![]() Scissors, throughout history, have been an excellent “medium” for artistic expression on the part of the one who uses the scissors, but especially on the part of the maker of the scissors. I have scissors that are so well made, with such precision in engineering and construction, that they really are beautiful, even if they aren’t particularly decorative.īut scissors can go beyond just the beauty of their good construction and engineered perfection for cutting. Sure, there is beauty in any well-made thing, just by virtue of its being well-made. During this period of somewhat dull practicality in my life, I never really concerned myself with the decorative aspect of embroidery tools.īut as my love of needlework grew deeper, so did the understanding that useful things can also be beautiful. Once upon a time, to me, a tool was just that – a tool – and if it worked well and did what I wanted, I liked it. My love of beautiful embroidery tools was slow developing. ![]() Congratulations to both! I’ll drop you a line later today! A Stitcher’s Christmas #9: The 2017 Final Installment! The randomly drawn winners for A Stitcher’s Christmas #7 are Nancy Cook and Wendy in MN. We’ll also discover the winners of A Stitcher’s Christmas #7 from Monday – a lovely collection of embroidery books from Search Press North America.Īs usual, let’s take care of business first! Stitcher’s Christmas #7 WinnersĪ Stitcher’s Christmas #7 announced on Monday involves two winners, who each get a nice selection of instructional and inspirational needlework books from Search Press to add to their needlework libraries! They are certainly the scissor enthusiast’s dream! The prize? Delicate hand-crafted, heirloom quality scissors in their own wooden case, created by Jean Marie Roulot in Nogent, France, and offered to one happy winner by The French Needle. Today, then, is the final installment of this year’s series. Good morning, my friends, and Happy Friday before Christmas! Are you ready for the final installment of A Stitcher’s Christmas, 2017? I hope so, because it’s a doozy!Ī huge, huge thanks to all the needlework businesses who joined me this year in putting together A Stitcher’s Christmas! They really went above and beyond in putting together terrific prizes to help give back to the needlework community with some really special gifts! When you’re looking for embroidery supplies, kits, tools, books and the like, please keep them in mind and support these small businesses.
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