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Winners in the African Folklore Embroidery $500 Challenge

The entries in this year African Folklore Embroidery $500 Challenge, were spectacular. Congratulations to first place winner, Roberta Peterson from Woodland, Washington. Roberta attended an African folklore Embroidery class that I taught at Monica’s quilt and bead shop in Palm Springs and she was...

Posted to African Safari by lraikin on 08-19-2011
Filed under: Filed under: needle art, Quilt, quilting, threads, lecture, needle
Threads from Africa- 30% off till Feb 9th

Thread colors and names inspired by African Savanah From The COLORFUL world of African Folklore Embroidery we bring you a complete selection of multi-colored hand dyed variegated threads from House of Embroidery, South Africa. Our exquisite hand-dyed threads are suitable for all types of embroidery ranging...

Posted to African Safari by lraikin on 02-04-2011
Filed under: Filed under: embroidery, quilting, threads
Winners in Creativity for African Folklore Embroidery

And The Winner is……… Over twenty thousand people viewed the African Folklore Embroidery entries at the International Quilt Show in Long Beach. As many of my readers know I travel around the country lecturing and teaching African Folklore Embroidery. I am always amazed by the incredible...

Posted to African Safari by lraikin on 10-01-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Africa, African Folklore Embroidery, leora Raikin, hand embroidery, embroidery, African art, Stithing, wearable art, quilting, threads, stitching, holidays, fall, creativty
LaRueSews-Quilts-Be Your Own Judge

This has been a busy month. We recently went to Nashville again to sign a contract on a Motor Home that we saw last month. It’s like new, though used, and really beautiful. We will get it the first week of December. Also, my sewing machine has been back to the factory, or wherever disobedient sewing...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts by LaRueJ on 11-20-2009
Filed under: Filed under: LaRueSews, quilts, sewing, threads, frog stitch, quilting, binding, BOM, Block of the Month
LaRueSews-Quilts- Quilting and ME Working Together

Yes, friends of Ann The Gran, Quilting and Machine Embroidery are great partners. They can be used in ways other than making a quilt with machine embroidered blocks. The two following photos are the first of a number of photos what will appear on LaRueSews-Quilts in the not too distant future. That sounds...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts by LaRueJ on 05-08-2009
Filed under: Filed under: LaRueSews, ME, quilts, blog, water soluble pens, sewing, threads, fabrics, fabric preparation, quilting, pressing, Batting

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Winners in the African Folklore Embroidery $500 Challenge

Threads from Africa- 30% off till Feb 9th

Winners in Creativity for African Folklore Embroidery

LaRueSews-Quilts-Be Your Own Judge

LaRueSews-Quilts- Quilting and ME Working Together