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Month: August 2009

29/08/200919/01/2015
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Spring Stitcher’s Retreat

by admin, in category Retreat, The Needlework Boutique

Friday 23rd October 2009 To Sunday 25th October 2009 Black Spur Inn Maroondah Highway Narbethong. Imagine… No housework No cooking No kids But Loads of … Good food Good company And Good Stitching. All meals provided Accomodation included in price $350 Book now at www.needleworkboutique.com.au Places are limited. P.S. Early bird ($250) extension until 2nd… Read More

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28/08/2009
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Girl’s Weekend

by admin, in category Retreat, Sewing Basket

As I frantically prepare for our church’s Girl’s Weekend I discovered that my first priority was what cross stitch to take with me.  Should I take “Neighborhood”?  Or should I take the Lizzie Kate Double Flips that I started on New Year’s Day?  Or should I take a new project, Hand to Work’s “Ellen Myerscough”? … Read More

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26/08/200919/01/2015
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Cross Stitch Tips and Tricks.

by admin, in category General

One of the questions that I am frequently asked is how do I find the time to do some cross stitch? With 3 kids it is not always easy, but one technique that I have found to work over the years is to always keep my needle threaded and ready to go.  When I finish… Read More

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25/08/200919/01/2015
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Weekend work

by admin, in category Retreat, Sewing Basket, The Needlework Boutique

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to work on Little House Needlework’s Little House Neighborhood.  As you can see I have just about completed the centre of the middle line of buildings and started on the blue house.  The plant to the right of the blue house needs to have a bit of frogging… Read More

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21/08/200919/01/2015
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LHN Neighbourhood

by admin, in category Sewing Basket

Last week I gave Melissa Khalinsky a hard time over on her blog because she spoke about working on Needlemania’s Jardin D’Jour and had not shown a picture of how much she had done.  Then I realised that it has been a while since I have given an update of what I have done.  So… Read More

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19/08/200919/01/2015
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Black Spur Inn

by admin, in category out and about, Retreat

As I think I have said previously, the 2009 Retreat is being held at the Black Spur Inn in Narbethong.  Ten days ago I decided to take a trip out to Narbethong to visit the venue, just to see how good it is.  (I had heard that it is a great venue!)  I also wanted… Read More

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13/08/2009
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Books

by admin, in category Books, Embroidery, Stitcheries

I am often asked by quilters which how to books would I recommend.  This became very important at Mrs Martin’s Stitching at St. George, when we were working on a particular embroidery that used woven spider web roses.  Generally, I recommend the A-Z of Embroidery, put out by Country Bumpkin, to people who are new… Read More

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12/08/200919/01/2015
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A finish…

by admin, in category Embroidery, Sewing Basket, Stitcheries

At last!  A couple of weeks ago I attended Mrs Martin’s Quilt til You Wilt.  For me, although I still absolutely love my cross stitch, I find that I am more likely to do something just for me if I go to Karen’s shop.  And the recent Quilt til you Wilt was no different.  I… Read More

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Hi. Thank you for stopping by my blog. My name is Bette. I am an embroiderer, cross stitcher, quilter, teacher and aspiring textile artist. I also own The Needlework Boutique, an online cross stitch store. Here I share my journey through the world of needlework, and more recently, my journey as a high school textiles teacher.

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