Australian textile artist Adrienne Doig literally puts herself into her work. Self portraiture is her speciality and her metamorphosed meta-aware mini masterpieces are delivered with intelligent wit...
Tag: needlepoint
As someone who loves having an arsenal of embroidery techniques under my belt I jumped at the chance to try out one of Needlepoint.com's awesome kits. Needlepoint isn't too dissimilar to cross...
Our Common Thread – Introducing A Needlepoint Design Collective
Thirteen designers, twelve weeks, two countries and one brief; this is Our Common Thread. Shannan Grierson from Bobbin & Fred introduces this new needlepoint collective and shares the process of...
Jacqui Pearce is one of the UK's most popular needlepoint designers and her latest book, Supersize Stitches takes her designs to whole new level! One of the frustrations about my beloved cross...
January curbs your enthusiasm, doesn't it? Holidays are over, we're back to work and school, the cold makes your bones ache, while snow puts an icy damper on excursions. Can we choose to celebrate...
Come along with me, behind the scenes at the Kreinik thread factory, via this month's post. Recently, I drove over the mountains, through the woods, by the river, and into a rainbow (literally) to...