Cottage Garden Threads

Melita is having great fun at the ANG Seminar in Tucson.  She picked up some overdyed threads from an Australian company called Cottage Garden Threads.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2022/08/02/cottage-garden-threads-at/

Here is the company's website.  Looks like they sell cotton floss plus size 8 and 12 perle cotton.

https://www.cottagegardenthreads.com.au/product-category/cgt-threads/

You can find single skeins on Etsy but be careful to buy enough of the same dyelot if you need to cover a large area.  This thread is often available in quilting shops apparently, so if there is a quilting emporium in your area, inquire if they carry Cottage Garden Threads.  

I also found a nice selection available through Terry Bay Needlework Designs.  I am not sure where the shop is located (the website doesn't say) but it's somewhere in the USA, I think.  

https://www.terribayneedleworkdesigns.com/store/c5/Cottage_Garden_Threads.html

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Sparkle Threads: The Movie

The Pointing It Out podcast talks about sparkly and metallic threads.  They talk about Kreinik, Silk Lame Braid, Glisten, Entice, Neon Rays Plus, Sparkle, Fyre Werks, Frosty Rays, Flair, Accentuate, Fuzzy Stuff, Arctic Rays, Micro Chenille, Stardust, Snow, Crystal Braid, ThreadworX's overdyed Kreinik, Painter's Shimmer, plus they give tips stitching with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6zwqbLHZeA

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Tudor Embroidery

A Facebook page has posted photos of Tudor embroidery which they say is all the work of Mary, Queen of Scots.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063553719614&sk=photos

I'm pretty sure historians think these were not done by Her Royal Highness but it's still very interesting to see these slips.  They are certainly in the style she stitched.

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How to Make a Bow on a Fork: The Movie

Heard of making a bow using a fork?  The Needlepoint Clubhouse shows you how in a video on their Instagram page.  Note that the fork needs to be one with four tines so there are three empty spaces for the ribbon weaving.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgcIqFElNI6/

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A Book on Making Tote Bags

Thanks to the Needlework Retailer, I know there's a new book out on how to sew your own tote bag.

https://yarntree.typepad.com/needlework_news/2022/08/build-a-bag-book-tote-bags.html

There are reuseable templates for fifteen variations of tote bags apparently.  

https://www.debbieshoresewing.com/shop/brands/debbie-shore/debbie-shore-build-a-bag-tote-bags-book/

If you are curious, the author Debbie Shore has at least two YouTube videos on making two styles of tote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Td9vSl5uA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33aR25znAVE

If you have a sewing machine and do quilting it looks like these would be pretty easy and you could use your stitched needlepoint as pockets or even as one side of a tote if they are large enough.

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