I tend to have rough hands, either from house construction, wiring, gardening, whatever. When I stitch, silk and sometimes metallics catch on the tiniest of rough spots, mucking up my strands, making […]

This is one of the outcomes of the TNNA market: a complete set of Dinky-Dyes silks. YUM!

Things happen. The Needlework Show, scheduled for April 18-23, has been delayed due to technical difficulties. We’re too much for the server! Woo-hoo! It’s a bummer and all that, and probably not […]

Here’s a project that lived on the back burner:I took an EGA ICC–that’s an Independent Correspondence Course offered by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. What was supposed to take 6 months, took […]

For some time, I’ve had my eye on an embroidery technique for which I had no name. In my mind, I called it “rope couching.” Tonight, I have a much prettier name. […]

Yesterday was the last day of the DayZ Dozen Blog Hop. I felt the loss this morning when I saw the link to the Lazy Girl blog on my Firefox toolbar. I clicked it anyway.