{blog}share: embroidery mecca!

got a looooong list of embroidery projects piling up like me?

{source: 1, 2, 3, 4}

then ... may i introduce you to sarah's hand embroidery tutorials! big ol' exclamation point! best tutorial site i've found all year! :) she has tutorials of everything!

from the very basic {ie. chain stitch}:

{source: sarah's hand embroidery tutorials}

... to the more advanced {laced herringbone stitch}:

{source: sarah's hand embroidery tutorials}

i might have to print EVERY single tutorial on her site for future reference (the whole "we don't have internet at the apt" thing really can be a bit of a prob at times.).

i can't wait for the weather to get a bit cooler. w + i find ourselves staying home a lot more during the fall and winter months. which means i get a whole lot of projects finished! speaking of which - it's about time to start working on christmas presents! :) i definitely learned last year that if you're going to do DIY gifts you can't start in december!

okay okay - what's your ultimate must do embroidery project at the moment?

{love} england's royal school of needlework

i haven't posted a single thing on the royal wedding this week. my blog is never really about current events anyway ... BUT i saw this a couple of weeks ago on CBS sunday morning - and i have been dying to share it ever since.

so - this will have to count as my bit of royal fever:


okay - for reals!?! "i want to go to there."

{source: royal school of needlework}

have you caught the fever? my intern and her friends are having a tea party bright and early on friday am to watch and celebrate the nuptials. okay that's cute! but she'll be absolutely useless on friday {i kid!}. think i could convince wade to wake up early so we can have a tea party of our own?