The AFL season is now over. For me, it ended a week ago, when my beloved Western Bulldogs were beaten in the Semi Final against St Kilda. Out of the 4 teams to reach that round, only the Bulldogs and the Saints had previously won only one Grand Final. I would have loved to have… Read More
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. Lucky door prizes, goody bags and… Read More
10 years ago on Monday, we welcomed, with great relief, our darling little girl. Great relief because at 22 weeks I had ended up in Intensive Care with pneumonia. For all intents and purposes my baby girl was healthy. Through out the last 10 years our girl has given us much joy, but also much… Read More
I have long enjoyed reading the blog posts by Vonna at The Twisted Stitcher, and today I came across her other blog site, The Twisted Stitcher Finishing Tutorials. Among other tutorials, she has recently produced one on finishing the Blackbird Designs mini stockings, with permission from the ladies at Blackbird Designs. Now if you want… Read More
From time to time, I like to share resources that I have found particularly valuable. One that I refer to from time to time is Jane Greenoff’s Cross Stitch Bible. By doing a quick search, I was able to locate several sources for both the version that I have and a newer version, The New… Read More
samplersewingcase2 Originally uploaded by Bette_h
samplersewingcase1 Originally uploaded by Bette_h
samplersewingcase Originally uploaded by Bette_h
samplersewingcase1 samplersewingcase Just before the Stitches and Craft Show in March I finally finished The Needle’s Content’s “Sampler Sewing Case” … or at least the stitching of it. But on Friday I realised that I had not yet announced the finish, nor shown pictures of it. But that is okay, because a customer wanted to… Read More
I am a member of this group at The Embroiderer’s Guild of Victoria. It has been quite a while since I attended a meeting, but that is mostly due to the fact that I live on the outskirts of Melbourne and spend most Monday nights running around after kids. These meetings usually have excellent speakers,… Read More
