'Needlework' Category
Creating Creatives, Part 7
Being a Creative by Linda Stanek We need Creatives, and we need to recognize that we all have it in ourselves to be one. We need to foster it in our children, and we need to welcome it in our society. The innovators of the world were Creatives. If they hadn’t thought “outside the box,” [...]
Extreme Stitcher
A bookmark stitched by Stephanie, from Nouveau Encore Designs. Pattern by Textile Heritage. Welcome to our Extreme Reader / Extreme Stitcher series where we profile people willing to go to great lengths to read and/or stitch. Meet Lauren as she tells us her story. Twenty or so years ago, we moved to Florida from New [...]
Bookmark Tips
I’m not finished with last week’s window bookmarks, so nothing to share on that front…yet! The card stock theme continues, though, with a tip from Gayle at Accents, Inc. in Metairie, LA (read: New Orleans). Gayle has participated in the Stitching for Literacy Bookmark Challenge since Day One. She also pitches in behind-the-scenes, tirelessly helping, [...]
“But I Don’t Stitch…”
Bookmark from Bolivia Boutique. Read on for details. Believe it or not, we have a number of non-stitchers amongst us here on the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy blog. Some are family members, personal friends, reading enthusiasts, writers, educators, and library media specialists. A few are probably just lost. All kind folks are welcome [...]
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 [...]
Creating Creatives, Part 5
Next Up by Linda Stanek Next up on Bloom’s model is Synthesis. This is where the ability to arrange, collect, compose, design, develop, organize, and plan takes place. (It’s also the place where writing takes place—important to me as a children’s author and someone who teaches writing in schools.) This is where creativity really takes [...]
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
Okay, I’m officially on a cardstock kick for finishing bookmarks. This is not the tip I planned for this week, but I’m going where my enthusiasm takes me. First it was ready-made tags for backs. Then it was stitching cards from Tokens & Trifles. This week I want to talk about making our own card [...]
Creating Creatives, Part 4
Higher-Level Thinking by Linda Stanek Next up on Bloom’s Taxonomy is the first of the “higher-order thinking” tiers—Analysis. Here, students can finally appraise, compare, contrast—and here’s what’s really important—criticize and question their work. Which gets us back to creativity and how we as a society deal with it. Pablo Picasso reportedly said, “Everyone is born [...]
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. A project stitched by Maureen for the Bookmarks 101: Simple, Smart, and Swanky Finishes class. Look at that tidy finish! Our Extreme Stitcher today is Rowena from Ft. Worth, TX. About seven-and-a-half [...]
