09
Nov 2017
Naming Embroidery Motifs
This is a spread in Mandalas to Embroider. There are 12 large motifs and 12 small motifs. The small motifs are designed to fit in mini hoops from Dandelyne. It was quite a challenge to…
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08
Nov 2017
Keeping A Logbook
Have you ever kept a diary? Yeah, me too. I never kept it up for long. Diaries seemed too personal… like every day you’d have to pour your heart out, sharing all your inner most…
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07
Nov 2017
Thames Estuary View
At the weekend I was in Leigh-on-Sea a town about half an hour from here. It is right on the Thames Estuary. On the way to the station I had to stop and snap a…
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At the weekend I was in Leigh-on-Sea a town about half an hour from here. It is right on the Thames Estuary. On the way to the station I had to stop and snap a…
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06
Nov 2017
New Pattern :: Noël Wreath
Happy Monday! There’s only seven weeks until Christmas! Which is both exciting and OMG-where-did-the-year-go?! It defintely feels winter-y today, it was near freezing on our morning walk, there is no escaping the changing season. When…
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05
Nov 2017
Pink Appliqué
When I made the frame for my Gloriana embroidery, I had some off cuts leftover. I didn’t know what to do with them, so I sewed them together to make a rectangle. Then I grabbed…
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04
Nov 2017
New DMC Colours!
Did you see that DMC have released 35 new embroidery thread colours? Did you see that?!! Sorry, a bit excited… ;-) You can get a tin with all the colours together, but since about half…
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31
Oct 2017
Last Call :: Pre-Order Mandalas to Embroider
This is a reminder for anyone who wants to pre-order a signed copy of Mandalas to Embroider from me: don’t dawdle, order it nooooow! I plan on placing my order this week, so if you…
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11
Oct 2017
Learning Machine Embroidery
A few weeks ago I took a class in machine embroidery at The Village Haberdashery and it was great! I had had a got at doing it myself earlier in the year, but I wasn’t…
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A few weeks ago I took a class in machine embroidery at The Village Haberdashery and it was great! I had had a got at doing it myself earlier in the year, but I wasn’t…
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