As I mentioned in my last last blog post, I love my collection of embroidery books. Many feature lovely designs which are a great source of inspiration. These books usually also feature a techniques section, which explain the stitches used and materials required. There are also published stitch guides, which provide detailed instructions on how to do…
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As you might have noticed from the pictures of my craft room, I have collected a large array of craft books. I love to stitch designs from them, pick up tips or get some inspiration. Another good source for designs, tips and inspiration are embroidery magazines, but there are quite a lot to choose from.…
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I really like having my craft supplies and tools all organised. There are many organisational tools out there, and I will be blogging about some of my favourites in future posts, but sometimes it is nice to make something yourself that really fits its purpose. Most of my embroidery threads are stored in DMC gold…
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My mum was the first person who got me interested in needlecraft. During my childhood, she knitted 80’s-jumpers for herself, and outfits for my dolls. She embroidered a number of tablecloths with cross stitch designs, and stitched a lovely blackwork picture based on a design by M.C. Escher. She also sewed me a number of…
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After finishing a project I am always at a loss what to do next, even though I always have some work in progress (WIP) still lying around or a new kit waiting for me. After finishing my ribbon work last Tuesday I decided to pick a a cross stitch WIP that has been on the go…
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I had seen pictures of ribbon-work before but they always looked rather old-fashioned, and not really my cup of tea. However, lately having seen the designs by the Royal School of Needlework and by Lorna Bateman, I started to change my mind. Their designs are much more contemporary and look a lot like something I…
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I have been meaning to revive my blog for ages, but I never seemed to really get around to it. However, as New Year’s resolutions go, I thought it would be a good one to finally take the plunge and make a new website and start to blog. As you can probably tell, the site is…
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Review of the ‘Once upon une fois’ embroidery advent calendar.
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For the past two days I have taken the sugar flowers foundation course at Squires Kitchen in Franham during which we have made a life size rose and blossoms. On the first morning we started by making two rose buds, one of which we will be expanding to the large rose. Making the petals was difficult…
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As soon as I saw the kitten workshop advertised on the Squires Kitchen website as part of their annual exhibition (which is fab!) I knew I just had to attend it. I had seen photographs of the kittens from Debbie Brown’s baby cakes book in the Squires Kitchen magazines and they are just so cute, but also difficult…
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Slowly threading things together through stitch
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