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Feather Stitch

Feather Stitch Feather stitch is a good choice for shrubs and hedges and fills up detail quickly. Best used with one or two strands out of the six-strand threads for landscape designs, it is worked the same way as fly stitch but, instead of making a single stitch, insert the needle to the right and then to the left as shown. Remember to keep the thread under...

Happy Christmas!

Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Christmas! May Peace be your gift and your blessing all year through!

Lucky Give-Away Winners

˙·٠•●Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ●•٠·˙ I have good news for three lucky winners this month! In my last newsletter, I wrote: " To celebrate our new beginnings we are having a fabulous giveaway! Every silk ribbon embroidery kit that is ordered and shipped for our customers from today until the end of November will go into a draw and you will have the chance to win a signed edition of the new felting book,...

A Medallion Rose and other news

Hello, stitching world ◕‿◕ I hope you are looking forward to the weekend! Today, I have a gorgeous medallion Rose to show you! Created by well-known embroiderer and teacher. Kristina Nilsson of Creative Embroidery of Sweden... and it's gorgeous! Kristina wrote: "I want to thank you for all your great ideas and tips in the latest book: The Art of felting and silk ribbon embroidery. This is...

Mary Corbet's Stitcher’s Christmas 2017 Give-Away 1: Ribbon Embroidery on Felt Kits & Books!

Good morning! Today I have good news for all embroiderers and here is a message from Mary Corbet: Good Morning All Around! I’m so excited this morning! Why? Because it’s time to launch this year’s series of pre-Christmas give-aways, A Stitcher’s Christmas, 2017! Yay!! If you’ve been following along with Needle ‘n Thread for at least a year, you might remember we did this last year. It was...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING stitching world, enjoy this special time! ***** Our Black Friday Sale starts tomorrow and ends on Monday! Don't miss out. Check back in tomorrow!

Needles: Multipurpose Needle Pack

Multipurpose Needle Pack ★★★★★ Have you heard about our very popular and useful NEEDLE PACK for Ribbon embroidery and stumpwork? In this pack, we include all the needles you will need for any kind of ribbon embroidery, creative embroidery and stumpwork. This pack contains: Chenille needles size 16 needle pack – six needles in a pack... this is the needle to use for 13mm silk...

Kit - DESIGNER RIBBON ROSE ON A CLIP

A Kit - Designer Ribbon Rose on a Clip To attach onto jackets, scarves, shoes, handbags, hair or anything else you can think of! Also makes a lovely gift for any friend or family member who likes to make things with their hands... This kit contains: Di van Niekerk’s ribbon — 25/32mm silk or 38mm organza ribbon x 1 metre/yard Embroidery thread...

A beauty from Sandnes....

Hello stitching world ♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ to brighten up your week I thought I would show you this gorgeous design by Kari Huffman from Norway. Sent in by her teacher: Tone K Henningsen of Bitteliten studio in Sandnes, Norway. I just love the colours in this design.... Close up detail of the curtain…....

Inspiration on a Wednesday

*´¨) ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Good afternoon ♥ *´¨) I hope you’re having a good day today. I thought I would inspire you and show you some stunning ribbon embroidery pieces that were made in the studio of the talented teacher, Michelle Lilley from Pretoria, South Africa. Here are some of her student’s masterpieces… Click on the images to enlarge This beauty (above) is by Rolene...

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