Adventures in Embroidery - Newsletters 2023

Adventures in Embroidery - Yellow: The Happiest Colour in the Rainbow! My Adventures in Embroidery continue into June and I thought it only fitting to celebrate YELLOW this month! Yellow is the happiest colour in the rainbow! It was my grandfather's favourite colour. He even convinced my Nan to let him paint their house that colour and my childhood was filled with visits to the big yellow house in Saskatoon! Although it did creep into the range of "Glow in the Dark Yellow" by the 90's and she had to put her foot down and have it painted Beige ... it...

Adventures in Embroidery - Purple, the colour of Chaos! (Well, for me at least! ...) So by CHAOS, I mean lots of things on the go this month! For me, Purple is the colour of energy and fun! If you see a kid in a pair of purple shoes they have a spring in their step and a smile from ear to ear! Everyone should have some PURPLE in their life! For me May has been a busy time for my "Adventures in Embroidery" I helped to host Fibre Potpourri: The Magic of Embroidery held in Red Deer Alberta, and...

*Cover picture is Petits Moments du Printemps by Jardin Privé

Wow! The month of March was moving fast, I blinked and suddenly its APRIL!

If you are like me then the "Shortest Month of the Year" February turned out to be the Quickest too! After so many months of Winter in Canada who else is looking forward to some sunshine and warmth that is March (if we're lucky) While thinking about where my Adventures in Embroidery will take me this month I got to thinking about colour and how they brighten the most dark of winter days! Many times you come across a skein of varigated colour and you don't know where to use it, you know only that you love it! Threadworx Floss (Group 7)...

It's a new year and I was searching for a new theme for this year's newsletters ... I look out the window here in Calgary, Alberta and it's white! The fun kind of snow, big fluffy snowflakes that cover everything and makes you want to build snowmen! So there was my inspiration to start my adventures in embroidery with Colour ... and the Colour WHITE this month! Some people think white is boring and simple but I think it is anything but that! *** Using White Fabric to bring a clean crisp look to cross stitch designs or as a...