Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 33

For Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 33, I am introducing a textured stitch called Whipped wheel. This stitch produces a raised ribbed circle. Until you try it you don’t know how much fun this stitch can be. This is one of my favourite textured stitches. If you look closely …

Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 32

For Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 32, I would like to introduce you to  Raised Herringbone Band. This is an interesting stitch, but for some reason, I find I forget to use it! But this stitch is really remarkably handy once you learn it. This stitch makes a great …

New Crazy Quilting bead soup Mixes for Crazy Quilters!

I have created another type of bead soup mix. My Crazy Quilting bead soup mixes are made for crazy quilters. They contain novelty beads that can be used to embellish crazy quilt blocks. Use them to add texture to your designs and apply feature beads to add emphasis and lead …

Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 31

For Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 31, I am introducing everyone to 3 varieties of  Chain Stitch that can be used whenever you want a really strong line. I hope they all prove to be fun. For TAST, I am suggesting two varieties of Whipped Chain stitch.  Both varieties …

Crazy quilt stitch-along Tumbling block 8

Tumbling block 8 sits on the third row down in the left-hand side of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up tumbling block 8.  Here is the light tone diamond 1 pattern , the mid tone diamond , and the …

Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 30

Cloud Filling is the stitch for Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 30. Because this stitch covers areas quickly and easily, you mainly see this stitch being used as a filler stitch. If you are a new hand to embroidery, you will find that filler stitches are amazingly useful. They …

Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 29 and August Design Challenge

The Basic stitch in Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 29 is Pekinese Stitch which creates an interesting line that can follow a curve well. As a linear stitch Pekinese Stitch is quick to work if you need to edge a larger item such as the page of a fabric …