Whats up everybody
On-line Store Closure
Its that point of yr once more and I shall be closing for the Christmas season on fifteenth December – sixth January 2025. There are worldwide transport delays presently of yr, so please place your orders as quickly as potential if you need them delivered in time. Whitework or Needlepainting PDF patterns could be downloaded at any time earlier than shut down.
Abstract of 2024
In 2024 I made a decision to step again from Social media barely so as to focus extra on my “embroidery”. I wished to develop my abilities and analysis simpler technique of offering easy and clear directions for future embroidery patterns. When doing this I attempt to remember that it ought to be a peaceful, peaceable expertise for you, not irritating!
In my first guide Redoute’s Most interesting Flowers in Embroidery revealed in 2001 I said within the introduction: ” Being a self -taught embroiderer, once I started I might usually sit for hours, tearing my hair out with frustration, making an attempt to observe the directions in a sample. Simply as an excellent recipe for chocolate chip cookies can be a catastrophe if one important ingredient had been disregarded, so additionally does this apply to an embroidery design.” I’ve not forgotten my promise to you all these years in the past.
Listed here are a number of of the brand new designs from 2024.
Masterclasses
A lot of you had requested directions on extra particular embroidery topics, comparable to Easy methods to sew a Portrait, animal, hen, flower, insect and so on. Chances are you’ll wish to sew a portrait of a member of the family or good friend or a portrait of your pet and don’t know the place to start. So this yr I started work on a sequence of HOW TO STITCH IN NEEDLEPAINTING, masterclasses in PDF format, which shall be launched within the subsequent few months. I’m excited to share with you that January 2025 will see the launch of a few of these new masterclasses, so hold a glance out and please do let me know what you suppose or if there may be any particular topic you want to see included in these masterclasses.
New E-book
This yr additionally noticed me engaged on a brand new newbie guide which is offered for pre-order and shall be launched in February 2025: An Introduction to Whitework Embroidery with Color. It’s out there from most good on-line booksellers.
I want to take this chance to thanks in your loyal assist and patronage in 2024 and to want you and your family members a really Merry Christmas and a cheerful new yr! Until subsequent time wherever you might be on the planet, hold smiling and completely happy stitching.
Trish
