Know any hand embroidery blogs?

I came here via Google search engine and thought I would "stay" for awhile.

I love to hand embroider and I incorporate these pieces into art pillows that are a mixture of quilting and other media. Though I found many wonderful quilting and cross-stitching blogs that instruct and inspire, I have not found any of other hand embroiderer's that work in a style similar to mine (which I can only describe as a mixture of needle-painting made from (mostly) stem stitch and long and short stitches - not very popular in the States these days). Here'a link to Flickr and some pics of pillows I have recently completed to give you an idea of my style:

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want to share blog addresses of embroiderers who showcase crewelembroidery and other similar embroidery styles? Any language blog is fine - Ilove looking and I can babble my way through a number of languages, ifpressed.

Thank you - and happy stitching,

Vianna (in Florida)

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Vianna
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Vianna , can i invite you to look at my site

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in my fiberart as well as on some of the works in the exhibitions i curtaed there are many works that `mix` 2 or more techniques. i was very interested to read that you Mix your techniques ,,, In my last Solo i was `scolded` by people because i was mixing mine thus WELCOME aboard ,,,,, mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

Mirjam, you are an artist of note (unlike me) and I very much enjoyed looking at your mixed media works. I found particular inspiration in "Piecing Information" and the "Map of Identity" pieces and in what you write about the uniqueness and "human" qualities of fiber-arts in your introductory statement. I think there will always be "pure(ists)" and "avant-garde(ists)" in all fields. Continue to follow your Muse and your dreams. It's good to see that artistic expression remains alive and well even under the sad and chaotic conditions that torture your country these days. Thank you for sharing your website with me. Vianna (I checked out the other artists you link to and also like Sara Nissim's quilts. Quilting and embroidery exhibit the local cultural influences of their time and place, and I find this very interesting & inspiring - it is why I want to find and visit as many blogs/websites and possible)

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Vianna

Those pillows are gorgeous! Hope you stick around, I want to see more.

I'm considering trying to do embroidery until I can get to Pearl and order glasses. I really don't want to leave DS alone anymore than necessary - grocery runs and Rx runs.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

I hope Jeanine3 or Stefania sees this post. I lack the URL at the moment, but I'm sure you would be more than pleased at Stefania's site.

You can also visit my site. It used to be larger and offer patterns, but I'm transitioning. There is a forum there that you are welcome to join. I am chairman of an embroidery program in EGA and a few of the members post there. We're quiet most of the time, but I'm coaxing members to post pics in the Gallery to broaden the appeal as well as show off their work.

Anne also frequents this newsgroup and I h> I came here via Google search engine and thought I would "stay" for awhile. > >

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Dianne Lewandowski

A couple of my favorites

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and I just found this

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Susan

He has a father........

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Karen C - California

Thank you ladies - you are a treasure of wonderful information. This is exactly the type of thing I am looking for. I learn so much by seeing what others do, by reading their tutorials, by finding inspiration in their finished pieces. I learned to hand embroider during the seventies when one could still buy emrboidery kits in the States. Since then, crewel & similar styles have fallen into neglect here; other styles were only marginally popular to begin with. Cross stitching only seems to remain. The Europeans and Australians have not lost their rich embroidery tradition yet, and they continue to publish monthly magazines and many instructional books in this art form. I have no access to any of these, except through the Internet, as I live in a small, beach community, pretty much "in the middle of nowhere". I do, however, have a number of wonderful instructional/inspirational books that I refer to over and over again: the ones by Helene Stevens and by Trish Burr [

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] - and a few good websites and blogs where kindredspirits share their information and talent. One of my favorite these days isthe website for the Italian publication Ricamo Italiano which also offersfree patterns in PDF format. Luckily I know a little Italian .... Here is thelink:
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any of you know of others like this? I am only an amateur and what I make is purely for my own use, or as smallpresents for friends on special occasions - mostly little pillows, veryornate, and small quilts, likewise heavily embelished with beads, cording,fringes and more . I also print on fabric using my computer, I color myribbon & laces using fabric paints, and I have been known to use acrylics andwatercolors on fabric as well, when necessary. Because of the lack ofpatterns for my type of embroidery ( and because I cant even draw a stickfigure) I have had to employ many different methods to come up with what Ineed. Lately I started using coloring book and rubber stamp images that Ienlarge/reduce and combine as necessary using Photoshop (as I'm also aPhotoshop addict, but I think that's a story for another Board).Let's continue sharing information about other artists and their websites sowe can enlarge our knowledge and base for inspiration!Thank you - and forgive the long-windedness ... Vianna

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Vianna via CraftKB.com

There's alway Sharon boggin's In A Minute Ago

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Stitching with a Shimmy (I sometimes offer free patterns...)
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(this is the blog of the wonderful Maggie Grey...)
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Things...
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fun!

------- G. Romilly Mueller snipped-for-privacy@goldencircledesigns.com

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"Cat fur? What cat fur? That's creative use of specialty fibers!" ~Me, RCTN 1994

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Il Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:58:54 GMT, Vianna via CraftKB.com ha scritto:

Ciao, Stefania

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Stefania Bressan

Who's working nutty hours.... C

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Cheryl Isaak

Thank you, Romilly for sharing the links with me/us. I have been visitng Sharon's blog since last year, when I followed her "hundred stitches in a hundred days" tutorials. And from there, I usualy jump around to a number of other blogs of very talented crazy quilters. Fabulous stuff!

Stefania - grazie per la informazione. You make some very pretty things ... a very talented lady! Thanks for the link. I love this! thank you everyone, Vianna

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Vianna via CraftKB.com

I've been so obsessed with stitching for myself and others that I haven't taken many pictures or updated my site more than a year

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