I discovered some free Rábaközi Embroidery patterns while poking around the Internet Archive. Rábaközi Hímzések 1 is a collection of cross stitch patterns drawn from the collections of the Hungarian National Museum. The museum’s Ethnography Department have published patterns from their collection in a series of booklets. This first booklet, …
Welcome to TAST Week 35. This week, I have a stitch that is a bit different because it is usually worked on a grid. You could experiment with it off-grid – in other words, work them in a free-form manner but people usually work them within a square.I think you …
On youtube this week I share my Autumnal slow stitch roll. In the video I discuss what stitches I used and how I made it. I worked the Autumnal slow stitch roll as I was writing my latest book so it hold many samples of the stitches found in the …
Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST) Week 34, I am proposing an interesting version of buttonhole called Up and Down buttonhole. This version of buttonhole creates a line of paired buttonhole stitches that are tied at the base. It creates a different look from regular buttonhole. And you can use this …
Last week, I announced we would have a catch-up — TAST Break week 3. If you are up to date with your sampling, take a little break. I don’t know a stitcher who has not got other projects to work on — so this is your chance. For others who …
Welcome to TAST Week 33. But before I announce the stitches for Week 33, I have a little announcement: Next week will be a catch-up or break week, whichever applies to you. I notice some people are struggling to keep up or are falling behind. Don’t worry, that’s why we …
Thread drops are known by a number of names such as thread keepers, floss keepers, thread organisers or floss drops which is a fun name that sounds like a lollie to me. I am sure that every hand embroiderer has at some stage had to deal with a tangled nest …
