Couching is a simple, but wonderfully versatile, stitch and technique. With this stitch, you can use many novelty yarns that cannot fit through the eye of a needle. Follow the link for instructions and eye candy. Couching is a quick way to add a textured line to your design. You …
Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 11 Basic TAST Feather stitch is the basic stitch for week 11. For those who are new to embroidery, you will find that aspects of the hand movements needed to make this stitch are similar to those learned in Buttonhole. I hope you can see a …
While poking around the Antique Pattern Library I found a little gem from Anchor. It’s described as a small pdf but the collection of the “Anchor” Transfers for Embroidery Patterns is huge! This is a copyright free publication which at 112 pages contains a lot of patterns! There is no …
I have some exciting news to share as my next book will be released in July and is available for pre-order. Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery, Volume 2 contains 114 more hand embroidery stitches with clear, step-by-step photos for both left and right handed people. The book contains loads of …
Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 10 Basic TAST Crossed buttonhole is one of those stitches that at first glance looks mildly interesting. But once you experiment with it a bit, you will discover it has many possibilities. You can also work single stitches in a square, as I have done …
Have a Cuppa 4, my video this week contains some exciting news about my next book and I show people how to work a bullion knot. I know many people have problems with this stitch, so I decided to share my tips on how to do them. Of course I …
Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 9 Basic TAST The challenge this week, is to experiment with Buttonhole Wheel which is a fun and easy stitch. I often use these to form small floral sprays making them useful stitches for crazy quilting and surface embroidery, but you can also use them …
