Just a little behind the scenes news. I have recently returned from a trip to Malaysia. We stayed in Penang and you guessed it went bead shopping. The warehouse was very hot (it was 32 degrees (thats about 90F) and about 97% humidity. The warehouse had no aircon so I …
For Take a Stitch Tuesday 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 at …
For Take a Stitch Tuesday 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 decorative …
Tumbling block 20 sits in the middle on the bottom row of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up the block. Here is the light tone diamond, the mid tone diamond, and the dark tone diamond. Just to remind you …
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 …
The Basic stitch in Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 30 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 book. …
