I am incredibly honoured and excited to be teaching in the C&T online Embroidery Extravaganza event. C&T (who publishes my books) has put together 10 award-winning instructors who are delivering multi-classes on embroidery. These classes are brought together in a live virtual event, so you can ask questions. In each …
This is just a quick heads up to let people know that we have new bead soup mixes in the shop. I select beads for use in creative embroidery. By that I mean I look for beads that are flat or have flat back so they sit well when stitched …
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 2023 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 …
The third tumbling block for the Crazy quilt stitch along is to be found in the top right hand corner of my Diamonds are Forever Crazy quilt. I have included a photo of the quilt and marked the block so people get a sense of where they are headed. The …
Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 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 …
