'Needle and ThREAD' Category
Learn to Embroider Bookmarks with Mare
Our friend, Mare, stitched and donated 124 bookmarks this year. The lion’s share went to a school in northern NJ, and the rest went to her local library. Wow is right! But wait . . . there’s more! Mare met with her local librarian and did a bookmark demo for her, suggesting it be part [...]
Redwood Stitchers Deliver 112 Embroidered Bookmarks
A hand-stitched bookmark donation! A huge congratulations and thank you to the Redwood Stitchers chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America in Santa Rosa, CA! Fourteen members stitched and delivered 112 embroidered bookmarks in the name of Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy to the Kawana Elementary School in Santa Rosa, CA, a local Christian [...]
Stitching for Literacy School Visits
Cross stitch bookmark by Super Mo. Finished using a Funk & Weber Designs / Stitching for Literacy quick-finish method. I have an idea. Actually, I have several ideas. Shocking, isn’t it? You know how authors do school visits to teach and inspire writing? One of my writing partners does them, and I, myself, have done [...]
Un-Creative Kids
During some recent school visits, my friend and writing partner, Linda Stanek, had teachers comment repeatedly on a lack of creativity in young students. They claim that kids are not imaginative and cannot create original stories. We can speculate on why this would be—teachers being forced to “teach to tests,” kids’ participation in non-stop structured [...]
2011 Bookmark Challenge
For collections being presented for Children’s Book Week, the 2011 Bookmark Challenge ends this week, April 28. The good news is, we’re stitching year round now for all sorts of programs. Colleen stitched bookmarks for a class in December. My community embroidered bookmarks for the local school’s Love To Read week in March. SuperMo’s bookmarks [...]
Who Stitches for Literacy?
Kat Rocha, owner and designer of Cross Eyed Kat, has been Stitching for Literacy since the program began, and now she’s also collecting bookmarks to donate locally—and she needs help from us. Can you stitch a bookmark or two for Kat’s collection? Send them to Cross Eyed Kat PMB #294 14900 Avery Ranch Blvd Suite [...]
Who Stitches for Literacy?
Jackson Square pattern by ArtVentures, available at Accents, Inc. Gayle Horton, owner of Accents, Inc: Fine Needle Art & Framing has been participating in the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program since day one. When I have an idea I want to kick around, a question to ask, or need the opinion of a [...]
Collectors’ Bookmarks
Lauren Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of BiblioBuffet, kindly shares another of her fabric bookmarks with us. There is no embroidery on this one, but there’s a wonderful story behind it, and it inspires ideas for things we might incorporate in the bookmarks we create and stitch. Lauren believes the woman in the picture is Carrie Lane Chapman [...]
Super Mo: Soliciting Stitching Help
Maureen is our Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy 2011 Bookmark Challenge Super Model. She’s hosting a Bookmark Challenge to support her local library, doing much of the stitching herself, but also soliciting help from fellow stitchers. I wanted to show you these cute bookmarks sent to me from my Aunt Sue in Virginia for [...]
Who Stitches for Literacy?
My neighbors, that’s who! Brooke reads as Jackie cross stitches initials on what will become a bookmark. The Glacierview school has a Love to Read week every spring. They invite community members to read with students, host an author visit, and this year, thanks to Jackie’s organization and community volunteers, every student received a brand [...]
