After a long hiatus from my needlework, my recent decision to take the shop to Pakenham Stitch! has brought my stitching mojo back. Over the past 6 or 7 weeks I have been working on Ann Womack, from Shakespeare’s Peddler. Originally stitched in 1838, Ann Womack is a gorgeous monochromatic sampler consisting of 5 alphabets,… Read More
Fricassee has been very good for my stitching mojo. I really want to get back to that pesky rabbit. But I have some other projects that currently need my attention. A couple of months ago I discovered that the Craft Alive event Pakenham Stitch! was coming back again this year. And major win for my… Read More
A year or so ago, I went back to the Embroiderer’s Guild of Victoria, after letting my membership drop. I went primarily to meet up with other Cabinet of Curiosities ladies. Some of these ladies were also working on another beautiful casket – ‘the other casket’, one designed by the talented Maree Talbot. They started… Read More
A few years I go I started a January tradition of looking at projects that I had started sometime in the past, but have yet to finish. Last year I did not do this. I had stitched so little over the previous couple of years that I thought it was a waste of time, and… Read More
So… What do you think of my new theme? You have looked right? It needs some tweaking. The slider on the front page is too large, but I am using this to give me some ideas of what might work on the Needlework Boutique’s site. I will be starting the revamp of that site today.… Read More
Over the last 12 months or so, my stitching mojo has been non-existent. One of my goals for these summer holidays has been to find it again. For the past few weeks, I have spent time stitching on the Fig n Berry “Twas the Night Before Christmas” stitchery that I started during October’s Stitching Soiree.… Read More
This year I have not done a lot of stitching. My heart just has not been in it. I come up with all sorts of excuses as to why I don’t stitch – too busy, the light is poor, too tired. And it is a combination of each of these, but I think if I… Read More
It is so strange. To be happy dancing twice in a week. I chose to work on Blackbird Designs ‘Basket of Memories’, because I knew it would be a quick stitch. But knowing my track record, I was not sure if I would get it finished in the time I had set. It took a… Read More
After a long hiatus from stitching, and an even longer one from participating in an exchange, I have just signed up to a Blackbird Designs ornament exchange. The brief – to stitch a Blackbird Designs design, or part of a design, make it up into an ornament and send it off to someone somewhere in… Read More
My love of needlework has always been predominately a love for embroidery. But at times you can be forgiven for thinking that quilting is taking over. In fact I love the fabric that is available in the quilt shops, and I love putting together new patchwork tops. I especially love embellishing the top with embroidery.… Read More
