A step in my designing career
I was all prepared for what I was going to write about this morning, but plans changed when I discovered something last night (so that...
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worksbyabc
- Dec 4, 2018
- 4 min
Woodlawn Needlework Exhibit
This needlework piece of mine holds a particularly special place in my heart: It is “Wheels of Color”, designed by Genny Morrow. It was...
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worksbyabc
- Dec 1, 2018
- 3 min
Color Theory and Stitch Variation – Part III (the last)
So, here is how a pattern that is called “From Molehill to Mountain”, that by its very name gives you a sense that we are talking about a...
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worksbyabc
- Nov 28, 2018
- 4 min
Color Theory and Stitch Variation Education – Part II
It’s been a week since I last posted – hope everyone (in the US) enjoyed a good Thanksgiving holiday! In my last blog post, I began...
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worksbyabc
- Nov 20, 2018
- 3 min
An education in color theory and stitch variation – part I
I knew I wanted to spend a little time on this blog talking about a big needlework project I did some time ago and all that I learned...
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worksbyabc
- Nov 15, 2018
- 3 min
Embroidered Treasures Flowers book
Well, it seems like I’ve let a week slip by since my last post. I really didn’t mean for that to happen, as I knew what I wanted to...
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worksbyabc
- Nov 7, 2018
- 3 min
Threads of History
This past weekend, I was fortunate to spend a beautiful fall day at Winterthur in DE. If you are anywhere near the region, it is well...
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worksbyabc
- Nov 2, 2018
- 4 min
Albrecht Durer’s Knots – Part II
As I wrote about in my last blog post, a few years back, I learned about these prints, dated from around the first years of the 1500s,...
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worksbyabc
- Oct 30, 2018
- 2 min
Albrecht Durer’s Knots – part 1
In my other world (as opposed to my needlework world), I am a middle school math teacher. And I only bring this up today because it is...
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worksbyabc
- Oct 26, 2018
- 4 min
Cross-pollination in needlework
(Side note before I even get started on the main focus of this blog post: I was just googling “cross pollination” to see if it was...
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worksbyabc
- Oct 23, 2018
- 5 min
Inspiration
This past weekend, I was at my LNS (local needlework store), which currently has my trunk show of models. While there, I was talking to...
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worksbyabc
- Oct 19, 2018
- 3 min
Call it what you want, I’m glad it is in my life
I thought this next blog post was going to be about another stitching project, but I’m going to take a little side track and save that...
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worksbyabc
- Oct 16, 2018
- 3 min
Ch…ch…ch…changes
In my last blog post, I mentioned that I had two particular examples of times that I truly made a counted canvaswork pattern my own. Let...
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worksbyabc
- Oct 10, 2018
- 4 min
Making a pattern your own
I feel like this is a topic that often comes up: using the “called for” threads and fabric versus choosing your own when working from a...
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worksbyabc
- Oct 7, 2018
- 3 min
A last bit about the Antioch Mosaic
If you’ve read the two previous posts (and if not, you might want to go back and do so 😊), I’ve been sharing about a needlework I...
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worksbyabc
- Sep 26, 2018
- 1 min
More about Mary Foote
I was all ready to move onto another topic for this next blog post, but it seems like the Foote sisters wouldn’t quite let go of my mind....
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worksbyabc
- Sep 24, 2018
- 2 min
Inspiration from reading…
I’m not sure exactly how this blog will evolve, but for the time being, I think it is just going to be a place where I’ll share thoughts...
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worksbyabc
- Sep 20, 2018
- 1 min
This is my first post
I just want to see what this will look like!
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