When I was a child, my grandmother taught me how to embroider, and we often used either preprinted or hot iron transfers embroidery patterns, like the following from Aunt Martha’s Image Credit: Aunt Martha’s on Amazon The Embroidery Designs Were often composed of Xs or the Cross Stitch, as follows. Image Credit: Aunt Martha’s on…
How to Sew A Straight Stitch on Gingham – Jacki Kellum Embroidery
For people who do not have an embroidery kit or who are waiting for one to be shipped, I’ll show you a few things about using gingham fabric as a guide or markers for sewing some stitches. In this video, I show you how to sew a straight stitch on gingham fabric.
Let’s Form a Sewing Circle: Women Need Close Association with Other Women
Historically speaking, women have been told that they are the weaker sex and that they need a man to. survive. I will not dispute the importance of men in our world, but I am quite sure that women also need to be in groups of close alliance with other ladies. Image Credit: Amazon In 1992,…
Daily Devotionl May 13 – Consider the Lilies How They Grow — Parables about Planting
I am involved in a training program to prepare myself to become part of the religious order: The Daughters of the King. The Daughters of the King is a lay religious order for women of the Episcopal Church and other women in communion with the Episcopal Church. What Is A Religious Order? “In ‘religious order,’…
Jacki Kellum Embroidery
When I was a young child, my grandmother taught me how to embroider, and embroidery is my second nature now. When I begin a sewing project, I rarely know where I am going with it. I simply begin sewing with a wide variety of stitches. That is why I advocate that people learn as many…
How to Do Embroidery – Step by Step – Sutesloly Set of 4 Embroidery Kits – Learn Embroidery with Jacki Kellum
An Overview of the Full Set The Sutesloly Pink Kit Contains 4 Projects and the Materials Needed: The Pink Project The Blue Project The Ivory Project The Final Project Stitches Taught in the Pink Project Straight Stitch Running Stitch Stem Stitch or Outline Stitch Lazy Daisy Stitch French Knot Back Stitch Split Stitch Satin Stitch…
Teach Me to Pray: A Collection of Prayers and Prayer-Like Words
Many years ago, I was impressed by the passage in Matthew where Jesus denounced hypocrisy in religion, and as I begin training to join the Order of the Daughters of the Queen, which is largely a formal prayer group, I have committed to learn how to pray honest, humble prayers and to avoid repeating shallow,…
What Is A Religious Order? My Personal Religious Order — While Welcoming America’s First-Elected Pope
By coincidence, the Papal Conclave began its work toward electing a new pope on the same day that I began my journey toward joining the Order of the Daughters of the King. Within hours–not days or weeks–a dark horse came riding out of the suburbs of Chicago to be named America’s First Pope. Moments later, …
Let’s Learn Embroidery, Embroider Some Blue Jeans, and Have A Hippie Day!
Image Credit: Charles and Elin My friends and I are planning a 60s Party, and we want to embroider our jeans, I discovered the following jeans embroidery project that uses only one stitch: The Lazy Daisy Stitch–and/or a variation thereof: Here’s Another Project Using More Stitches: Garden with the Blues Jacki Kellum Embroidery Among other…
Eden Rose –
Eden Rose Climber Blossom Jacki Kellum Garden May 6, 2025 Eden Rose Climber Blossom Jacki Kellum Garden May 9, 2025 “TOP SELLER! Eden Climber® features large, old-fashioned, fully double, 4 1/2″, cupped blooms with 100+ petals. Her blooms are a delightful blend of pastel pinks, creams, and yellows. Eden Climber® is a vigorously growing, disease-resistant…