Year: 2020

Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery


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If you enjoy my site you will gain real value from my book  Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery: Visual Guide to 120 Essential Stitches for Stunning Designs Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned embroiderer, Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery gives you techniques to encourage and develop a fresh …

Creative Happy Hour – Embroidery: Hand Stitching Past, Present and Future

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Just a quick heads up to announce that I am one of the invitees on the expert panel for this Creative Happy Hour event run by C&T. So if you have any embroidery related questions you may be interested in joining us. Creative Happy Hour Embroidery: Hand Stitching Past, Present …

Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery: Visual Guide to 120 Essential Stitches for Stunning Designs

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Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery: Visual Guide to 120 Essential Stitches for Stunning Designs is my latest book. For many years visitors to this site who use the stitch dictionary have wanted me to write a book. Well… I am pleased to say I have finally done it. It has …

Spotlight interview over on Create Whimsey

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Create Whimsy published a spotlight interview with me today. Topics range from how long I have been stitching to where I get my ideas from, what I think about talent and creativity to how I keep a studio journal. So take break, make a cuppa and pop over to read …

Interviewed for the Stitchery Stories podcast

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Waving frantically to all my regular readers. I am a little excited to let my regular readers know that I was interviewed by Susan Weeks for her podcast Stitchery Stories. I enjoyed having a great chat with Susan as we ranged over ooddles of stitch related topics. So for those …

Freeform Cross stitch

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Normally cross stitch is worked on the weave of the fabric neatly in rows along the lines of the thread. Each stitch is supposed to sit in the group not calling attention to itself. Cross stitch is supposed to be of even tension and uniform with each bar crossing in …

Double Seed stitch tutorial

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Double Seed stitch is also called Isolated back stitch. It is arranged on the fabric and spaced in a similar manner 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 …