Woven bars are great fun to make. You mainly Woven Bars in traditional drawn thread work, where the horizontal threads are withdrawn from the foundation fabric. Woven bars are then worked on the vertical threads. Contemporary needleweaving makes use of this stitch too. You can work them in a freestyle …
Fancy Herringbone Stitch is the stitch for TAST this week. It is a fun decorative stitch to play with. It forms a strong but pretty line that makes an ideal border, or you can use it as a seam treatment in crazy quilting. You can work it in different threads. …
Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 44. Here, I would like to introduce you to Twisted Chain stitch or Rope stitch. These are two very similar stitches. Rope stitch is a twisted chain stitch worked closely together, so I am inclined to group them together. They are a perfect example of a …
Chinese Cross Stitch is an unusual form of what is commonly known as cross stitch. This stitch works up into a very useful filling or border, looks great as a decorative surface stitch on even weave fabrics, and is extremely simple to work. Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 43 Beyond …
Pistil stitch is simply a French Knot with a long tail. You guessed it, the challenge stitch is Pistil stitch. You can use Pistil stitch for the centre of flowers or arrange it in a circle to make a flower motif. If you experiment with threads you can have fun as the thread …
