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Trend Alert: Updated Crewelwork
Crewelwork is a decorative form of surface embroidery that uses wool and a variety of different embroidery stitches, and dates back at least 1,000 years. The technique was trendy in the '90s (think granny tapestry) but it's been "out" for at least 10 years now. Back then, fabrics with crewelwork also tended to have a common style of pattern — see this bench — which now just looks stale.
Do You Have Any Cross-Stitching at Your Home?
Thanks to Subversive Cross Stitch, the once grandmotherly art of cross-stitch has been given new street cred. Do you have any cross-stitch patterns (subversive or otherwise) hanging at your home?
Source: Flickr User weeta
Do You Have Any Cross-Stitching at Your Home?
Name This Pattern
I spotted this embroidered pattern on a duvet cover at The Inn at the Round Barn. Do you remember what this pattern is called?
Crave Worthy: Moroccan Square Ottoman
I am beginning to feel pretty pathetic and predictable about my love for all things Moroccan. Yesterday, I was flipping through a friend's cookbook, The Food of Morocco, and was literally salivating more and more with every turn of the page. She turned to me and said, "Why don't you move there already?"
Do You Have Embroidered Pillowcases?
My mom recently gave me these embroidered pillowcases. I have a special place in my heart for embroidered pillowcases, since my mother and aunties are great embroiderers. Do you have embroidered pillowcases in your home?
Ask Casa: Find These Kill Bill Pillows?
Hi Casa,
I've looked everywhere online for embroidered pillows like these from Kill Bill Vol. 2. Any ideas other than a Spring break trip to Mexico?
Crave Worthy: Klein Reid Flora & Fauna Pillows
TheKlein Reid Flora & Fauna Pillows ($120-125) are certainly not your grandmother's embroidery. These hand-creweled linen pillows feature quirky flowers and animals in bold colors, giving the folksy art a swig of hip flair. I've seen a wealth of crafty homemade interior accessories over the past few years, but nothing so fun and chic.
Cool Idea: Frank Lloyd Wright in Thread
Craftster member PencilNeck's embroidery creativity has bowled me over. She made this embroidery of a Frank Lloyd Wright blueprint as a Christmas gift for a family member who works with architectural design. She embroidered almost exclusively with backstitching for the project, and found blue floss to match the blueprint color.
Cool Idea: Embroidered Metal Lampshades
When I was swinging through the San Francisco Anthropologie store recently, I was stopped in my tracks by these metal pendant lamps.
We all know that objects make a bigger impression when they're arranged in multiples (and three is really a magic number when it comes to arranging), but the multiple lamps weren't what wowed me. It's the impressive embroidery on the metal shades!
Cute Idea: Embroidered Menorah
I recently came across an adorable holiday idea that I simply couldn't resist sharing with you . . .
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