Afterglow Workshop

New floss set just in time to get your spooky on for Halloween! Left to right is Santa Cruz, Bali, Key West, Tangier, and new color Salem 🎃

Uninterrupted stitching time on the plane means lots of progress on Great Smoky Mountains National Park!

I love when a customer order creates a palette that's just *chef's kiss*. Thank YOU all for always inspiring me! 🌈 Left to right are my hand-dyed floss colors (twisted together in sets of 2) Bali & Madison, Sunshine Coast & Key West, Nile & Nova Scotia, Geneva & Vegas, Whitsunday & Shenandoah.

Working on some new floss photos and adding more colors to my shop! Love how these accidently coordinated. Left to right: Potomac, Lovecraft, Tangier, Blue Ridge (NEW!), Pluto (NEW!), Transylvania (NEW!). All of my floss starts on brand white so it's the highest quality 6-strand cotton. Which color is your favorite?

My (almost) complete blackwork SAL frame! Only in posting this photo did I realize I forgot two yellow hexes on the right side 😁 Regardless, I'm ready for the first hex fill release coming January 16 in the Facebook group (FREE!) or Ko-Fi ($3/month) - are you?? This is the Rainbow palette on Adelaide (pale purple/gray) aida - floss and fabric packs are available for order on Etsy in my shop (not required for participation). Yay!!

Same colors, same materials, but different techniques and saturation! Which do you prefer? Top left is 1, top right is 2, bottom left is 3, bottom right is 4.

How perfect is it that my first batch of floss orders makes this sweet rainbow?? I swear I didn't set this up! Top to bottom is Bali (x2), Key West, Iguazu (x2), Nile, Shenandoah, Sierra (x4). Shipping out tomorrow and plenty more colors up in my shop!

Super excited to announce the first-ever Aida of the Month event from the Fernway Studio for Summer 2021! 🏖️ Who doesn't love not one, not two, but THREE happy deliveries? You'll receive a 14" square of hand-dyed 14-count aida at the beginning of June, July, and August in fun surprise colors, and you also have the option to include a 10-yard skein of hand-dyed floss each month as well! Quantities are limited so sign up early on my Etsy to avoid missing out! ☀️

Sneak peek of something I've been working on... How do you feel about small Fernway Studio kits?? 🌿

It's beginning to feel like spring!! It's amazing what that does for my mood. And of course spring also makes me want to get out and hike! Here's a throwback to April 2016 at the start of one VERY long trail... can you guess where it is?

We’re introducing a really ambitious project today: the Eyes of a Needle COVID Stitch-Along Project. The goal is for stitchers around the world to come together to create a virtual “quilt” of embroidery projects to commemorate those who have died of COVID. Our goal is to collect a stitch for every person who has passed - as of today, March 22, that’s 2.72 million people. Sadly it will continue to go up for a long time, and we want to honor and remember them with our craft. Please feel free to share this far and wide - we want people around the world to be able to come together though stitching.

Goals:

Collect ~3,000,000 stitches from all around the world to commemorate the lives lost to COVID.

Collect stories of what embroidery has meant for people during lockdown.

Collect pictures of meaningful projects and the stories that go with them.

Raise money for a wide variety of charities.

How to participate:

-Stitch a project approximately 4” square, either cross stitch or embroidery. What you stitch is entirely up to you - it can be a picture, words, something abstract, a full block of color, a single lone stitch - whatever you feel like doing. Maybe it’s something that represents your time in lockdown, or your experience with COVID, or your hopes for the future. Keep track of how many stitches you make.

-When you’re done, record your participation here: https://forms.gle/3TsGnTNNocKXxkdC7. We ask for some info about you, about what you stitched, how many stitches you added, your stories, and a photo of your project. We’ll use this to start building a virtual quilt of projects, hopefully from all around the world, and will collect and share the stories that go with the projects.

-Optional - if you’d like to donate money in honor of this project, please do so! We are not collecting any money. Choose a cause that means something to you and donate directly to them - consider donating 1 cent per stitch. We are recording this information to track the impact of this project, but it’s completely optional to donate or to tell us about it. See the comments for a list of impactful charities to consider.

-Want to participate but can’t afford the supplies? Sign up for a donated cross stitch kit here: https://forms.gle/dijmKUoHCV3nDHpR6. I’ll reach out via email (first come, first served) when kits are donated. They’ll be super basic but enough to participate.

-Want to donate a kit to someone in financial need? It costs only $4 to enable someone to be able to participate. You can purchase one kit donation here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972310142/donate-a-stitch-along-kit-eyes-of-a?ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1 You can also purchase a basic kit for yourself in my shop if that’s convenient for you.

Please share questions below as I’m sure there’s info I’ve forgotten! Can’t wait to see how you all choose to create!

Here it is! 9 weeks after our start, the Winter is done! It's been so fun to stitch along with you all and see how everyone customised their own projects. If you weren't able to join us for the SAL, the full pattern will be up in my shop this week!

