitched by poppyseed53. I hope you’ll post images of the bookmarks you stitch in our Flickr pool. Note that one of the group rules is that posting there gives me permission to re-post your images here. We have two [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
A bookmark from Tam’s Creations. It’s one of six patterns in the Easter Blackwork Bookmarks chart. The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. Last week, my goal was to create [...]
