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The Silver Needle : - ab Designs Abbey Lane Abby Rose Acorn House All Active Products All Through the Night Anabella's Anna Griffin Annie Beez Ardith Design Artful Offerings Artmishka artmishka Artsy Housewife Aury TM Autumn Lane Barbara-Ana Bareroots Bent Creek Birds of a Feather Blackberry Lane Blackbird Blue Flower Blue Ribbon Blueberry Ridge Book Bothy Threads Brenda Riddle Butterfly Couture By the Bay ByGone Stitches C E C - Cricket Collection Canterbury Designs Caroline Manning…

Ok, that’s not the most original blog title but you get the point. The one and only Meredith Willet was here this weekend teaching and Oh My! My, Oh, My! what fun we had. She is just so darn cute. Check out those dimples. She is the original southern belle. So gracious. That’s all I […]

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The Silver Needle : shakespearespeddler - ab Designs Abbey Lane Abby Rose Acorn House All Active Products All Through the Night Anabella's Anna Griffin Annie Beez Ardith Design Artful Offerings Artmishka artmishka Artsy Housewife Aury TM Autumn Lane Barbara-Ana Bareroots Bent Creek Birds of a Feather Blackberry Lane Blackbird Blue Flower Blue Ribbon Blueberry Ridge Book Bothy Threads Brenda Riddle Butterfly Couture By the Bay ByGone Stitches C E C - Cricket Collection Canterbury Designs…

A list of resources for purchasing various materials used in cross stitching and embroidery. Both US and International based stores listed.

We've done the research and put together 12 of the best online fabric stores. In the post you'll find both U.S. and U.K. stores.

Raised stem stitch is a great way to create thick, textured ribbons, bands, ropes, tree trunks, caterpillars… lots of possibilities with this technique! There are different ways to go about raised stem stitch – you can really raise it by working it over a cord or rope padding (as is done in Casalguidi embroidery), or ...

In no particular order, the cross stitch SALs in 2023…

Here are Martha Stewart's favorite sources for items used in projects as seen on "The Martha Stewart Show" and in her magazine, Living.

I am working on that deadline ~ and am working on some wool applique designs ~ so I have grouped my wools and need to get my pearl cottons in order... like most of you, I favor certain colors and have my own palette... they are a little too bright, so I will dip-dye them in my homemade walnut dye ~ I lke to keep them in their 'twisted' state and dip them half-way down into my dye jar... dipping them only halfway lets some of the threads stay undyed so when finished, they will have a…