I haven't shared an in-progress dye photo in a while! Here's 2 yards of in my Hemingway color nearly done batching for our upcoming embroidery . I'm so torn between the three colors for my own project but I think this will be the one! It comes out the most perfect swirly dreamy sky blue that I also kind of want to do a tee shirt 😉

Sometimes it's hard to imagine what floss will look good on which background. Need a floss toss? I got you! This one is for a lovely sea turtle pattern and the customer ended up picking... ALL of them! Which would you go with? Floss is 3811, 964, 156, 3843, and 311 on my colors Edinburgh, Santorini, a new to-be-named sky blue, and Neptune !

If you're in the S*M Embroidery Facebook group, you know we've just announced our upcoming FREE embroidery stitch along that will be starting March 1! It's literature themed, and you can stitch it as one big piece or turn it into five bookmarks! Of course I'm offering dyed Kona cotton backgrounds, AND we're super excited to partner with to help everyone personalize their projects. Here's their "In a Perfect World" palette on my Hemingway fabric! I think it'll be perfect for the Classic Romance bookmark, don't you? 3689, 554, 210, 31, 3807, 793 💜💗💙

There are always little splats and spills when I'm working in the studio. Sometimes the paper towels I use to mop them up turn into their own works of art!

100 feet of cotton macrame cord! Hello, I'm Nichole and I have a problem with too many hobbies 😆 Stay tuned to see what I (attempt to) make with it!

Prepping for Valentine's Day? I have some LOVEly colors that would like to meet you! From left to right, say hello to Jaipur, Miami, Cappadocia, Ranier, Sonoma, Queensland, and Oslo. 💜

A swirly little watercolor detail. What would you stitch on here? I'm considering doing a series of city skyline patterns! I think the straight lines would look awesome against the softness of the colors.

Playing with deeper, richer colors these days- color palette adapted from and displayed on my aida color Oslo! colors 554, 208, 209, 3837, 3803, 718.

Sneak peek of something I'm working on for a new project! I'm a little obsessed with how this one came out 😍

This is weeks 1-3 of our current FREE mandala stitch-along happening in the Facebook group Snarky & Modern, beautifully stitched by , stitched on my color "London". ❤️ Week 4 was just released today - please join us!

Happy Saturday! I have a cool winter palette shipping out today all to different customers - I think everyone is feeling the winter vibes! Left to right: Oslo, Tombstone, Witch's Brew. Love that people are still enjoying my Halloween-themed colors too!

One of my favorite pieces I've dyed yet! 😍 This is a full yard, 36" x 44" of 14-count aida in my "Paris" color way. Heading out to a customer today!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Did you know our *free* winter started this week in the Snarky & Modern Embroidery Facebook group? This one is mandala-style, choose your own colors (we have a few suggested palettes), non-seasonal-specific, and beginner-friendly. No pressure to keep up and no problem if you start late! Please join us - there's still 9 weeks go go!

I've been lucky to see many gorgeous sunsets from many special places around the world- California, Bali, South Africa, Australia... Where was the best sunset you've ever seen? left to right: 3706, 20, 956, 3825, 3806, 899, 3689, 225.

A sink full of pink! 15 pieces of Potomac soaking, then on to drying, ironing, packing, and shipping around the country for our upcoming mandala SAL ❤️

Coming soon - hand dyed variegated floss! I'm working hard to get everything shipped out for the SAL but once that's done, I'll be stitching up some samples 😉

Getting colder where you are? Dream of sunny tropical days with happy hand-dyed aida, starting at $10 and always free shipping. Top to bottom is Potomac, Tahiti, Chesapeake, and Savannah. Check out the Etsy shop for more!

Too much color or just right? Prepping for the free mandala SAL happening in 2 weeks in the Snarky & Modern (S*M) Embroidery group on Facebook! Join us and play with pretty color palettes! This is 152, 956, 892, 891, 309, and 3802 on my "Potomac" aida fabric.

Feeling peachy and bright - say hello to Savannah, Maui, and Santa Cruz!

It occurred to me that there exist floss colors that I do not own- so I had to remedy that! Loving all the softer shades as we transition from warm fall colors into cooler winter colors ❤️

Here's my grid-in-a-grid for Black Friday! I've been working hard to come up with color names and get everything listed up in my shop- I'm nearly done with the yellows, reds, oranges, and pinks! Everything in the shop is 20% off right now when you pick out 2 or more- so go treat yourself 😉 Top left to bottom right are the colors Madison, Mauna Kea, Santa Cruz, Moab, Sevilla, Savannah, Sedona, Sunshine Coast, and Bali.

Grateful for the little things ❤️🍁 Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

It's a little nerve-wracking to make a shirt for someone. Thank goodness this is for an easy customer - my mother-in-law!

Speaking of tropical sunsets, can you ever have enough warm fruity color palettes? 3855 (light autumn gold), 3825 (pale pumpkin), 722 (light orange spice), 3340 (medium apricot), 3712 (medium salmon), and 3328 (dark salmon). Adapted from "Sunset Ocean"