TAST Week 2 The stitch for TAST week 2 is Fly Stitch. I made the sample above using 5 layers of chiffon and netting stitched over with mainly Fly Stitch. Much of the grass/reeds areas are also fly stitch. I mixed the thickness and type of threads to give variety …
Welcome First off, Happy New Year! and it’s the start of a new TAST challenge — TAST week 1. First, let me welcome you all to Take a Stitch Tuesday for another year! I hope everyone is energised and up for it. I am certainly looking forward to seeing what everyone …
For me wobbly stitches rule! I have noticed that some beginners to embroidery apologise for their wobbly stitches. To be honest I don’t think it is necessary. I will tell you why. This is the 21st century. We are surrounded by machine made things. Some of these things are ugly, …
This week I have an interview with Maya Mathew of Million Little Stitches who many people know because she wrote a very useful tutorial on how she makes fabric books. This tutorial is pinned all over Pinterest and I admit to pointing people to her site on numerous occasions. Maya …
This week I would like to introduce you to Elizabeth Braun author of the Sew in Love blog. On her blog you will find tutorials, tips and advice on traditional forms of embroidery such as raised work and stump work. I was interested to hear what Elizabeth had to say …
This interview is part of series to mark that the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge has been running for a decade. Nell runs a facebook page called Artisanloops and I first noticed her interesting samples when she shared them on facebook in the TAST group. Nell also is a designer …
Melody Lord has to be one of the most interesting embroiderers I know, as she uses her needle and thread to meld science and art. I first really paid attention to her work when in 2010 she worked an embroidery based on a NASA image of the far side of …
