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Water’s Edge: Progress Report

I’ve been stitching away daily. I only take small breaks for embroidery but they add up! OK folks, it’s back to work now. See you later!

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Hand Dyed Silks

Y’all, I received a lovely, lovely present from Marta Brysha! When I am stressed about my dissertation I go look at these. She dyed these silks herself! Aren’t they gorgeous? You know what else is gorgeous? Her artwork!!! She dyes … Continue reading

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Please Share My Stuff

Folks, in light of recent concerns running around the internet about Pinterest, I thought I’d clarify that YES, you may share my images on Pinterest. I have added a sharing button for it. Please make sure you link back to … Continue reading

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Liebster Blog Award

Rachel tagged me with a blog award. I am now supposed to name 5 fantastic embroidery blogs! (Rachel, at VirtuoSew Adventures, also has a lovely blog. She recently finished the Tudor and Stuart Goldwork Master Class from Thistle Threads, which … Continue reading

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Chikan Embroidery Class Openings

Hey y’all! Anita has announced that her mom will help with the chikankari embroidery class. So there are now more openings if you want to join! Go here to register!  

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Hello, world!

WordPress added a new statistics feature – it now keeps track of where my readers are from! Here is the map of countries colored by hit count since it started keeping track. I love it. I’ll have to try to … Continue reading

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Silk and Colour

I have something really special to show you! I want to introduce you to an incredible artist, Marta Brysha, from the highlands of Tasmania.  She just launched a brand new website to display her work. Her gorgeous embroideries in hand-dyed … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

Our family Christmas tree: It’s ribbon embroidery on chicken wire. Ours is twenty four years old – we replace any faded ribbons every year. I always wonder why more folks don’t have embroidered Christmas trees. It’s such a fun project, … Continue reading

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Give-away AND Crazy-quilts

OK folks, the five lucky people from Monday’s Japanese silk scraps give away are: Mary Burton Sharon Brodeuse Corvus Jane S Julie I will be emailing you to get your mailing addresses! Hurray! Thank you everyone! Thanks so much for … Continue reading

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Give-away: Silk scraps

To celebrate my blog anniversary, I am doing a give-away! My aunt and uncle sent me a pile of silk scraps from the Kyoto flea market (Japan!), and I have divided them up into FIVE piles! These are mostly from … Continue reading

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