Originally posted 2007-10-16 10:24:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
ThreadworX (no website yet) is a new Southern California company specializing in hand-dyed threads. You should be starting to see their threads in your local shop. I spoke with them yesterday and was so impressed.
Their initial line consists of floss and three sizes of overdyed pearl (3, 5, and 8). No one else makes a #3 overdyed pearl that I know of, so that’s fantastic news for folks who work on larger mesh sizes.
They are working on overdyed metallic as well.
The current line has over 180 colors and they are planning on adding more, especially tone-on-tone colors. I love some of the color names, which include shades like “Brown Sugar & Spice, “Mello Yellow,” and “Romanian Forest.” I can’t wait to try them.
There have been plenty of rumors swirling around ThreadworX on needlework lists lately and I asked the company about them. ThreadworX has been in development for quite awhile and has been perfecting their colors and getting started. They did NOT buy Needle Necessities, that company’s closure was an entirely unrelated matter. They planned on making their initial splash at TNNA in January. But the closure of Needle Necessities and the need for many shops to find a substitute has caused ThreadworX to begin shipping their product last month.
One of the people involved in the founding of ThreadworX did work for Needle Necessities and was trained by Elaine (the late founder of NN). The colors are ThreadworX own. Many of them can be used as substitutes for Needle Necessities colors. In fact, your shop may have a conversion chart.
I’m looking forward to seeing and trying these colors in person.
Related posts:
- Overdyed Au Ver a Soie from Threadworx – Thread Review
- Overdyed Vineyard Silk from Threadworx – Thread Review
- Thread Review
- More Thread News
- Threadworx Journal Is Adding a Gallery
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New Thread Line – ThreadworX
When it comes to decorating and accentuating a project, a patterned paper has never lost its name on the line. In fact, most of the people across the globe resort to patterned paper every time they need to make their work appealing and lovely. Papers are printed papers that gives your craft patterned textures, fun colors and unique designs.
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Make An Amazing Scrapbook With This Patterned Paper!
I love to go through old fashioned photo albums, and I always wonder what the people are thinking and doing on their outing. Without journaling, in the future your photographs will just be pictures with no meaning for other people looking at the albums. Even with scrapbooking being so popular today, people still tend to shy away from journaling.
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How to Do Great Journaling On Your Scrapbook Layouts
I wish I had more time and ability to shop, although I’m certain my DH is all too glad I don’t. But far more than purchasing things, I like to look.
When it comes to needlepoint, I love to look at canvases. I stitch them in my mind, get ideas for new projects and think about how tastes change and don’t change.
All this is a roundabout way of recommending two sites to you. On both you find items from other people’s stashes. This is so cool because it’s a way to get older things you may not find elsewhere.
Stitching Destashing is from Pat Arden (NCPat) and features a wide variety of needlework items (not just needlepoint). You’ll find charted canvas, tools, projects, painted canvas, and lots of other stuff. I love that Pat puts “sold” in the headline so you know it’s not available. I’ve been burnt several times recently by trying to buy something listed on another site that turns out to be sold.
Canvases Be Gone is from Dale Miller and is an outstanding source for painted canvases. I’ve found so many cool things from her. She has also scored some great finds, such as a treasure trove of older dede canvases from dede herself. It’s so much fun to stroll through her “new in . . .” section, which lists the canvases in alphabetic order. Finally she has charted needlepoint books, and tools listed as separate categories.
They are also perfect places for “window shopping” because if you do buy, you probably won’t break the bank.
Now, if there was one for thread I’d really be in business.
Related posts:
- More Shadow Stitching – book review
- On-line Needlepoint Shop for Hard-to-find Tools & Books Now Open
- Why are Hand-Painted Canvases So Expensive?
- Using up your Thread Stash
- HaViNG FuN WiTH CuSToM NeeDLePoiNT CaNVaSeS – Ideas for Enhancement
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Stash Enhancement on the Web
Turning other people’s neglected photos into gorgeous albums can earn you good money, if you approach the process wisely. Unfortunately, many scrapbookers think that because they’re great scrapbookers, they will be great business people as well. But no sooner do they get started than they soon find that scrapbooking as a business is much different than scrapbooking as a hobby.
Continue reading here:
How to Start Your Own Scrapbooking Business
Journaling is as important a part of your scrapbook layouts as the photographs! You need to add words to your page to provide context to the viewer. After all, you’re hoping that other people will enjoy your scrapbooks someday, right? So here are five quick ways to add journaling to your scrapbooking layouts.
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Scrapbook Journaling Strategies – Five Quick Ideas
Are you wondering why other people are so addicted to scrapbooking? Why not card making and photography?
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Why Scrapbooking?
