Lately I’ve noticed several french knot tutorials around the web. Basically they are all pretty much alike and do a good job of illustrating the making of french knots. There are different schools of thought about the number of times the thread is wrapped around the needle, but that can be left up to personal [...]
Posts Tagged ‘stitching’
Needles and Knots
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Crazy World, CQ, crazy quilting, Embroidery, french knots, hand embroidery, hand stitching, needlework, Skrappy Ladies, stitching on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Summer evenings.
Posted in hand embroidery, tagged hand stitching, memories, needlework, stitching on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems like I’ve had some type of needle in my hand since about the age of 5. My grandmother always had some needlework project ready for my summer vacation arrival at the farm in Missouri. One year I had to make enough yo yo’s to cover a pillow and to this day I dislike making [...]
Noisy stitching and a quiz.
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged quiz, stitching on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The stitching around here has mostly been noise, you know the background stitching that fills in, doesn’t really stand out, but adds to the total picture. Not terribly exciting on it’s own, so no pics. Hoping to get to more interesting stitching in the next day or so if I get caught up on things around the [...]




