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March 10, 2022

Woodland Reverie at the Academy 2022 from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

As always, we came home from the Academy of Appliqué exhausted and excited, ready to start new projects and jazzed by the inspiration of the many people we met and stitched with during the week. Our first session was these two blocks from our Woodland Reverie series: Butterfly and Trillium and Cascading Creek. The class was roughly divided in half, so we got to watch both blocks coming to life.

Kara is working the quilt on a black background, and Teri is using the neutral background. It is amazing to see the difference that even that change can make in ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 2 years, 9 months ago. under academy of appliqué , applique , embellishment , hand applique , ribbon embroidery , ribbon flowers , woodland reverie

August 20, 2021

Academy 2022 Offerings—Part 2 from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

We are so excited about The Academy of Appliqué next year that we can hardly wait! The joy of anticipating a week with stitching friends, old—perhaps we should say experienced—and new always fills us will delight, but this year promises to be something especially wonderful!

Last week, Kara shared two of the blocks we will be teaching in Williamsburg next year. In both sessions, we are offering choices for you, so that you can choose either option, or both. In our first session, we add the Butterfly and Trillium to the Cascading Creek—both blocks from our Woodland ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 4 months ago. under academy of appliqué , applique , butterfly , ribbon embroidery , ribbon flowers , trees , wool applique

July 22, 2021

"In the Garden" Again: A Final Walk and a GIVEAWAY from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

What better way to wrap up our revisit In the Garden than with a giveaway? We have been thrilled to see some of the blocks you are creating with these patterns, and are so grateful to those who have shared their progress in our Hopeful Stitchers Facebook Group. It is never too late to join our garden visits. Printed patterns with ribbon are still available, as are digital PDF downloads, and we have shared our original post below, which includes photos of each block.

(needleseystories.com/shop.)

To celebrate our gardening, we thought we would offer a free pattern set ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 5 months ago. under applique , flowers , giveaway , hand applique , hand embroidery , in the garden , lovely botanicals , ribbon embroidery , ribbon flowers , wool applique

July 8, 2021

"In the Garden" Again: Wheelbarrow of Flowers from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

We are rapidly nearing an end to our revisit In the Garden. It has been fun for us to study these blocks again, with fond memories of teaching these classes. As things are beginning to open up post-pandemic, we look forward to teaching at shops and guilds again! I (Teri) had such fun stitching this one, as the wheelbarrow is filled with many of my favorite flowers; we hope you enjoy it as well. And remember, the printed pattern with ribbon is 10% off this week, using the promo code WHEELBARROW.

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 5 months ago. under applique , embroidery , hand embroidery , in the garden , ribbon embroidery , wool applique

June 24, 2021

"In the Garden" Again: Monarch and Butterfly Bush from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

It is officially summer, having celebrated the longest day of the year on Monday! The butterflies are beginning to make appearances in our gardens. But why not enjoy the beauty of a Monarch any time, without hoping he alights on your flowers? The printed pattern for Monarch and Butterfly Bush comes with 25 yards of silk ribbon to create the bloom, and is discounted 10% with the code BUTTERFLY10. Check out the tutorial below in the reprint of our original post!

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 6 months ago. under applique , butterfly , hand embroidery , in the garden , ribbon embroidery , ribbon flowers , wool , wool applique

May 27, 2021

"In the Garden" Again: Robin and Forsythia from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

While I (Kara) was in Germany, the only robins I saw were the smaller English robins. They are adorable, and we have brought them to life in other blocks that we have created. The halfway point of our In the Garden re-visit brings us to the Robin and Forsythia block, but this time our robin is the larger, but equally beautiful American Robin. Simple stitches will bring this robin to life, and he will look like he is ready to fly away!

This week, you can use the coupon code ROBIN10 to receive a 10% discount on the printed Robin ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 7 months ago. under embroidery , in the garden , ribbon embroidery , robin , wool , wool applique

March 18, 2021

Village Wanderings—Homes from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Last year, Kara and I (Teri) had designed these four little homes with the plan to teach them at our local wool shop, Primitive Homespuns Wool and Needleworks. Initially, they were to be finished as individual little projects to fit in a frame, which could be switched out with the seasons. Then life happened and a pandemic hit. No classes.

