I’m quite late with the current Stitching Blogger’s Question, which is: If you had to choose, would you rather spend money on overdyed floss or hand-dyed fabric? Overdyed floss, certainly. I’ve only purchased one piece of hand-dyed fabric, and nobody is likely to go, “Oh, wow!” about the effect in the finished piece (although I’m happy, […]
SBQ: What do you do with oorts?
The current Stitching Blogger’s Question is: What do you do to your thread clippings? Do you just scrap them or do you use them in something else? I throw them away, as I don’t know what else I would do with them. The only possible use I know of is a vague memory of someone on RCTN using […]
SBQ: Balance?
The Stitching Bloggers Question of the Week (really last week) is: How do you balance your stitching time with your other obligations such as work, household chores, etc.? That isn’t really an issue for me, as I haven’t been stitching lately. I really need to go buy some floss so I can get past a stumbling […]
SBQ: Stitching Publications
The Stitching Bloggers Question of the Week: Do you currently subscribe to any stitching publications or have you in the past? (Either in print or online) If so, which ones? I don’t subscribe to any at the moment, and I rarely buy them off the rack. I have hundreds of them in my stash, and I keep […]
SBQ: Sick of a WIP?
The Stitching Blogger’s Question of the Week is: Do you ever get to a point working on a project that you’ve had for so long, you start to wonder what possessed you to start it in the first place? Of course! It has always happened with patterns I chose to do for someone else, though, rather than those […]
SBQ: Stitching Terms/Acronyms
This week’s Stitching Bloggers Question of the Week: For seasoned stitchers: Define a stitching term or acronym for new stitchers. Gah. I don’t play in the needlework newsgroup anymore, so I don’t think in acronyms. Railroading is the only term that I can think of that wasn’t obvious or explained in a pattern’s instructions. There’s a decent […]
SBQ: Family Heirlooms
And another Stitching Blogger Question of the week, which should leave me all caught up: Do you have any pieces that you would liked passed on to future generations as family heirlooms? At one time, I thought so. My mother has a Tigerlily piece I did for her, and my father has a big Marine […]
SBQ: Blended Threads
And another Stitching Blogger Question: How do you handle blended threads? Do you kit the blends up before you start a piece, or do you grab what colors you need and blend when the need arises? If you kit up the blends beforehand, how do you store them? Do you have another option for blends to share? I […]
SBQ: Most Complicated Piece?
I’m behind on the Stitching Bloqqer Questions, so I’ll do them for the next few days. What is the most complicated piece you’ve ever completed? I’m trying to figure out how to judge how complicated someone else would judge a piece to be. Size? Different types of stitches? Embellishments? For sheer cussedness, though it was worth […]
SBQ: Essential Needlework Gear
Yay! Another Stitching Bloggers’ Question: What items do you consider essential to your needlework that you keep in your stitching bag The pattern, fabric, and ring of floss cards for my current project, the scroll bars or Q‑Snaps or hoop or whatever I’m using (I seldom stitch in hand), and a long silver chain on which I […]