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    Well – so much for “doing your own thing”! First, the silk threads – I used them with a milliners needle and they seated more easily. Second – my design employed many straight lines and negative spaces –
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      Hello Louise,
      I read your post–Sashiko, silk and negative spaces caught my attention. I took the Sashiko class but the first lesson, the designs, I realized that it was not what I wanted to stitch. My aim was to learn a bit about this type of embroidery to be able to use it for geometrical designs that have –medieval Spain–in a form of…[Read more]

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      I loved seeing your piece on display in Chicago! We will be posting photos of it along with other pieces from the Golden Needle Awards and the Education Exhibit soon. Stay tuned!

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    Colcha addition references to my earlier comments. A wonderful booklet by Karen Schueler, a former member ( I believe) of the Sandia Mountains Chapter, NM, ” Colcha Embroidery Handbook” and another colcha book by Susan H. Ellis and published also by the Sandia Mountain Chapter,copyright in 1980 ” New Mexico colcha Embroidery. The copyright…[Read more]

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