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Sundews (Drosera)
Sundew family (Droseraceae)
There are several species of Drosera, some are rare. They like to grow in sunny, damp places.
Dew thread (or Tracy’s) sundew
(Drosera tracyi)
The distinctive leaves of this plant are tall, slender, and have transparent hairs covered with a sticky fluid to catch small insects. The pink flowers are very beautiful and begin blooming at the bottom of the uncoiling raceme (an unbranched flower cluster).
Tie the cord to a safety pin and thread it through the channel you made all the way around the perimeter of the cover.
Then smooth your cover over the board and pull tight!
This variegated embroidery floss is a subtle mix of dusk pink, yellow, green-blue, and purple - ThreadworX 1078 Pastel Bouquet. Desert sunsets come to mind when I look at this gorgeous thread. This photo shows how two strands of this floss look stitched on 14 count Aida.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.
Herman Melville
US novelist & sailor (1819 - 1891)
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tutorial on blog and free pattern
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Source: Patty's Filet and Crocheting Page.
Link: www.crochetpatty.com/patterns/thread/spighe.html
Designer: Patrizia Pisani.
Thread: Aunt Lydia 10. Color: #493 French Rose.
Hook: Clover ST #0/1.75mm.
Size:12.5 inches.
Made: 06-11-10.
NOTE: For me, this was a very confusing pattern as written, which necessitated altering.
A single thread may be weak, but, when it is wound 108 times around the trunk, it becomes strong. It is no longer so fragile and no longer easy to break.
We had a lovely swap in TorC. Vintage weird is the general theme that
everyone gets into. Wendy is sporting some authentic ridiculous threads.
Yesterday I started working through my stash of (in some cases quite tangled) embroidery thread, winding it all onto neat little bobbins.
It's taking a while but it will be SO worth it :)
Blogged:
The whole group rose at 4:30 to go on a tiger safari (where they saw no tigers). Kerry and I slept in, got massages and then threading...well, she did. The woman begged me to do it. Her family is struggling and she needed the money. Sorry, I will give you money, but no compassion will ever get me to be in that much pain again. Tried it once. Never again. Waxing is hard enough :)
I keep my sewing thread in a plastic Art Bin box (to keep the dust off and light out) but I love the aesthetic of exposed thread rainbows so I have this rainbow rack up on the sewing room wall.
The first thread drawing I made, this is still an unfinished test piece. Sometimes I get stuck on pieces and they remain unfinished until I find a solution or they are abandoned but that's OK, it's a vital part of the process. Things either work or they don't and sometimes if they're not working you can't retrieve them but often, like this piece, they'll spark new pieces that do work.
You can find out more about my art on my website.
Designer: Gail Diven.
Source: Leisure Arts Leaflet 139, Crocheted Doilies and Placemats.
Thread: Clea 10. Color: #8176, Ecru.
Hook: Clover ST #0/1.75mm.
Size: 13-inches.
Made: March 31, 2010.
This pattern would have worked up better had I used a firmer thread.
Pattern source: 99 Little Doiles by Patricia Kristoffersen
Thread: size 10 Opera crochet thread in Sage
thanks, jrad! for letting me borrow your sewin machine and scissors (damn those are great scissors) at the NNN offices. i was able to finish my dress in time for the ball. unfortunately, i was too tired to attend the ball after pulling an all nighter to complete episode 18 of thread heads...:)
This dress is just lovely when finished and has a great fit, but it is not a beginner's pattern. Do not be fold by it being a Threads Collection pattern with the tagline, "Step by step to sewing success!" The directions on the pattern are no more clear than normal sewing patterns and you must know how to do things like darts, zippers, slipstitching, gathers, sleeves, etc. in order to successfully do this pattern. I would recommend this pattern if you're at least an intermediate sewer.