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My Top Three Mistakes That Make You Look Like a Newbie

If there is anything that all embroiderers have in common, it must be pride of workmanship. Not one of us wants to give or display something that does not look like it was made professionally. That is obvious – after all, how much have you invested financially, emotionally and artistically in your...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 12-16-2011
Biscornu, Chic and Classy

A biscornu is an elegant, eight sided ‘pincushion' whose origins have been lost over the centuries. Biscornu is a French adjective, literally meaning "two horned." It is also thought to be something that is irregular, a little lopsided. It is pronounced "biss-core-new."...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 02-12-2010
Is Mending Obsolete?

I can remember my mother mending piles of clothes. She mended the mends, and she even darned the hose and socks. I recall her using a shot glass and a hooked tool to mend her hose. WOW, she worked a job, kept up the house, including repairing the shingles on the roof, and still had time for mending....

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 01-29-2010
May Day, 5/1/09

May is my favorite month. While I come from a small family, there are only 24 of us, but for some strange reason, 7 of us have birthdays in May. It must be those waning days of the previous summer. . . . May has Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day and the summer breezes calling to each of...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 05-01-2009
Lingerie 1/3/09

I have been thinking about doing embroidery on lingerie for some time now. I might be doing some laces or even some more dense design. I love embroidery and figured a little bit of additional color would be great. A great deal of lingerie today is made from nylon and/or polyester tricot. Tricot is a...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 01-03-2009
Trapunto 9/05/08

Embroidery has been a time honored craft for many centuries. When cloth was first available, the first embellishment was probably some sort of thread design. The first known examples of embroidery were dated 3000 B.C. and done by men. The first commercial embroidery machines were invented in the mid...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 09-05-2008
Cutwork 8/8/08

I just returned from a short trip. By the time I got to Phoenix, it was 112° and it was 115° where I was staying. Naturally that got me to thinking about . . . Christmas. (I am sure there must be some sort of relationship there!) When I think of Christmas and all those gifts, I have three guiding...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 08-09-2008
Endless Hooping 7/25/08

Thanks for responding to my request for what you wanted to talk about! Endless Hooping was the winner by far. I selected " Celtic Crosses " because it is robust with great designs and methods. There are interlocking and non-interlocking designs, pre-designed corners and some interesting keepsake...

Posted to The Avid Embroiderer (Weblog) by pat71896 on 07-19-2008

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