04
May 2021
Birds & Blooms Starts Today!
The Birds & Blooms Stitchalong starts today! I was so excited to get started that I added a bit of stitching to this first design last week. But I stopped myself before I got too…
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02
May 2021
Unicef Pattern Bundle
The Covid-19 situation in India is devastating. It is heart breaking to see footage of people dying in the streets because of the lack of access to treatment. :-( But what can we do? Because…
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23
Apr 2021
Friday Links: Momfluencers, Monsters, Capitalism
My favourite time of the garden year: the tulips have appeared! I love, love, love tulips! Peonies are my favourite flowers, but tulips are a close second. I hope you have a lovely weekend. We…
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20
Apr 2021
New Pattern: Big Blooms Wreath
I have really enjoyed stitching this pattern. I love the effect of colour gradients that you can achieve with long and short stitch. And I love using chain stitch to fill shapes. For most of…
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I have really enjoyed stitching this pattern. I love the effect of colour gradients that you can achieve with long and short stitch. And I love using chain stitch to fill shapes. For most of…
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12
Apr 2021
May Stitchalong: Birds & Blooms
Join me for another stitchalong in May! I so enjoyed the stitchalong in February. It was so wonderful to see everyone’s versions of the mandala patterns, so I’m hosting another one in May. This stitchalong…
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09
Apr 2021
Friday Links: Grunge, Mosaic Mouse, LEGO Cake
My current embroidery. Well, one of them, there is always more than one. ;-) I am enjoying this very much. The different textures and the gentle repetitiveness of the long and short stitch on the…
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06
Apr 2021
Thread Doodling Samples
I’ve been meaning to share these pictures I took when the project samples from Thread Doodling returned home to me. In the book they are quite small so I wanted to share them in case…
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06
Apr 2021
04
Apr 2021
Random Stitches
Going through pictures on my computer I came across this one of some old embroideries. Different pictures of the embroideries were part of my pitch for what became Thread Doodling. It’s funny how there are…
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