'Needlework' Category
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 [...]rgz Bookmark Tutorial is Up!
The readergirlz bookmark tutorial is up! There’s still time to order a kit, so if you know a readergirl who might be interested, send her a link.
And now here’s an idea for all you already-stitchers. In the intro video and tutorial, I encourage readergirlz to stitch an extra bookmark or two to include in the [...]Steampunk Embroidery
Alan, the Bookmark Collector (both the physical kind and the electronic kind) and the main brain behind the Bookmark Collectors’ Virtual Convention, left this comment after I wondered about steampunk embroidery. Since not everyone reads comments, I’m re-posting it here because I want everyone to see it.
Alan’s comment altered to make live links:
Oh Jen [...]Weekend Site Seeing
You have got to see this! A needleworker records her life in cross stitch.
Hats off, Jean!I aspire to a giant project. No idea yet what the theme will be.
Thanks to Monique for pointing this out to me on Facebook.Bookmark Collectors’ Convention
The Bookmark Collectors’ Virtual Convention starts tomorrow at 8 am, PST. It is so exciting to be part of something brand new! I love the people who are making this happen: they are fun, adventurous, hard-working, enthusiastic, willing to take risks, and creative and smart enough to handle whatever happens. It’s a first; no one [...]
Blackwork
After seeing Tam’s blue blackwork bookmark on Monday’s Update post, Shelly asked for a definition of blackwork. Tam answered with this (I changed some words in the first sentence to accommodate a new link):
Hi Shelly,
You can find out all about it on the Practical Blackwork site. It has a wealth of information by Liadain with [...]Pretty Backsides
I was too lazy tonight to hunt down sewing thread to sew a backing on a bookmark, so I grabbed the nearest matching thread: Rainbow Gallery’s Sparkle Braid. I tried to break it and found it to be very strong, so I used it.
Why shouldn’t we use pretty sparkly threads on the back sides of [...]
Becca’s Earrings
Becca signed on for the I Heart You Earrings class at The Stitchers’ Village. Check out her work.
I’ve made three pairs- one for me and two I’m giving away. Need to make more. Oh, I used DMC satin S602 and an iridescent Kreinik ribbon. These are fun! Happy Valentine’s Day!
It is a happy day when [...]Bookmark Convention
Ta Da! We’re there. I’m happy. It took several more attempts, and the differences are small, but…well…they make all the difference. Now I can’t wait to share this with the readergirlz!
Registration is open for the Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention, Feb. 20 – 21. Ten dollars gives you access to all the seminars, galleries, the trade [...]Embroidered Earrings
It’s here! The event we’ve all been waiting for! Stitchers lined the Village streets on January 31, spending the night outside in the cold, wet snow to be the first to register for the new Limited Edition On Demand Video Class. Hurry! Last one there’s a rotten egg!
Ahem.
Okay, so I can’t do hype. [...]
