Articles

Today I want to tell you about a beautiful new embroidery book by Nancy Nicholson: Modern Folk Embroidery. You've probably seen Nancy's designs, ki...

I wanted to share with you an amazing handmade dress: Lottie's gorgeous hand-embroidered, self-designed wedding dress from her dreamy May wedding. ...

I usually have several embroidery projects going at the same time, which means I'm always in need of project bags. As it did for the Uptown folk bl...

My first new pattern of this year is out - I finished a while back and have been waiting and waiting to be able to share with you!     It is part ...

  One of my favorite times when I embroider is that moment when the pattern is transferred to the fabric, I've chosen all my threads and colors, a...

The October issue of Sewing World magazine just came out, and guess what: the Giselle dress, with the embroidered midriff, is in it! Kerry Green, w...

As part of Sewing Indie Month, participating designers create tutorials for each others' blogs. Today I have something really special for you: a tu...

One of the things we the designers do as part of Sewing Indie Month is post tutorials that reference each others' work - read a great summary of wh...

We're spending a couple of weeks on Cape Cod. It's vacation and yet things are, as always, quite busy. We fall in bed, exhausted, late at night and...

I just realized it's been exactly a month since my last post, a very busy month behind the scenes but a very quiet one for the blog. Quietness can ...

When I learned to embroider in elementary school we were told in no uncertain terms that the back of one's embroidery absolutely must look as neat ...

  I am super thrilled to announce the results of a new collaboration with Anna Joyce Designs: limited edition Zsálya blouse in Anna Joyce's amazin...