Friends from Around the World

On this page we share comments and photos from Redworkers and Embroiderers from around the World! Thanks go to everyone who shares the love of Redwork and Embroidery!

Hi everyone, It's been a very busy year for me and I have finally been able to sit down and send this email to you all. I wish you all a happy Christmas or happy holiday season which ever is the better greeting for you from Australia. I have sent a photo of myself with a redwork project that I made last year for a wedding gift for my stepdaughter. This is my first quilting project and I was so enthused that I can't wait to start my next one. I am still making the blocks (all embroidered blocks of butterflies). Will try to keep in touch more often.
Cheers from Julie (Your Aussie friend) ~ Email Julie

Love your web site, my friend in the states has just sent it to me, thought you may like something from New Zealand, I have not looked at your friends around the world yet. These were made for my sons children, twin girls, they lived in Tasmania, I have no idea where they are now as my son was killed when they were both 6, hopefully they still have their quilts. They are machine appliquéd, I have done a complete hand made needle turned quilt too, took me 5 years. lol
From Katiemouse in New Zealand ~ Email

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I just wanted to let you know that I love your web site. I have family in Vegas and I lived there for 30 years. I am now in Darrington, WA. Here are a couple of wall quilts that I made. Hope you enjoy them. Both are from the pattern book "Bonnet Girls"
Thanks Glenda Mitchell
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Hi... well I'm finally getting the photos of my Redwork quilt scanned AND emailed to you!!! Yeah, I'm working a little behind!!! The quilt turned out lovely... it now has binding on it... the edges are scalloped... a little difficult to see in the photos... but it turned out so pretty. Several of the embroideries are from the Ladies in Red website... that I obtained when I started the quilt about a year and a half ago! You may recognize them.

I'm doing well... keeping busy teaching lots of yoga classes. I'm also working on a few original designs in redwork and coming up with a pattern. Hopefully in the next month I will have it finished and will try to sell to quilt shops. Just plugging away-- doing the things I love.

The magazine article I mentioned to you before... it is now out! The magazine is called "Inspirations" it's an Australian published magazine but many quilt and specialty as well as Barnes & Nobles sell it. It's issue #42... and is out now. The article I wrote is called "Bears that Care". It's a short little article but a wonderful endeavor that so many ladies who sew donate and volunteer their love and talents. I will try to scan a copy of the article to send to you in case you don't see the magazine around.

Hope you are doing well and busy sewing! Love to hear what projects you're up to!

Take Care, Tanya
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NOTE: Tanya was part of our Las Vegas group for a short time, but moved. We are happy to hear from here and to see her beautiful quilt!

Hi,
So great to find your site. I am doing the wallhanging that I found through it. It has the old world buildings. Looks like Tuscany. Does you group ever use the Holbein stitch? It has been mentioned but not often. Also, do you use a backing such as batting while stitching? As you can tell, I am a newcomer. I also live up in a remote Northern region and rely on the web for nearly everything. Thanks for your time and your site.
Moira ~ A new Redworker from Canada
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Hi,
I just wanted to tell you that your web site is very nice. My sister found it while looking for redwork patterns online. She was very impressed with all of your designs. So I had to take a look too. I am also impressed and enjoyed looking at all the photos. Looks like every one works hard and has fun too.

Thanks for sharing your designs, having a web site is a lot of work and you have done a great job.

Pearl P. Pereira P3 Design
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www.p3designs.com

Hello Ladies!!
I just wanted to let you know how fabulous it was to meet you all...via your photos on the website!!

I live in Australia and have signed up for a redwork swap through Scquilters, an Aussie/NZ list. Your site was mentioned as having some designs - well, I am bowled over by how creative you all are!!

Redwork is so addictive, isn't it? I have tried to wean myself off it, but keep coming back to it, and finding more and more ideas and patterns!!

Cheers
Kate in Cleveland, Queensland, Australia
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Dear Ladies in Red,
I just want to thank you so very much for your wonderful website. You have shared so many wonderful designs with the cyber world and I just want to thank you for your efforts.

Suzanne Bruno
Raymond, Maine
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Hi,
My name is Julie Pearce and I live in Australia. I live in New South Wales in a city called Taree. It is a country town on the east coast. A lot of the population love doing craft and we have craft shows in Taree regularly. I would like to say that I look on your website and love your designs.

I enjoy doing simple embroidery, knitting, crochet, and I make dog coats and dog accessories which I sell at markets. I would like to email some of my stitchery for your photo page. I hope that you can email back as it would be great to exchange ideas and get to know you all.

Cheers from Julie
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Love your designs and have started making a table cloth with the teapots on it. I have embroidered for some time but now find that I must join the patchwork group to find out a bit about assembling blocks etc to finish off my cloth. Do you put pelon behind your cloth before you embroider? Do you then quilt around the design? What allowance do you leave around the picture? Don't worry if you are too busy to answer. I will find out from somewhere. I am having such a good time.

Thanks.
Dette. Taranaki, New Zealand.
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Hi,
My name is Cathie and I just came across your web site today and I was over joyed! My Mom just taught me how to embroider about a year ago and I'm hooked. I started to do research on embroidery and have found it's kind of a lost art. I became so interested in the history of doing embroidery that I started doing a redwork quilt. My Mom and I stamped out 25 blocks of different animals and I'm proud to say that I only have 2 left to do. My Mom will take the blocks and turn them into a quilt for me, it will be the first project we have done together. I love the designs on your web site, I have had a hard time finding designs for embroidery, (most designs these days are for cross-stitch) I have several designs from Aunt Martha's iron on transfers and every time I can find a book with embroidery designs in it I get it. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your designs and giving a fellow embroider a place to go for inspiration. Take Care,

Cathie
Happy Summer
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