Trish Burr's Blog

Hello Everyone how is your week going – I really dont know where the time goes to when you are having fun (stitching that is)! This week we are going to have a chat to Margaret Vant Erve of Canada.  Margaret is an artist who uses a variety of textiles and paints to create the […]

If you have missed some of the previous posts on this article you can find them here: Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 & 5 Stage 6 Trish

Hello Everyone This week I will be completing the series of articles on How To Design An Embroidery Project with Stage 6 From stitch to print. As you know when I stitch the step by step directions I literally mean STEP BY STEP as I have to climb the steps to my office to scan […]

Hello Everyone I have some good news to share on this lovely Monday morning!  Etsy has now integrated an INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD system – which means as soon as your payment is processed the project pattern is available for download, no more waiting for me to send it by email, or for the post.   […]

Happy Mothers day to all you gorgeous Mums for Sunday.  I hope your family spoil you rotten and that you at least get breakfast in bed or a day off for stitching! We have a wonderful Framing store in Somerset West where I live and I take all my stitched pieces there to be framed […]

Hello everyone Well the week has escaped me again and have not had the time to post on Stage 5 of our Designing An Embroidery Project – so alas it will have to wait till next week.  In the meantime I would like your feedback on fabric.  You can read past articles on fabric here: […]

  Hello everyone Today I am continuing with our article on STAGE 4 & 5  of  How to Design An Embroidery Project – Stitching The Design & instructions. This is the part I like best – I have my outline traced onto a piece of fabric, it is mounted into a hoop and I have […]