In Which Andrea Complicates Simple Sewing Projects Stitched Sewing Organizers is a project book for a good number and variety of sewing-related pouches, organizers and items (like pin cushions and needle books). I bought it last year, and this year (after having started a few embroidery projects and letting the spools of floss and threadContinue reading “Review: Stitched Sewing Organizers”
Tag Archives: embroidery
we speak to become
I have three sewing projects cut out and ready to sew, but I haven’t touched them in months. Partly because sewjo is in short supply during lockdown, but mostly because I’ve been having so much fun with handwork projects: cross stitch, embroidery, stumpwork, crochet. But when I saw Melanie post that this spring’s Literary SewingContinue reading “we speak to become”
Review: Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew
Disclaimer: I received a free, temporary e-book for this review through NetGalley. I have two pet peeves that I’m bringing into this: One: Reviews of embroidery or craft books that are really just gushing over the pretty pictures of finished projects, written by someone who may not even have the intention of ever making one,Continue reading “Review: Embroidered Animals: Wild and Woolly Creatures to Stitch and Sew”
love
Would you believe that this is the first thing I’ve embroidered for myself, for my own room, ever? I started it last January or February, and got about 1/3-1/2 of the way done in a year, and then the pandemic hit. Every night I would stitch for an hour, and count little colourful squares toContinue reading “love”
Gloriously Disgraceful
I love books, and I love sewing, so of course I signed up for Following The Thread‘s Literary Sewing Circle challenge. You read a book, and sew something inspired by it. Fun. Yes? Also the book she chose was The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson, a Canadian author I’ve been meaning to read forContinue reading “Gloriously Disgraceful”
Santa Sewing
Santa Sewing being the presents you sew up to give people over the holidays, or to make for special holiday occasions. And there was a pile in December, mostly for Frances, who is not super keen on modelling so this will mostly be pictures of garments on hangers. The excitement of figuring out how toContinue reading “Santa Sewing”
Embroidery on Clothes for Bec: Collars
(I’ll be posting a project shortly with an embroidered collar, and rather than clutter that post with a lot of background information on embroidered collars, here is an info-dump to be read in conjunction.) A nicely-embroidered collar can be a fun and fairly easy way to work some embroidery into a clothing project, taking aContinue reading “Embroidery on Clothes for Bec: Collars”
Butterick 6333 and McCall 7351: Fabric adventures + embroidery adventures + frankenpattern adventures = The Most Complicated Shirtdress in History (don’t quote me on that)
Fabric Adventure All the way back in March I bought some fabric from my favourite women-owned local fabric store to celebrate International Women’s Day. (I also wrote emails and made a phonecall–it wasn’t all shopping.) A Nani Iro double gauze: this one They had under two metres left and I took it all. Me: DoContinue reading “Butterick 6333 and McCall 7351: Fabric adventures + embroidery adventures + frankenpattern adventures = The Most Complicated Shirtdress in History (don’t quote me on that)”
V1353: Again, With Birds
I could not pass this print up. It’s a slightly stiff (poplin?) lightweight cotton with a watercolour print of trees, leaves, flowers and birds. I lined it with white cotton voile to keep it very light and wearable for super-hot days in the summer (so here’s hoping we have at least one or two thisContinue reading “V1353: Again, With Birds”
Embroidery is Cool Again, Historical Part 1 of Whatever
Mexico at the Royal Ontario Museum Back in 2015 I visited the ROM for the Viva Mexico exhibit on Mexican textiles, clothing and embroidery. I took a ton of pictures, hoping that I would have a good use for them one day–and that day is today! Most of the pictures are my own; I’ve takenContinue reading “Embroidery is Cool Again, Historical Part 1 of Whatever”
Zoopolis 