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Threadcandy Thursday …on Wednesday!…..Catch on to Cast On Stitch!
This is a Cast On Stitch flower!….Gorgeous isn’t it?!!!….Well if you can work a Bullion Stitch, then you can do this one too!…..in fact, if you can knit, you will be even further ahead! This divine stitch looks gorgeous in variegated threads like the one I used at the weekend for the flower (See this […]
Website Wedneday…….Cast On Conundrum
When I design a piece I have some general idea about what I want to achieve but I must confess the finished product comes of trial and error, happy accident or as with the flower I was working on this weekend, problem solving! The popularity of the ‘Maud’ & ‘Alice’ kits has been a delight […]
Tuesday Tidy…..Groovy 1970’s electronic scissors
Tuesday Tidy brings you some of the random and not so random things in my collection! This week something that just makes me laugh! Super Groovy Japanese battery operated scissors c.1970’s! I have actually tried them out and they are about as over engineered as you get! They are uncomfortable and you actually end cutting […]
Monday Musings…….Colours of the countryside
I think there are probably very few artists or writers who are not inspired by their surroundings be it urban or rural. I live in a town centre and am constantly fascinated by the patterns of Victorian tiles in the shop doorways or old walls left standing in front of new buildings as the final […]
FunFact Friday…….Did you know?…..
Did you know…..the oldest known thimbles are from Old Corinth c.9th-12thC!
Threadcandy Thursday ……The mystery of the missing Colour Variations
Thursdays are for all things threads and stitches! ……. Recently I was picking the threads for the next project and wanted to incorporate some of DMC’s lovely Colour Variations threads. I buy all my sample threads from http://sewandso.co.uk and whilst looking through their Colour Variations range, found something odd which I must reveal!….. As […]
Website Wednesdays!…Introducing ‘Jessica’
After trying to keep Blogs in the past, lack of time to do all the usual promoting and sharing rendered my attempts rather lame. I always knew that the only way I would really enjoy keeping one was with my own web site. Nearly 6 years after starting Maggie Gee Needlework my experience selling […]