The EmbroideressThursday, October 28, 2010
Hidden Treasures
It is amazing what you find when you tidy up your stash, isn't it? I've had a go at threads lately and found stuff I forgot I had.
Now, the question is - what to do with some of it. Several batches of thread left from my teaching days will go to local schools and hopefully I'll get rid of some inventory of books by having a sale.
So - until November 2 you will get a 10% discount on anything you order from Skinner Sisters . I'm updating our catalog pages and putting a few things up that have been missing for awhile and there are always the tried and true blackwork books perfect for holiday giving. Help me get this stuff off my inventory and let me do some shopping myself. Some of the slow moving items are further discounted as well so check in this evening and see the changes.
Now, the question is - what to do with some of it. Several batches of thread left from my teaching days will go to local schools and hopefully I'll get rid of some inventory of books by having a sale.
So - until November 2 you will get a 10% discount on anything you order from Skinner Sisters . I'm updating our catalog pages and putting a few things up that have been missing for awhile and there are always the tried and true blackwork books perfect for holiday giving. Help me get this stuff off my inventory and let me do some shopping myself. Some of the slow moving items are further discounted as well so check in this evening and see the changes.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Go Forth and Shop
Until it appeared in their holiday catalog I couldn't let you know that Keepsake NeedleArts are now carrying another of my books 20th Century Sampler Motifs by The Jenny Brooks Company."
And Nordic Needle now have my two latest books in their catalog.
Your local shop can order any of the Nordic Needle offerings using their NN wholesale account or they can order them from me. So put them on your wishlist folks.
And Nordic Needle now have my two latest books in their catalog.
Your local shop can order any of the Nordic Needle offerings using their NN wholesale account or they can order them from me. So put them on your wishlist folks.
Labels: Keepsake NeedleArts, Nordic Needle, Skinner Sisters Books
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Doing Stuff
Well, at least I've been painting the heads of some pins. Don't ask because I won't tell. All will become clear at a later date.
I finally decided to upload the updated web pages piecemeal. Not the ideal sort of a way to do things but seeing just a few pages sorted out and uploaded gives me incentive to go forward. So I've gotten three of the catalog pages done for the moment -- Alphabets, Blackwork and Needlework Tools. No, not all the links lead anywhere yet, but they will in the next few days.
It takes time because I have to dig through boxes of discs and files to find the graphics I need. Some are rubbish and have to be rescanned/photographed. Just the sort of picky stuff that happens to all of us.
More pages tomorrow. Confessing in public always spurs me on.....
I finally decided to upload the updated web pages piecemeal. Not the ideal sort of a way to do things but seeing just a few pages sorted out and uploaded gives me incentive to go forward. So I've gotten three of the catalog pages done for the moment -- Alphabets, Blackwork and Needlework Tools. No, not all the links lead anywhere yet, but they will in the next few days.
It takes time because I have to dig through boxes of discs and files to find the graphics I need. Some are rubbish and have to be rescanned/photographed. Just the sort of picky stuff that happens to all of us.
More pages tomorrow. Confessing in public always spurs me on.....
Labels: Alphabets, Blackwork, Needlework tools, Skinner Sisters Books
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"The work of art is supposed to defy time . . . "? Pfui. Art is supposed to express something the artist or (formerly) the patron wants expressed - beauty, love or pride of place in the case of family portraits, etc. I might not like Ms. Huws' work either, from the sound of it, but that doesn't mean it's not art.
And how does Ms. Greer equate melting your brain on TV with sewing to actually produce something (useful or beautiful, doesn't matter)? I won't waste any more of my time on Ms. Greer than I do on the TV.
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And how does Ms. Greer equate melting your brain on TV with sewing to actually produce something (useful or beautiful, doesn't matter)? I won't waste any more of my time on Ms. Greer than I do on the TV.
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: 6:29 PMThursday, August 16, 2007
New Books
At last, the first books of the two new series are finished.
My research leads me to rather obsure modelbuchen and I chart a lot of the double-running designs from the originals into computer design programs to produce charts and stitch diagrams. I will be publishing a series of books focusing on the work of the early (16th-17th century) publishers.
The first book features the work of Hans Hofer of Augsberg, Germany (1545) . This edition is cataloged in Professor Lotz' s bibliography as Lotz 18.
The second series of books is drawn from my personal collection of Victorian pattern books which we often lump together under the misnomer of "Sajous". Sajou was not the only publisher of these little booklets although they were prolific producers.
I've chosen as first in the series a little booklet whose publisher is unknown but believed to be German in origin. It is a tiny little red book, hence the title of my book "Alphabets From A Little Red Book". Each chart has been digitally reproduced and a modern chart created as well. I've included the doodles that an early owner of the book pencilled on the original pages as well.
Now to get the catalog updated. If anyone lusts for a copy before they appear in the catalog and the shopping cart, let me know and we'll get them out to you.
My research leads me to rather obsure modelbuchen and I chart a lot of the double-running designs from the originals into computer design programs to produce charts and stitch diagrams. I will be publishing a series of books focusing on the work of the early (16th-17th century) publishers.
The first book features the work of Hans Hofer of Augsberg, Germany (1545) . This edition is cataloged in Professor Lotz' s bibliography as Lotz 18.
The second series of books is drawn from my personal collection of Victorian pattern books which we often lump together under the misnomer of "Sajous". Sajou was not the only publisher of these little booklets although they were prolific producers.
I've chosen as first in the series a little booklet whose publisher is unknown but believed to be German in origin. It is a tiny little red book, hence the title of my book "Alphabets From A Little Red Book". Each chart has been digitally reproduced and a modern chart created as well. I've included the doodles that an early owner of the book pencilled on the original pages as well.
Now to get the catalog updated. If anyone lusts for a copy before they appear in the catalog and the shopping cart, let me know and we'll get them out to you.
Labels: Blackwork, Modelbuch, Needlework Design, Sajou, Skinner Sisters Books
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Sunday, January 07, 2007
How Does She Do That?
I'm working on charts for a new blackwork book of reversible bands. It can be a dreary task. Very fiddley!
First I chart the design in Pattern Maker Professional by HobbyWare.
At this time, I only use black lines to chart the design.
If the design is simple with only an outward journey and a return journey, I need only to change the appropriate stitches by overlaying red and blue lines.
BUT if side journeys are required it means first laying in stitches in other colors on the HobbyWare Chart and often preparing a StitchWiz stitch diagram with matching colors, and numbering of the stitch sequence.
We won't even discuss proofreading.
Labels: Blackwork, Charting Programs, Needlework Design, Skinner Sisters Books
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