Posted on September 11, 2009 by glendasikes
Last night, I finished the Urban Threads “Geisha Girl” design I embroidered on kittykill’s towel for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5. Since kittykill is planning to frame the designs that are stitched on her towel (ie, they won’t be washed), I decided to do some crayon-tinting on the design before I stitched it. Kittykill’s [...]
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by glendasikes
A mere two and a half months after my sister-in-law’s birthday, here’s the embroidery I finished up for her this weekend:
This is an Urban Threads pattern that, the first time I saw it, I immediately knew I wanted to make for my sis-in-law — she loves to skate, and she’s been trying to get a [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2008 by glendasikes
This towel wraps up my part in this particular Craftster swap.
Participating in this tea towel tour has greatly broadened my “where to find inspiration and designs” ability, although I still have a long ways to go on that. Stitching on towels onto which more-accomplished stitchers have already stitched has been hugely inspirational — being [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by glendasikes
This is my new crafting blog, which will focus mostly on embroidery, although there will perhaps be some other types of crafts popping up along the way.
Thanks to the hubbers for the great blog name — if it makes you snicker, as it did us, then you likely have a very good idea where the name came [...]
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