Hello World My apologies for not having been in touch for a while I have had a lot of stitching to do for the Beating Around The Bush Convention in Australia - Sep/Oct this year. Next week I will show you some of the workshops I will be offering but meantime you can take a… Continue reading Flowers For Spring
Hello everyone Just to let you know that the thread packs for the Complete Lesson In Needle Painting Embroidery Kit are in stock here. As you know I dont normally include thread with my kits due to the difficulty of sourcing all the colours but have made an exception for this lesson kit, so… Continue reading Thread Packs In Stock
Hello world! Hope your week is going well. This week I am pleased to announce the arrival of the first Complete Needle Painting Lesson, now available for sale in the Etsy shop. As promised last year I would be replacing the online classes with a comprehensive lesson that can be done in your own time,… Continue reading New Needle Painting Lessons
Hello everyone Hope your week is going well. One of my readers, Gail Jones asked if I could talk more on the fact that some people do needle painting over a photo on photo fabric. Printing colour pictures onto fabric is something that I have attempted numerous times in the past without success – however… Continue reading Colour Printing On Fabric
Hello everyone Hope you all had a great weekend. We had a heat wave here in Cape town so am wilting! The winners of the woven cotton fusible interfacing are: Avis Withers LaRaine Winmill Congratulations, I have tucked a packet of needles into the packet, please email me at needlepainting@gmail.com with your postal address. I… Continue reading Give Away Winners
Hello everyone With regards the Pellon shape flex woven cotton interfacing, there have been some concerns as to the laundering aspect and long term effect of the fusible on our embroidery. I have washed my own pieces and they seem perfectly fine but just to be absolutely sure I would like to do some more… Continue reading Clarifying Embroidery Stabilizers
Hello everyone This week heralds the first of a series of mini lectures throughout this year that I hope will be helpful and informative. We will talk about anything to do with needle painting embroidery so if you have any special requests let me know. I have numerous emails from readers who have problems with… Continue reading No More Puckers
Hello everyone Hope the first weeks of 2014 are going well for you and that you are coping with the hot or cold weather depending on where you are! As promised this week I am going to share with you some sneak previews into the new book which I worked on last year and is… Continue reading New Book
Hello everyone Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that the new year brings everything you hope for and deserve. School holidays have come to an end and it is back to work - although I hesitate to call what I do "Work". Work is not work if you love… Continue reading
Hello everyone This will be my last blog post this year - the shop will be closing tomorrow till first week of January 2014 the last posting day is thursday 12th December. However, all digital items will be available for sale and instant download throughout the Christmas season - it is a straightforward process, once… Continue reading Happy Christmas
