alphabets
Can You Turn Handwriting into Needlepoint?
Your handwriting is one of the most distinctive things about you. Turning a person’s handwriting into needlepoint is a lovely, but not necessarily easy, way to remember them. I got an email last week from a reader asking about this. Here’s how you do it, using a process similar to turning any font into... »
Alphabet Book Giveaway
From now until July 20, you have a chance to win this book with over 800 alphabets in it. The contest is being held at Violarium, and you can read all about it here. Social Bookmarking »
Great Background Idea!
NCPat over on her blog, Needleartnut, has been working on a Sharon B shaving brush piece. I love her plan for the background. She has taken the word “Shave” and repeated it throughout the background in a white on white scheme. What makes it cool is that she has staggered the word so that it... »
Alphagraphics by Jini Smith — Cool Vintage Book
I was putting away another random box of needlework books yesterday morning and I came across this vintage book of charts from 1978. If you come across one buy it, it has some great ideas for needlepoint. In it Jini has two sets of letters as graphic elements and over a dozen charted alphabets... »
Come Stitch with Me – Celebrate Sampler – B
A lower case B and a fun stitch using two threads combine to make this pretty block on our sampler. The alphabet is Arcadian 26 from Tink’s Alphabets Tantalizing and Terrific. The stitch is a Inside-out Criss-cross Hungarian. This stitch takes Criss Cross Hungarian, used in the forst E block and reverses the length of the... »