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Organising Embroidery Threads
Just so you know, this post may contains affiliate links. If you click through to a website and register or purchase something, I get a commission from that sale at no extra cost to you. All opinions and reviews are my own. You can read the full disclosure here. When you know it’s time to sort out your threads… I love picking threads for a new pattern – the only problem is, when I have completed that design, I get totally side tracked by the next pattern I don’t find the time to reorganise the threads and the result is this shameful mess! Time for some reorganisation! Every now and…
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What Fabric is Best for Hand Embroidery?
A question I often get asked is – how do I choose the right fabric for my hand embroidery project? This is a great question – the fabric you choose can make a huge difference to not only how enjoyable a design is to stitch, but also how good the completed design looks when you have finished. Just so you know, this post may contain affiliate links. If you click through to a website and register or purchase something, I get a commission from that sale at no extra cost to you. All opinions and reviews are my own. You can read the full disclosure here. For this blog post,…
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Needle Minders – the perfect Hand Embroidery Gift
Do you keep losing your embroidery needle? You only have to put your needle down for a second when you stop stitching only to find it has magically disappeared when you come to pick it up again! This seems to happen to me a lot which is why I love Needle Minders. A Needle Minder, is a fancy term for what essentially is just a magnet (or in this case 2 magnets). Get 2 magnets and place one on the top of your fabric and the other underneath the fabric so it attracts to the top one – this holds it in place. Then all you need to do is…
