Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 5 Basic TAST This week I am introducing Detached Chain stitch. Many people know detached chain as Lazy Daisy stitch because stitchers have long enjoyed using this stitch to create the petals of little flower motifs. Detached chain is a fun stitch that is quick and …
Chain stitch. This is a tremendously useful stitch that is quick and easy to do. Chain stitch is a foundation stitch for a whole family of looped stitches. The trick with all the chain stitches is to not pull the stitch too tight, as a tight tension will pull the loop …
Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 3 Basic TAST This week I am suggesting you learn and experiment with Stem Stitch. Stem Stitch is a basic quick and easy linear stitch, which I, personally, think is one of the most useful stitches there are. You can use this stitch to outline just …
Tumbling block 13 sits in the middle of the third row down on the ‘Diamonds are Forever‘ quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up the block. Here are the light tone diamond , the mid tone diamond, and the dark tone diamond. Just to …
For Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 2 the basic stitch is back stitch. This stitch is one of the core stitches in embroidery as it is a very useful linear stitch. It is an easy stitch to master and quick to learn. Visit the tutorial for Back Stitch instructions on …
Happy New Year! Welcome everyone, to Take a Stitch Tuesday, or TAST week 1. I hope you are all energised and up for this year’s challenge. I know I am looking forward to seeing what everyone does this year, particularly with the design challenge. Before we start I would love …
Just a very quick update if you are interested in this I have just had word it is almost sold out. Everyone is interested in color and learning about! I am offering a discount voucher for C&T’s Color Mixer a live, virtual event. There are ten expert quilting instructors all …
