2024 - Adventures in Embroidery - Featured Designer
July Adventure - Featuring Designer Jardin Privé and Les Olympiades des Gnomes
Happy Summer! ... and let the Games begin!! I love watching the Olympic Games and spending the day stitching while I follow along and cheer on Canada! My first memory was watching the Torch relay for the 1988 Calgary Games travel through my hometown of Saskatoon and my first "Olympic Project" was during the 1996 Atlanta Games. Below is Jardin Privé's Les Olympiades des Gnomes which celebrates her hometown of Paris, can you spot all the different sports! Happy Stitching Everyone Jennifer Care Les Olympiades Des Gnomes $14.99 "To celebrate the Paris Olympics, I asked the gnomes to get into sports....
June Adventure - Wrendale Designs and Patterned Fabric
Wow, May was a month that flew by too fast!
This month I wanted to add some brightness to everyone's stitching lives by featuring the fun stitching designs of Hannah Dale of Wrendale Designs and "spotlight" the pattern fabrics featured in her kits
May Adventure - Featured technique Hardanger
No, you are not missing anything ... I had no newsletter for April ... I was a bit busy with 2 Pop Up Events and welcoming my new Shop Assistant, Amy! This month's featured technique is Hardanger and is one of the many stitching styles that Amy is very knowledgeable about. Hardanger is a stitching tradition from Northern Europe and features geometric designs and cut work. Historical examples are stitched in White or Cream, but modern interpretations include all the colours of the rainbow! Many stitching traditions include a version of whitework and cutwork and this newsletter is meant as...
March Adventure - Designer Brenda Keyes
In 2024, my Adventures in Embroidery will feature a designer each month in different types of Embroidery. Along with other items that are used by that designer including different types of fabric and thread. I always encourage people to search out the designer online or social media, you can find out more about their design process, see new patterns before they are released and some designers sell their patterns as instant download PDFs! The Sampler Company was formed in 1989 by designer Brenda Keyes "Brenda, who originally trained in graphic design had a life-long interest in embroidery, art and history. ...
February Adventure - Designer Emily Peacock
In 2024, my Adventures in Embroidery will feature a designer each month in different types of Embroidery. Along with other items that are used by that designer including different types of fabric and thread. I always encourage people to search out the designer online or social media, you can find out more about their design process, see new patterns before they are released and some designers sell their patterns as instant download PDFs! Emily Peacock is a contemporary needlepoint designer based in the UK. Her designs featured on the Appletons Wools website feature great British Artists. Her newest design is...