Monday, 25 January 2010

Up and down buttonhole with raised stem stitch to take a curve

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I lost an aunt recently.  She was a really kind, warm person as well as being a wonderful cook.  She used to make amazing marmalade and had ...
Sunday, 17 January 2010

I’ve changed the name of my blog and I’m revising/updating/moving a lot of pages

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Hope to get that finished soon.  I’ve kept most of the pages I’ve deleted so they will look the same, just be more thorough and have more pi...
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Making an embroidery pattern from a photograph

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Here’s what I’m working on at the present time, now that the padded Detached Buttonhole heart’s finished (more about that later..). As we ...
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Monday, 4 January 2010

Loose detached buttonhole padded heart - 3 colours red

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Well, as I had all this red thread hanging around at this time of year, as you do, I couldn’t resist making a little heart ‘thing’ for my da...
Monday, 21 December 2009

Needlelace tree ornament - Elizabethan style of stitching

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Well I’ve finished my major distraction from what I’m supposed to be working on here: I enjoyed making it. As you can see in this close-up,...
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Thursday, 10 December 2009

Considering Buttonhole Stitch

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Hi! I'm in the process of moving this page further on in my blog as I have expanded on it. Hope to finish this in the next couple of d...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009

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I found the original link to the image of the bag I posted on here: The bag's in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, they published '...