The houses were complete, and we were ready to write the patterns, but we had so many requests to teach them at the Academy of Appliqué that we decided to put the pattern release on hold until that event was ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 9 months ago. under applique , embroidery , hand applique , hand embroidery , ribbon embroidery , ribbon flowers , river silks , village wanderings , weeks dyeworks , wool , wool applique

October 15, 2020

The good, the bad, and the why did I keep this? from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

The writing assignments are up-to-date. However, I owe a few people some e-mails confirming classes. I'm working on it. I need to get some invoices put together. I'm working on that too. Well, those will be tasks for today, and I'm working on the next group of presentations! The fun never ends!

But that doesn't mean that I'm slacking off in other areas. I'm still walking over 10 K a day. I think it's the only way I'm surviving! The fresh air, the exercise, and just getting out of the house are ...

added by Elaine 4 years, 2 months ago. under machine embroidery , ribbon embroidery , scraps , technology

October 14, 2020

Internet woes from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I was so hopeful. Last week, we had no internet issues, and then POOF - this week has been crazy. Of course, there's a certain someone in the house who denies asking for a higher internet speed - I can't remember his rationale for asking for the change, but it wasn't related to speed. Then I heard that we have too many devices connected to the internet, down there! Down there would be referring to Studio B.

Ah - let me just say that the internet went down early yesterday morning when there weren't many devices connected "down there ...

added by Elaine 4 years, 2 months ago. under customer quilt , ribbon embroidery

September 17, 2020

Alsatian Urn from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

In a perfect world, this post would be filled with pictures of our wonderful week of teaching at Baltimore on the Prairie at Lied Lodge in Nebraska. Sadly, COVID interfered with that perfect plan, but we are still anticipating with excitement the opportunity to visit next year, September 8–11, 2021. You can visit the BOTP website, linked above, for all the details of the conference and see more about the classes we will be teaching, but we thought we would give you an "up-close and personal" tour of our blocks here on the blog. This week we will look ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 4 years, 3 months ago. under applique , baltimore on the prairie , embroidery , hand embroidery , ribbon embroidery , silk , silk ribbon , velvet , wool , wool applique

June 11, 2020

What's Happening Through Our Needles' Eyes from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Kara and I (Teri) have been keeping pretty busy, even though all of our teaching venues in the spring were cancelled. Things tend to work themselves out for the good, and the extra stitching time has been a bonus for us. We thought we'd give you an update of what's happening through our needles' eyes.

Woolen Oak Mystery Stitch-A-Long

If you haven't checked this out yet, run—don't walk—and see what the fuss is all about! We are in Week #2, and the response has been overwhelming! The Woolen Oak Facebook group has over 5500 ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 4 years, 6 months ago. under ribbon , ribbon embroidery , ribbon flowers

February 15, 2020

A STUPENDOUS day from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Ever have one of those days when everything goes right? They don't happen often, but yesterday was one of those days. Even though I forgot to do two things which gave me a nightmare last night. I dreamt that I had arrived at an event and had forgotten to pack samples. I had nothing - I don't think I even had my suitcase. Weird!

Let's just say that some things could have gone wrong - very badly, but I was on top of my game. I was merrily quilting a quilt that had been given to me by Quilts ...

added by Elaine 4 years, 10 months ago. under audiobooks , charity quilts , machine embroidery , quilts of valour , reading , ribbon embroidery

February 6, 2020

Stitching a Sampler and More! from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

This time of year for Teri and me (Kara) is a little crazy. We are getting prepped and ready for our Academy of Appliqué class, and this year we have two new teaching venues, all around the same time. Needless to say we are stitching, cutting, and typing our little hearts out!

Our first class will be our Academy class, and we are teaching the first two blocks from our Woodland Reverie Quilt. We are excited about these two dimensional blocks, and we hope our students are, too! There are a few seats left in the class, so if you ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 4 years, 10 months ago. under academy of appliqué , embroidery , hand embroidery , ribbon , ribbon embroidery , ribbon flowers , ribbon roses , sampler , stitching

October 20, 2019

CreativFestival Day Three from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

OK - so this CreativFestival was an anomaly! Usually, the third day is the slowest, yet we had a steady stream of people right up until the show closed! How did that happen??

It was so nice to reconnect with some folks that I haven't seen in a while and I got to meet some blog followers that I've never met before. I wish I could name everyone by name, but then I would miss someone. Whether we had a conversation or just a quick wave - it was great to see you!!!!

Like I said, we had a steady ...

added by Elaine 5 years, 2 months ago. under creativfestival , ribbon embroidery

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