Thanks for the week’s delay – are you ready to stitch? Click here for Regal Autumn Instructions Part A We’ll start stitching with the center motif. The center motif is a Milanese pinwheel, half and quarter eyelets, small scotch stitches and giant scotch stitches. There’s a lot in the instructions for today, but I don’t […]
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I had hoped to post the first steps in Regal Autumn today, but will need to postpone for a week. I’ll start next Monday. My dad died yesterday, and I spent some time going to see him before he passed last week. I didn’t have a chance to start stitching. Thanks for your understanding, we’ll
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I know that many of you have asked when you could get Angles, and the time is now! We’re offering an encore with Shining Needle Society. Registration continues through Oct. 31, and class will begin in January. So, even if your stitching buffet is full right now with other classes, the ANG virtual seminar and
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Are you ready for a new project? I’m really pleased about this one, and I’m calling it Regal Autumn. This one is going to be a mystery stitch along, so all I’m going to show right now are my threads. I’ve put a list together to make it easier to see all the color names
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I’m always happy to announce when a new class is beginning! This one is Mostly Amadeus, and I’m once again partnering with Shining Needle Society to offer this class. Registration is now open and will continue through Oct. 31. Then, I’ll order supplies and put kits together, and class will begin Jan. 5. So even
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I’m so pleased to announce that Symphony will be offered next year in Chicago, for EGA’s National Seminar, The Magnificent Stitch. Symphony is a four day class in counted canvas, and features a lot of different kinds of stitches, of course a lot of my favorites! If autumn colors aren’t your thing, I’ll have an
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I believe I’ve mentioned before – I AM NOT A FINISHER! But for this small project, I thought I’d attempt a flat-fold finish. Vonna Pfeiffer, The Twisted Stitcher, has done a couple of fabulous flat-fold finishes for me, and that was the inspiration. Here’s the Spring Quilt Block she finished for me: It was so
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Click here for Area O instructions Can you believe it’s finished! The final area is the upper left corner, which I filled with laid threads then stitched over with cross stitches. First the laid threads. These are just laid horizontally then vertically, nothing fancy. I used one strand of the Rainbow Gallery Overture because I
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Click here for Harlequin Dance Redux Area N instructions We’re nearing the end of this project! I decided to do something a little more open for the last two areas. After a lot of looking at darning patterns, laid fillings, and other stitches, I decided to do a laid ribbon with herringbone stitches over the
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Click here for Harlequin Dance Redux Area M instructions Every design needs a focal point – or does it? Anyway, we’ll debate that “rule” another time. I decided to make this next area, Area M, an important feature of the design, so I’ve added a “string art” type stitch, the Chilly Hollow stitch. Jean Hilton
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