TweeLass

On a recent chilly weekend, I got the crafty itch and decided to take up embroidery, which I haven’t done in at least 10 years—probably more. I popped over to the fabric store across the street (classic thing about living in Manhattan—awesome but slightly sketchy fabric store across the street, no grocery stores in a 15-minute radius…). I bought cheap muslin, a wooden hoop, and some embroidery floss for under $6 (cheapest hobby ever!), but then I couldn’t remember how to do a single stitch. After a little Googling, I stumbled on Mary Corbet’s Needle’n Thread, where she has an amazing video library of stitches.

So now I have this work in progress that will be entirely satin-stitched, because I just had to go for one of the hardest stitches right away (standard). No idea what I’m going to do with it, but if you’re interested in such things, Mary’s huge how-to library is a must-see. Sublime Stitching is also pretty great (and rather more my style). She sells patterns but also has a nice how-to section.