TAST Week 2

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 for instructions …

TAST Week 1

Happy New Year! And 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. Before we start, please check out Why Wobbly stitches are …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling Block 21

We have reached the last block on the Diamonds are Forever quilt. I can not quite believe it! Tumbling block 21 sits in the bottom row on the right-hand side of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up the block. …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling Block 20

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 …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling Block 19

Tumbling block 19 sits in the bottom row on the left-hand side of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. I can’t quite believe we are on the last row of the quilt! You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up the block, and this month there is …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling Block 18

Tumbling block 18 sits second row from the bottom on the right-hand side of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up the block. Here is light tone diamond, the mid tone diamond, and the dark tone diamond. Just to remind …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling Block 17

Tumbling block 17 sits third row down, on the right hand side of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up the block. Here is light tone diamond, the mid tone diamond, and the dark tone diamond. When embellishing, feel free …