Category Archives: Needlepainting

Kingfisher Chinese Embroidery: Bird feathers

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

A quick update today: I started work on a kingfisher! Birds are a lot easier than I thought they would be. As long as the stitches are in generally the right direction, they look great. About these ads

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Water’s Edge: Quick Update

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

I’ve been working on the split stitch outline of the flower. It’ll all be covered with long-and-short stitching soon, but I console myself with the knowledge that it really makes the edge look nicer. I also added a little bit … Continue reading →

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Water’s Edge: Bird Bottom

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

I decided to celebrate Saturday with embroidery. Isn’t this a cute bird butt? I’m using the colors and threads that came with the Water’s Edge kit, but I am using 1 strand instead of 3 and working it with needle-painting. … Continue reading →

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Update: Trish Burr Wild Rose

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

I worked two more leaves trying to incorporate y’alls suggestions and hints from the introductory post on this needlepainted flower (it’s also now listed on my Projects page). As you can see in the close up photo of my new … Continue reading →

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Revised Needle and Hook

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

Here’s another free book, the full title of which is Revised Needle and Hook: Instructions in Silk Embroidery, Knitting and Crocheting, Illustrated with cuts, half tones and color plates. It’s available online from the Antique Pattern Library, and originally published … Continue reading →

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A treatise on embroidery

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

I’d like to recommend an amazing book on needlepainting. It is completely free because it was published in 1907 and is therefore public domain: A treatise on embroidery; with twenty color illustrations from original models by Hemingway & Sons Silk … Continue reading →

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