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Baby, It's Cold Outside! from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Depending on where you live, it is cold outside. Some of our friends in the northern climes are experiencing some bitter, cold temperatures. It is one of those very cold locations that we envisioned when we created this block for the Winter Wonderland Mystery Sew-A-Long. Our snowman builder just couldn't take the weather anymore—not when there was a warm and cozy fire nearby.

Before starting your block, please read our pattern directions thoroughly. Our directions for how we cut out our appliqué pieces (especially the footprints) are very specific for the method we use. We use freezer paper ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 2 months ago. under embroidery , painters threads , snowman , stitching , valdani , winter wonderland mystery sew-a-long , wool , wool applique

A Little More Lavender and a Free Pattern! from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Last week we traveled to Provence to see the amazing fields of lavender, and this week we are going to put that lavender into stitch form with a free pattern! This little circle of lavender can be stitched onto just about anything—a hand towel, an ornament, or a sachet—which is what I (Kara) am going to show you today.

Lets get started!

The first step was gathering my threads. I love it when I can use my Valdani threads, so I chose one of my favorite greens for the stems and then a solid black and a variegated ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 9 months ago. under bee , embroidery , lavender , provence , sachet , valdani , weeks dyeworks

Going Around in Circles from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Last week, Kara share a tutorial for appliquéing tiny circles. It seems that we appliqué artists never run out of circles to stitch in our designs, so I (Teri) thought we might look at a few other methods, and focus on one of my favorites.

Circles, like the soul, are neverending and turn round and round without a stop. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

As Kara noted last week, when we taught this first class a few years ago, this block (an Elly Sienkiewicz design) needed some small berries. In my version of the block, I made the berries in three different ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 10 months ago. under applique , circles , embroidery , gentle arts , hand applique , hand embroidery , tutorial , valdani , weeks dye works , wool , wool applique

Celebrating Five Years—With a Giveaway! from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

About a week ago, Kara and I (Teri) celebrated the fifth birthday of our small creative company, Through the Needle's Eye. And by celebrating, I mean we were busy working on new patterns and designs, because that's what we do!

Since our trip to Williamsburg and Kara's return to Germany, we have both been working to complete our fourth blocks of the Woodland Reverie quilt. We are itching to get to our next blocks, but a few other projects are taking precedence.

Woodland Reverie blocks, displayed at the Academy of Appliqué

Beginning to gather materials for a ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 4 years ago. under applique , birthday , embroidery , famoré scissors , giveaway , needles , pattern , river silk , stitching , valdani , violets

Going a Little Mitten Crazy With a New Pattern! from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Shorter nights and cooler temperatures are sure signs that winter is just around the corner and winter coats, boots, and mittens are being dusted off in anticipation. Long winters can make me a little crazy, and I (Kara) would rather stitch mittens than wear them. For my upcoming USO class, I decided to create a mitten ornament with a few crazy quilt stitches as embellishment. Then I thought if one mitten was great, why not five, and a new pattern was born! I like having decorations that can stay up after Christmas is over, so this little panel can brighten ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 4 years, 5 months ago. under crazy quilt , embroidery , mittens , stitching , valdani , wool , wool applique

A Day of Play with Michelle May - The Crazy Bunny Lady from Tales from the Raspberry Rabbits

Hello my friend! I do hope you have been enjoying your Spring. Isn't it crazy how fast the month of May has gone by? It's been busy around here in Bunnyville with some new designs, having dead trees cut down from the yard and trying to get people to do what they say they are going to do. What is up with that???

Anyway, I wanted to share some Play Date news. Teaching is my favorite part of what I do. I get down-right giddy seeing my student's imagination and creativity come to life. It's so ...

added by Michelle May-The Raspberry Rabbits 4 years, 11 months ago. under embroidery , michelle may , quilting classes , raspberry rabbit , raspberry rabbit designs , reverse wool applique , slow stitching , the raspberry rabbits , valdani , wool applique

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