CanvasWorks isn’t all “structured”, Dorothy also has animals and birds too. I’ll be posting animals in the next week or so but in the meantime she has these amazing new flamingo’s. I’m sorry that these are not in my hands as part of the trunk show but placing an order with her is oh so easy and yes these also…
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CanvasWorks Trunk Show!
The CanvasWorks Trunk Show has arrived! As always trunk show canvas’s are 20% including threads if bought for the piece. Canvasworks does not have a website so I will try to post as many as I can, I think they sent well over a 200 pieces. Their pieces are mostly geometric in nature, many reminiscent of oriental and turkish style…
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Healing Sutra’s
A customer of mine just introduced me to the artist Erin Endicott. Aside from Erin being an artist she is a fine embroiderer too. I admire her work because it is technically outstanding, beautiful and meaningful. I am usually more than satisfied meeting the first two; thoughtful and meaningful makes it extraordinary. From her web site: To stitch; a thread…
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Math Monday: Mathematical Needlepoint
This piece illustrates a Hilbert curve, taken to the sixth approximation. The continuously changing color of the thread makes it easy for your eye not to lose its place as you follow the long path that starts at the top-left and ends at the top-right. http://momath.org/home/math-monday-08-30-10/ We all know stitching can be theurapeutic, but also educational. I never even heard…
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Finally they are remembered
Fabric swatches from the 18th century tell stories of mother and babies parting: http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/future_exhibitions.php Threads of Feeling will showcase fabrics never shown before to illustrate the moment of parting as mothers left their babies at the original Foundling Hospital, which continues today as the children’s charity Coram. In the cases of more than 4,000 babies left between 1741 and 1760,…
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A very busy summer..
I’m pleased its been a very busy summer at the Nimble Needle and I feel like I’ve fallen off the horse when it comes to blog posts. Just doing the best I can and hope to get a flurry of new ones up soon. But I just read a funny line on the ANG message board and I just had…
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