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 Some Notes on the Importance of Stitch Direction  The time is flying by~ I spent most of July in Washington State visiting my family there,...

 Beneath Thy Poft Oak Beneath Thy Poft Oak, The Art of 17th c Beadwork is a wonderful class that will teach you all about 17th c beadwork. I...

  A closer look at my Beaded Stumpwork Casket Here is a video sharing some closer looks at my beadwork casket. I chose to work my entire cas...

  And Had This Idea...  I shared this picture the other day on Instagram(link to my Instagram is on the right in the sidebar under links)......

 Applying Learned Techniques to Different Projects Over the next few days, I will be shooting a number of videos of different things I have ...

  Gluing A Finished Panel Onto The Box So.....you have laboured for perhaps years on your embroidery and it's finally finished. All that...

  & Upcoming 2022 Classes  Today is just a short video to show you the progress of my Dome Top Casket and to reinforce my point that whi...

 Dome Top Casket Progress... Do you ever feel like you are on a roller coaster that won't stop? Lately, I have been desperately trying t...

  Before You Know You Need to Think About Them.... I was editing videos for my Dome Top Casket series on YouTube today and think that this n...

 Floss Tube Finer Finishing Tips #9 Happy first Saturday of November! Stop by the You Tube today to see the latest video for the Dome Top Ca...

  Wrangling That Paper! Happy Saturday All! I hope you had a great week. If you are following along with the progress of my little dome top ...

  Gilt Stamped Edgings It's time to finally start to paper my little dome-top casket.  I wanted to bring you all along with me so turned...

 Come Along.... I get so many questions on Embroidery Finishing that I have decided to run a small You Tube video series on the subject, Fl...

Pretty In Pink     Some of my favorite early 17th c caskets have very light pink interiors~ not that they were super faded...but they always...

Ready To Get Dressed!   I spent some time carving a set of my turned bunn feet into these fluted cuties for a lil somethin I been tinkering ...

 Easy Peasy! I have been asked as of late how I wax my marbled papers for finishing 17th c caskets. Theres nothing to it. All you need is a ...

Patience!   I said I wasn't posting pictures of Precious until she was finished....and I'm sticking to it! It makes my heart sm...

All Stitching is Finished!  Can you believe it? I can't. Nearly every day stitching on something that I hoped would one day come ...

Au Natural  I am still getting caught back up from my classes at Colonial Williamsburg, but was really, really looking forward to stit...

Not bad for a Sunday.... My goal was to get one tower worked...a few hours later, here sits 4 towers, 2 walls and some smoke! It's ...