Nov 3, Oscar the Owl Pattern

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Nov 3, 2011

Who's that? It's Oscar the Owl!

This free cross stitch pattern comes from DMC and uses Pearl cotton.

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Oct 28, 2011

My great-aunt Helen Black made this religious cross stitch that says, Give us this day our daily bread. It's a line from the Lord's Prayer. Her husband

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Oct 7, 2011

The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"

Sep 23, 2011

I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"

Sep 23, 2011

It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames

Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"

Sep 2, 2011

I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery

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Aug 31, 2011

DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.

Have you tried it? Please share a photo!

Aug 25, 2011

I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns

Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"

Aug 25, 2011

Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.

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Aug 13, 2011

Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!

You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.

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Aug 5, 2011

Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am

Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"

Jul 21, 2011

My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"

Jul 16, 2011

I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What

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Jul 1, 2011

Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you

Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"

Jun 10, 2011

Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.

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