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Goodbye to Stitchin’board and Stitchin’sight
As I am reworking the Stitchin’spiration website, I am also making an attempt to consolidate places that you’ll find Stitchin’spiration news and information. During my “sabbatical”, I realized how convoluted things had gotten, and how many steps I had to go through just to get new designs out to you – the stitcher. That time, I realized, took away precious time from designing and stitching. The end result, however, always seemed to duplicate information also, so sometimes ended up being over-information.
I also began having a problem with spammers finding both registrations, and I have not been able to keep up with the flood of fake registration requests. I apologize to any stitchers who had tried to register on either site, and were not approved.
In the future, you will find all information on the Stitchin’spiration website.
Have no fear, the new website, I believe, brings you many of the things that the Stitchin’board and Stitchin’sight brought you.
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Updated information to your e-mail box: With the new website redesign, I now have an RSS Syndicate feed link set up. Don’t know what RSS is? Here’s a website which should help explain it a bit for you. Basically, if you “subscribe” to the Stitchin’spiration RSS feed, then you’ll automatically receive notice of all updates and articles – as soon as I upload them – through either your internet browser, or your e-mail program.
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Comments / discussion: The updated website also now offers stitchers the ability to comment on articles, hopefully keeping the discussion alive.
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Easy searching: The updated website now offers you a standard “search” box in the upper right-hand corner, but also has easy access to finding information on the top-used keywords from all the articles. Find the “cloud” of keywords in the left-hand column of all the pages.
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Revised Design Gallery: The redesigned Design Gallery gives you larger images of our charts and notecards, and should prove easier to find your favorite designs.
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More information on designs: I plan on giving you more “back stories” of many of our designs, and future designs. Each design does have a story, and I’d love for you to get to know them better.
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Needlework Building Blocks: You’ll continue to find NBB freebies on our website, although I will be re-vamping the program. During my hiatus, I began working through some new ideas for this series, and look forward to introducing you to them.
I appreciate all the members of both the Stitchin’board and the Stitchin’sight, and hope that you’ll still join us at Stitchin’spiration.Please let me know what you think of the website, and what you’d love to see on it.
Happy stitchin’!
Stitchin’spiration on Facebook
Stitchin’spiration has now joined the world of Facebook. Stop by our Facebook page, and find other stitchers who enjoy our designs.
A Year of Blackwork in Progress – March to April
Keep an eye out as the A Year of Blackwork series continues to grow.
March…
celebrates the “luck o’ the Irish”.
April…
brings you a gorgeously decorated Easter egg.
Garden Traditions – Poplar Parke
Stop in and see our newest design in the Garden Traditions blackwork sampler series.
Garden Traditions
Poplar Parke
BS-1102
Inspired by one of Virginia’s most beautiful plantation homes along the James River, you’ll enjoy working through the formal garden areas in this blackwork fill sampler.
Stitched in Caron Waterlilies Holiday, one of my favorite threads, this model is gorgeous. Choose your own variegated thread to stitch the entire garden in, and watch it bloom.
Stitches: 178 x 178
Model Stitcher: Stacey Wells
Happy stitchin’!
A Year of Blackwork – Egg Sampler
Stop in and see our newest additions to the A Year of Blackwork series.
A Year of Blackwork
Egg Sampler
BS-9109-04
Dress for spring with this lovely easter egg filled with original blackwork fills.
This design is stitched using Kreinik Silk Mori floss on Zweigart Belfast Linen.
Stitches: 112 x 112
Model Stitcher: Gale Jones
Happy stitchin’!
Knotograms – M
Stop in and see our newest design in the Knotograms series.
Knotograms
Knotograms – M
BS-290M
Are you a fan of Celtic knotwork? These beautiful Celtic knotwork blackwork fill samplers showcase, or hide, your monograms. The Knotograms series will not only include each letter of the alphabet, but also borders which you can insert your letters into.
All Knotograms charts are shown in FULL COLOR, with each separate ribbon shown in a different color. Stitch them in a single color or overdyed thread, or stitch each ribbon in a different thread. Either way, they will be stunning.
Model is stitched on Zweigart 28 count Lugana using Valdani cotton embroidery thread.
Stitches: 98 x 98
Model Stitcher: Pam Haslam
Happy stitchin’!
Knotograms – E
Stop in and see our newest design in the Knotograms series.
Knotograms
Knotograms – E
BS-290E
Are you a fan of Celtic knotwork? These beautiful Celtic knotwork blackwork fill samplers showcase, or hide, your monograms. The Knotograms series will not only include each letter of the alphabet, but also borders which you can insert your letters into.
All Knotograms charts are shown in FULL COLOR, with each separate ribbon shown in a different color. Stitch them in a single color or overdyed thread, or stitch each ribbon in a different thread. Either way, they will be stunning.
Model is stitched on Zweigart 28 count Jazlyn using Caron Waterlilies silk embroidery thread.
Stitches: 98 x 98
Model Stitcher: Gale Jones
Happy stitchin’!