Down the Rabbit Holes

My mother should have named me Alice because I can fall in a rabbit hole in a nano second. I can wander so deep into that rabbit hole that I am never sure where I started nor what my original destination was and I have no concept of time either. . I can go from Apples to Zebras with a click of the mouse and the day is gone.

In fact while exploring a subject I even came up with a design I want to design and stitch. I’ll tell you more about it later…Yes I wrote it down so I won’t forget.

My latest rabbit hole has been Goldwork…and I guess you should add silk work and stumpwork too, but mainly goldwork. Here are some great sites to visit and if you want to fall way down the rabbit hole check out some of the sites and blogs these artists like… and I will see you next month.

Some of these sites allow you to follow their blog; they may have mailing lists, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and You Tube viedos you can join. They sometimes also list other sites and people they like or follow…let your rabbit hole adventure begin.

I used to belong to a site that let me know when a new blog had been posted to my favorites list but it got to be too much and I would be 2 hours just reading new posts. I still belong I just don’t have them tell everyday how good some people are about writing their blogs, that depressed me. And in my defense WordPress has changed their format on me and I am still trying to sort this out. And I inadvertently changed my blog format and mine was so old that I can’t get it back. So I am not only trying to figure out what I am doing but also how I want it to look.

Okay back to goldwork…here are some great sites to visit and explore if you don’t already…just remember I am not responsible for the rabbit holes you may fall into exploring these wonderful places.

Jenny Adin-Christie: http://www.jennyadin-christieembroidery.com

Kathy Andrews: http://www.theunbrokenthread.com

Georgina Bellamy: http://www.theembroiderygirl.com

Tanja Berlin: http://www.berlinembroidery.com
Also check out her PDF on metal threads very good

Alison Cole: http://www.alisoncoleembroidery.com.au

Mary Corbet: http://www.Needlenthread.com

Kathlrine Diuguid: http://www.kathrinediuguid.squarespace.com

Natalee Dupuis: www dupuisnatalie.wixsite.com/mysite

Tracy Franklin: http://www.tracyfrankin.com

Dr. Jessica Grimm: http://www.jessicagrimm.com

Becky Hogg: http://www.beckyhogg.com

Sarah Homfray: http://www.sarahhomfray.com

Hannah Newton: http://www.hannynewton.co.uk

Sara Rickards: http://www.wellembroidered.co.uk

Sarah Rakestraw: http://www.golden-hinde.co.uk

Saves9: http://www.saves9embroidery.blogspot.com/

Clara Warschauer: http://www.clarastitching.com
** This is who taught Lucky Clover

These are other sites for great eye candy as well as information
Inspirations: http://www.inspirationsstudios.com

London Embroidery School: http://www.londonembroideryschool.com

Royal School of Needlework: http://www.royal-needlework.org.uk

San Francisco School of Needlework and Design: http://www.sfnneedleworkanddesign.com

Textile Research Center: http://www.trc-leiden.nl/trc-needles/

Victoria and Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk

This is a shop but they have beautiful things
Embroidery Den: http://www.theembroideryden.com.au

And them further down the rabbit hole you can Google these just for the images…
Lucy Barter
Margaret Light Embroidery
Karen Newbrook
Merrilyn Whittle Designs

I didn’t list all the places I visited, you need to explore for yourself, just enough to get you started. The whole world is out there just waiting to be explored. I keep a trail of my visits so I can go back to the original…bread crumbs if you like. I write down original site Artist A: then if its from her list of favorite blogs I list Fav-blos ‘artist name….and so on because that artist may have a list too…
See what I mean about falling down a rabbit hole.

In a couple days I’ll be back and show you my Lucky Clover it is complete and I ws going to start another goldwork project, but the one I thought I would start turned out not to be what I thought it was so I am rethinking my project. And at some point have to figure get comfortable with WordPress again.

Thank You for stopping by again.
Hope you find time to do whatever makes you happiest and creative AND I hope you have time to do it today and every day…

ttfn…sue