I love Weeks Dye Works hand-dyed wool felt. Vibrant colors, soft, but sturdy fabric. I use it for as backing for tags, and now I’m using it for bookmarks. Sorry no images […]
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The Start of a Reading List: P.G. Wodehouse
I’m being asked for recommendations for books/stories to read aloud during stitch-group meetings. I keep suggesting that while we stitch bookmarks to encourage kids to read, and while we raise money to […]
Bookmark Patterns from My Mark
Yesterday, Monique over at My Mark designs released her first Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy bookmark pattern. She’s the first not-us designer to come out with a program bookmark pattern. Yay, […]
Adventure in Roman Shades
According to this, I began my Roman Shade adventure on July 26th. Actually, that’s not true. The adventure began in June 2006 when I decided I wanted to make Roman shades and […]
Literacy Non-profits
As you know, part of our Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program involves donating a portion of bookmark profits to literacy programs. Well, which one(s)? I looked into Dolly Parton’s Imagination […]
EGA Day
Arctic Needleworkers meeting today. That’s my “local” EGA chapter, local being Anchorage. I discovered the chapter when I started as Superintendent of Handwork and Needlework at the Alaska State Fair. When I […]
