{"id":35991,"date":"2017-03-11T05:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T12:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=35991"},"modified":"2017-03-04T18:49:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T01:49:40","slug":"sue-spargo-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/sue-spargo-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Sue Spargo Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a sucker for embroidery threads. Not really the floss that comes in hanks, but the Perl Cotton balls, the Aurifloss and, now, Sue Spargo embroidery threads.<\/p>\n<p>I admire Sue Spargo&#8217;s work, because of the cheerfulness and liveliness of the designs. Her book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1604687223\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=artquiltmaker-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1604687223&amp;linkId=dcdacfe4334864de256dafaeb10ad541\" target=\"_blank\">Stitches to Savor: A Celebration of Designs<\/a>, is a favorite. I admire her work with the simple shape of the cups and want to do something similar with cakes. Can you imagine how fabulous a cake quilt would look with embroidery designs applied to it to simulate frosting and cake decorations?<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-35991 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/dscn1722sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN1722sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sue Spargo Threads from Stitch\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-35827\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-35827'>\n\t\t\t\tSue Spargo Threads from Stitch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/dscn1692sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN1692sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sue Spargo Threads from Thistle Dew\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-35606\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-35606'>\n\t\t\t\tSue Spargo Threads from Thistle Dew\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Of course, given the colors I bought, the cakes would be cheerful, and, possibly, unappetizing. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>You may noticed that I have mentioned Sue Spargo embroidery threads a few times recently. After visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/thistle-dew-quilt-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thistle Dew<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/shop-review-stitch-north-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stitch<\/a> quilt shops, I was hooked. Both shops had these threads and it was the first time I had seen them. I have a lot of Perl cotton, etc, but couldn&#8217;t help indulging in a few spools. I want them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1485363011550.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have used them on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/under-the-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Under the Sea<\/a> and they were great to use. I need to get inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gerredavis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gerre<\/a> and use them more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a sucker for embroidery threads. Not really the floss that comes in hanks, but the Perl Cotton balls, the Aurifloss and, now, Sue Spargo embroidery threads. I admire Sue Spargo&#8217;s work, because of the cheerfulness and liveliness of the designs. Her book, Stitches to Savor: A Celebration of Designs, is a favorite. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/sue-spargo-threads\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sue Spargo Threads&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[313,161,341,153],"class_list":["post-35991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-embellishment","tag-embroidery","tag-supplies","tag-surface-design"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}