Whipped Alternating Buttonhole Stitch creates a slightly raised fine cord-like line down the central line of Alternating buttonhole stitch. Since this is a variety of buttonhole stitch, it helps if you know Buttonhole stitch and Alternating buttonhole stitch. (Follow the links to tutorials in my stitch dictionary if you need …
It has been a while since I last shared an update on my band sampler story roll that I am stitching this year. The last time I wrote about it I left off where I marked the Year of the Ox. The only ‘journalling’ bit that has been added is …
It’s time for another update about my annual sampler which I introduced last month here. It has been fun stitching it and is I admit, addictive. For those who have just swung by and don’t know the backstory, my sampler is what some stitchers would call a stitch roll. The …
For many years, I have been adding a strip of stitching to a long Stitch-roll or what is traditionally called a band sampler. My sampler is a strip of fabric where I improvise stitches, add bands in a freeform manner and often journal on it too. If you want to …
Double Seed stitch is also called Isolated back stitch. You can arrange it on the fabric and space it similarly to Seed stitch. It consists of two back stitches worked side-by-side close together with no space between the two stitches, or worked in the same hole. You can work Double …
Seed stitch is also known as seed filling, speckling, dot stitch, or rice stitch. It is one of the simplest stitches to work. You can create this stitch by scattering tiny straight stitches randomly over the surface of your fabric. Traditionally, you work the stitches with quite an even spacing, …
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 …
