If you love having a project arrive in the mail so you don't have to run around picking up threads one place and a design another, then Lani's got a deal for you. She is starting a project of the month program via her website. The first project is a personalized jewelry box. You choose the lettering and the background color and you can also choose the leather color of the box. Lani includes a stitch guide and fabulous threads. I think this would make a fabulous Christmas present. Put a promise to have it stitched by the recipient's birthday in 2010 inside with all the threads, or perhaps include a promise to teach the recipient how to stitch it....
http://www.lanisneedlepoint.com/leejewelryboxkit.aspx
Lani will do a different project each month, so bookmark her site and see what she comes up with next month.
The other news is for those interested in historical embroidery--Tricia Wilson Nguyen is starting cyberclasses called Online University to teach historic embroidery techniques, particularly from the Tudor and Stuart Periods (which means English embroidery mostly). The classes are here. Click on the class name for particulars, including a video that introduces the class material.
http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/teaching/projects/onlineclasses/index.html
I am always grateful for the new ways of learning our designer and teacher and shop friends come up with!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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2 comments:
These are gorgeous!
Amen! Excellent classes and lovely canvas of the month project. We are lucky ducks, aren't we?
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