Thank you for your comment. Yes, I love Ginkgo (American Gingko) leaves. They are fantastic. They have something prehistoric. Leaves like needles, ready to spread apart. Growing in our city park. People have them in their gardens, too. In late aut...
Dear Jude, I am following your blogs already quite some time. It is my favourate. I love it absolutely. Your Cats are so dear. The blog is so well made and stimulating. Thank you for sharing this with everybody who has interest in stitching in a v...
Thank you, Debby, nice to receive compliments. I had a wave of postcard making and I took picutres immediately, with artifical light. My husband is now waiting for the sun to shine, to make better ones.
mainly patchwork textiles, yarn for stitching, stitches, sewing
Where did you learn your textle skills?
I started attending workshops. Real fun. I learned a lot from German teachers. Later on from German teachers who were living in the USA. Mostly American quilting books are my source of inspiration. American Magazines about sewing, stitching and quilting are another wonderful source
Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
I love everything made by hand or sewing machine, stitching and touching textiles. Free quilting is my favorite
Stitchin Fingers is a great place to meet and learn about fellow stitchers. I introduced another lady in the UK to a Japanese Bead Embroidery tutor and she is now studying the bead embroidery with her.
Dear Annaliese
I have studied Japanese Silk and Bead Embroidery since 1990. I have a student Gerda Wrede (kjw8759@aol.com) who lives part time in Germany and part time here in Houston, TX. She studies Japanese Embroidery in Germany with Beate Pietzch (nc-pietzsbe@netcologne.de). I started out as a quilter when I lived in Honolulu 1977-82 and specialize in Hawaiian Applique. The embroidery is a passion but quilting is still a a staple for me.
The checkerboard handbag took around 6 months off and on stitching on it.
Happy Stitching!
Thank you! I love hand dying my fabrics and yarns, and it is sometimes hard to come up with titles. I've been looking at your photos and your color combinations, too.
Hi, Annelise, Thanks for your comment. I am without the Net since one months now, cut of the world, without exchange. Today, I am at job for answeer.Too many. ...........
Welle, it's impossible to answer to your how to do with some words. Know that: the method is simple and fun , useful for using scraps. I have made very many, but I must taking photos and waiting for connection..................
Hi Annieliese,
I made my page by going through the ... what's it called? Something like "manage my page" on the left hand side... in page "appearance" it's called "clothesline" I think.
I haven't done a course (on anything, for years and 12 years at least... since before I had my children), just bumblng around on my own. There was an article in the UK embroiderer's guild online magazine (called "Stitch"?)about the encrusting that I was working from. It was a couple of years old. I can see we both like to build these creations
Writing something very big for university (18 000 words)- so tired, dropped into Stitchin' Fingers to remind myself that lovely things still exist! And they do!
Enjoy stitching - I'll dream about when I can again! (Soon..)
Anneliese: I can't believe you passed Buffalo. That is so great! When I tell most people here in the states that I am from Buffalo, they usually just make a comment about cold or snow. They seem to think we are part of the artic region! I hope you had a great time and saw lots of good quilts on your trip. Thanks you for being a friend.