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 …
This week in a short video, I am offering my viewers a few tips on thread choice and the importance of varying your threads in your design. The other topic I touch on is responding to your fabric with stitches. Also as a quick reminder next week I’m teaching at …
I have started to share my stitching process on You Tube. I am thinking in terms of making slower chatty videos where I imagine people will be stitching a little with half an eye on what I am doing. I know I do a lot of stitching in front of …
Week 8 Basic TAST This week the challenge is Buttonhole stitch – or blanket stitch, as many people call it. This stitch is actually the foundation for a whole family of stitches. People classify embroidery stitches in different ways. I like to classify stitch families according to the hand movement …
