Tanja Berlin of Berlin Embroidery Designs has provided free instructions and design for a small goldwork sampler. The instructions are brief and assume you have done goldwork before. If you are interested in this technique take some time to explore the goldwork tag over at Mary Corbet’s Needle n’ Thread …
Stitches: This band illustrates first a row of scroll stitch, second is a row of half buttonhole wheel stitch, and the last row is stem stitch. Thread: All stitches are worked in a hand dyed mercerised cotton which is the same weight and thickness as a DMC perle 8 thread. This …
The Embroiderers Guild of America publish a regular free projects under their Stitch-to-Learn series. The series is delivered as pdf files so you will need Acrobat Reader to open and read these files. You can download a free reader on the Acrobat site. An Introductory Program to Surface Stitchery is …
Stitches: This band consists of 3 rows of stitches the first being Cretan stitch worked tightly together, the row is chain stitch and the last row is Satin stitch worked in straight line Thread: The first row is a hand dyed perle cotton, size 5. The second row is a hand …
I recently rounded up all the sampler pieces I worked last year and pieced them together then added them to my For the love of stitching band sampler. I had an email asking how I back my sampler and I promised to blog what I did, this is what I …
Stitches: This band illustrates first Herringbone, then a line of Back stitch, followed by a row of Chevron Stitch, then a line of Running Stitch and finally a row of Buttonhole . These are all basic stitches. Thread: A hand dyed mercerised cotton, which is about the same weight as perle 5 DMC Fabric: This section of the …
Rayon Ribbon Floss looks like a small thin ribbon of silk but is actually made of rayon. Rayon has a high sheen which makes it an attractive thread to use in hand embroidery. It can really lift an area and add a little extra to your work. This thread has a …
