When thinking about embroidery stitches, I don’t think a couching stitch is one of the first to come to mind. However it opens up a number of different possible effects for your stitching. Plus you can it stitch it relatively…
Can stitching make you more productive at work? Does the idea sound too good to be true? Amazingly I’ve found that this has absolutely worked for me. Let me tell you how… First, a little context. I’m the kind of…
Satin stitch is often one of the first stitches that you’ll come across when getting into embroidery. Which lulled me into thinking it’s an “easy” stitch. Actually, I found it one of the trickiest stitches to work to the standard…
I’m so happy to be able to share Luna, my winter wolf crewelwork embroidery with you! The project is in issue 128 of Stitch magazine, which is in shops until the end of January. I thought I’d take you behind…
I think split stitch looks like a mini chain stitch. So I thought it would be a good one to follow on from the chain stitch tutorial. Below you can see split stitch on the left, chain stitch (using the…
Let me take you back to July 2019. I’d just posted my first commission off to Stitch magazine and was feeling super pumped. I jumped straight into designing my next pattern. After years of dreaming of starting a creative business,…
Looking back over some of my first embroideries as a young child, it looks like chain stitch was one of the first stitches I ever learnt. Perhaps that’s why it’s still one of my favourites to stitch! I think chain…
It’s the start of November, so my thoughts are inevitably turning towards Christmas. In previous years I’ve often left things to the last minute and had to rely on the convenience of large retailers. This year I want to be…
Next up in my series of stitch tutorials is trellis stitch. This is a great stitch for filling larger areas quickly. It’s also got massive creative potential! At it’s core, trellis stitch is a lattice like grid. In fact, you…
One of the criteria for the Royal School of Needlework Certificate blackwork module is to have an area where you blend two or more stitch patterns together. This is perhaps one of the trickier parts of the module. So I…