This year the holiday season has really caught up on me so in between cooking and wrapping gifts I am attempting to write a few sentences that make sense and wish all my readers Happy Holidays! Please imagine me seated in my twirly chair, coffee in one hand, my other …
With TAST just around the corner I thought I would answer a question I am often asked. What fabrics can I use for hand Embroidery? If you have ever wondered you may find this video informative.
If you are interested in stretching your hand embroidery a bit and heading off on a creative path, think about the threads you use. Here is a video about different hand embroidery threads on the market and of course there is a little about my thread twisties.
Woven bars are great fun to make. You mainly Woven Bars in traditional drawn thread work, where the horizontal threads are withdrawn from the foundation fabric. Woven bars are then worked on the vertical threads. Contemporary needleweaving makes use of this stitch too. You can work them in a freestyle …
Just a very quick announcement to let everyone know that there are new Thread Twisites in the shop. New colours and new threads — a great start to the day! I am often asked about my twisties. I make them up to encourage people to try different threads. Often, a …
We have reached the last block on the Diamonds are Forever quilt. I can not quite believe it! Tumbling block 21 sits in the bottom row on the right-hand side of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up the block. …
Just a little behind the scenes news. I have recently returned from a trip to Malaysia. We stayed in Penang and you guessed it went bead shopping. The warehouse was very hot (it was 32 degrees (thats about 90F) and about 97% humidity. The warehouse had no aircon so I …
