'Needlework' Category
In the News
In the Nordic Needle Stash Newsletter #43, to be precise. “What’s in the news?” you ask. Why, we are! Scroll down to the second part of the newsletter.
Nordic Needle has been an enthusiastic participant in the Bookmark Challenge since day one, and they’re gearing up for another great year.
A girl learns to stitch at the [...]Embroidered Bracelet Class
It’s back! The Embroider Me! Bracelet Basics & Beyond class will be on tap at The Stitchers’ Village in the new year.
The class begins on January 11 and runs for four weeks, one lesson per week, so you’ll have plenty of time to complete them. Kits are available and can be ordered through me or [...]Weekend Site Seeing
The December 1 issue of The Stitchers’ Voice is up over at The Stitchers’ Village.
The issue includes a vintage Needlework Nutshell article by yours truly that includes project instructions. You’ll also find details about the TSV Twelve Days of Christmas Competition. A prize is up for grabs on each of the twelve days.
Don’t forget, [...]First Winter Storm
Power’s out. Lots of heavy wet snow. This has the makings of an extended outage. We’re fairly well prepared, so no worries for a while.
It sure is pretty!
Not much to read here, I know. If you want, the December 1 Needlework Nutshell went out early this morning (subscription box in sidebar), and the December [...]Retail Needle Show–Today!
At 2 PM Eastern time, the first online retail Needle Show will open.
Organizers of The Needlework Show, the online wholesale trade show that Everyone can view, are testing the waters for an online retail show. Anyone can make purchases at the retail show. If you have a local needlework shop (LNS), I urge you to [...]Odds and Ends
We are back at the old homestead, ready to hibernate for a few months. There’s only an inch of snow on the ground, but brrr! it’s cold here.
Time for some new socks. Mike is not keen on the way I match socks. Too bad, so sad. That’s why I make them for me.
NaNoWriMo kicks [...]Food for Thought
Have you read anything about recent book price wars between Amazon and Wal*Mart?
Here’s a blog post from an independent book store in MO that conveys some of my own feelings.
The same thing happened/happens with needlework. Wal*Mart sold DMC floss for less than independent retailers could buy it wholesale. Retail prices on patterns at chain [...]Needlework Finishing
A model from the Bookmarks 101 finishing class starting on November 16. Registration is open at The Stitchers’ Village.
Speaking of finishing, how many of you stitchers routinely finish your own needlework?
What are the ways you are likely to finish a piece?
And what are ways you’d like to finish a piece if you only knew [...]Designing
I’ve staked out a table in the Darn Good Room, covered it with books, fabrics, fibers, needles, ribbon, and my clipboard with scrap paper for taking notes. I’m designing and testing different ways to finish bookmarks.
While stitchers like to stitch pretty patterns and designs, many don’t care for finishing projects; that’s why there are [...]The Ducharme Challenge
I showed you this picture a few days ago; it’s a noodle I found while searching through my stash. When I discovered it this time, I envisioned it as a bookmark, and pulled it out to work on it.
Here it is now. I combined it with the earlier Needlework DNA bookmark idea, and here is [...]
