Here I go again…digging through the internets looking for tutorials to share with all of you. And I dug deeper this time. First I ask Mr. Google…then I go to page 10…digging deeper and I found a portal through HGTV to find Suzy’s Artsy Craftsy Sitcom and this fab tutorial. She builds a letter out of cardboard and then attaches glass and grout…voila…a monogram mosaic. Very cool. You can make words or just letters. Whatever inspires you. What’s cool is that she paints the letter after she’s done creating it and uses matching color “sea glass” which brings out the color of the glass. Now if you can find pre-made letters you can always go that route. Suzy says she’s a bit of a cheapskate so she’s making it herself. Also, she did get her glass at a $1 store. Who knew? Looks like a great project…
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How to Store Embroidery Needles
I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.
So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.
It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.
It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.
Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.
Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).
[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]