Archive for February, 2007
February 22, 2007 at 9:33 am
· Filed under crafty, inspirations, tutorials
I love surfing through the net and finding wonderful ideas that people share with us. I wish I had more time to read it all and then use some of this ideas to create my own space (not really exactly copying them, I prefer using my own brain to adjust things to my needs).
I was very impressed by Claire Louise from Needle Book, who used an old box to make it a great place to store beads. You would say that everybody could think about the same, but she did id and it’s done in a pretty, unassuming way. You can say that less here means more and this is what is sometimes needed to create a beautiful thing.
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February 18, 2007 at 4:25 pm
· Filed under TAST, crafty, embroidery, learning
I’ve just finished another sampler:
The idea was to make a small whitework sampler using some pulled work as I haven’t done much in this technique. It looks quite nice and the fabric became much more stiff. I think it’s a good idea to stitch such a medallion over a needlecase or a small bag and perhaps add some beads. It would also play on a Christmas tree ornament.
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February 18, 2007 at 1:47 am
· Filed under crafty, embroidery, inspirations
I love Japanese embroidery although I haven’t any possibility to try it. I love looking at these delicate designs and so perfect work. The technique is very different from what I have learnt and the effect is so delightful that I would love to learn it one day. Anyway now I can only watch it.
Carol-Anne is learning the Japanese embroidery and showing her progress on her blog
Threads Across the Web. Have a look at it, I wouldn’t belive she’s a beginner.
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February 17, 2007 at 7:41 pm
· Filed under TAST, crafty, embroidery, learning
Huh, week 5 done 
It’s another sampler whith a blackwork technique theme, though the color is not black. I like the ornaments you can get by repeating the stitch again and again.
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February 14, 2007 at 10:21 am
· Filed under crafty, embroidery, learning, sewing, tutorials
Again I was surfing through the craft blogs and found some interesting tutorials. For today:
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February 12, 2007 at 11:58 pm
· Filed under TAST, crafty, inspirations, learning
I was on a trip last week and made one and a half of sampler, so here’s the finished one. I decided to use some stitches to make easy blackwork surfaces. Cretan stitch is good to create such patterns and this is my first attempt to blackwork 
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February 5, 2007 at 8:48 pm
· Filed under crafty, learning, sewing, tutorials
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