An unusual service called Loose Ends was started by two friends Masey Kaplan and Jen Simonec. After unsuccessfully trying to find a service ...

 We've had some lovely sunsets again. I went down to the bay at 5pm and low tide. It had been a very gloomy day. There was hardly anyone...

Finding a name for my latest pincushion that I first wrote about in this blog post  here started with some flashes of memory.  These soft P...

This deep purple Agapanthus Blackjack is the flower of the year at Chelsea Flower Show. It was developed by de Wet plant breeders in South A...

I've been binding another round embroidery frame , or hoop, with cotton twill tape. Binding improves the grip of the frame on the embroi...

  This 1820 sampler is missing from a museum. Read the post on the Thistle Threads blog here to find out more about it and perhaps help wit...

Here's the sprig of flowers I embroidered as part of the guild's stitch along, and which I wrote about in this blog post here .  I f...

This is not exactly embroidery, but it does have extraordinary embroidery detail. The lace cravat and sleeve ruffle that are hewn out of sol...

There's an informal stitch along (SAL) at the Embroiderers' Guild of Queensland on the first Saturday of the month. It takes place ...

I've drawn up a pattern for the little pulled thread sampler I've been working on in the background and the pattern is now available...