Tudor Rose Online Course Teaches Historical Techniques

Tricia has just announced a new mini course on composite gold and silk detached stitches.  This will be of great interest to needleworkers who are interested in Stuart and Tudor embroidery or people who just want to learn something new and different.  Details here.
http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/blog/index.php/2013/08/tudor-rose-online-course-open-for-registration/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Setting Up The Studio and Looking for the Thread UPDATED

Jody Valentine of Jody Designs has just moved, so she has been painting and then organizing her new studio. This is what it looks like now that most of the boxes are opened and everything has a place.  Jody has lots of great organizational tips.  Wish I had a space like this!
http://jodydesigns.typepad.com/jodyinthestudio/2013/07/studio-2-supplies.html

UPDATE:  Of course having everything put away doesn't mean it is easy to get at.  Poor Jody is doing some reorganizing.
http://jodydesigns.typepad.com/jodyinthestudio/2013/08/-studio-2-organizing.html

If you would like to see more, click on the blue title to the left of "Main" just below the header and you will move backward in time to see the studio as it was put together.

Robin of Hilary Jean Designs is very organized with a craft closet I envy greatly.  Of course just because you are organized it doesn't mean that you can actually FIND something!
http://www.hilaryjeandesigns.com/1/post/2013/08/found-it.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Restitching the Bayeux Tapestry UPDATED

Kathy has done a series of articles on copies stitched of the Bayeux Tapestry as she plans to stitch a version herself (third link).  The work and dedication of the stitchers is as amazing as the end result.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/06/21/bayeux-tapestry-reproductions/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/06/23/the-work-of-one-needlewoman/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/05/21/new-project-in-wool/

Kathy has started work on her version.  Bookmark her blog and follow along.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/06/26/bateau-bayeux-update/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/07/04/sailing-sailing/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/07/22/bayeux-and-the-tapestry-ahhhhh/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/07/29/bateau-bayeux-the-sails/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/08/08/bateau-bayeux-getting-the-sailors-dressed/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/08/13/bateau-bayeux-smiling-horses/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/08/22/bateau-bayeux-figure-head/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/08/25/bateau-bayeux-dye-lots/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/09/03/bayeux-stitch-in-a-curve/

http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/09/15/bateau-bayeux-sails-away/

Thanks to Donna, I know that Kathy's not the only one working on a replica of the original Tapestry.  So is Andy!
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/2013/april/17-1/tapestry.aspx

By the way, The French Needle sells a Bayeux Tapestry needlepoint kit.  It is huge and expensive and printed, not hand painted, but if you are a fan and don't want to make up your own....
http://www.frenchneedle.com/collections/needlepoint-kits/products/copy-of-green-millefiori-round-cushion

Tanya has also been bitten by the Bayeux bug.
http://opusanglicanum.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/bayeux-tapestryzzzzzzzzz/

Here is another person stitching a section from the Wilson book on the tapestry.  She used DMC cotton floss instead of wool and has a marvelous transfer technique for the design.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/11/22/bayeux-tapestry-encore/

Kathy's also found a wonderful local shop (local to Bayeux, France, that is) called Bayeux Broderie that sells kits, linen and will hand draw the section of the Tapestry you want to stitch for you.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2013/08/06/bayeux-broderie/

The Quaker Tapestry is described as using "bits of Bayeux."  If you love tapestries you will enjoy the video in this article about it.
http://needleprint.blogspot.com/2013/11/free-entry-to-quaker-tapestry-2-14.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.