I think seeding stitch can be a bit overlooked. I certainly didn’t pay it much attention for quite a while. But actually, it’s a pretty useful filling stitch. Especially when you want to fill an area quickly. In its simplest form, seeding stitch is a scattering of small straight stitches that fill an area. However, […]
For a birthday treat last year I was lucky enough to join one of the Royal School of Needlework’s special Bacton altar cloth classes. Our day began with a private view of the cloth and its exhibition. Then we spent the rest of the day stitching a motif inspired by the altar cloth. Check out
This is the first in a series of stitch tutorial posts I’ll be creating. As well as walking you through how to create each stitch, I’ll include tips that I’ve learnt along the way for easy and beautiful stitching. My first tutorial had to be stem stitch. It’s so versatile that I often think of
I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at my Jacobean crewelwork piece for the Royal School of Needlework certificate. Specifically, I want to share with you how I incorporated maths into the design. I’ve always been a maths and science geek as well as enjoying art and craft. So any opportunity
If you’ve followed along with my previous posts (here and here), you’ll have seen that I did quite a bit of preparation work for my Royal School of Needlework blackwork module. Now I’m on the last step before starting to stitch, transferring my blackwork design onto the fabric. In my crewelwork module, I painted the
It’s felt very fitting to be able to release my blackwork rainbow embroidery pattern during Pride Month. I hope that with the heart inside the rainbow, it can be seen as a fitting celebration of the LGBTQ+ rainbow Pride flag. Unfortunately with all the lockdown measures, pride events around the world have had to be
In my last post I shared the first stages of the design process for my RSN Certificate Blackwork module. In this post I’m going to share with you another key part of my preparation – choosing the blackwork stitches. Blackwork is a counted embroidery technique that is worked by stitching geometric patterns. I think pretty
Having finished my first module of the Royal School of Needlework certificate (you can see my Jacobean crewelwork here), I was eager to start on my second module – blackwork. For the second module you have the choice between canvas stitches and blackwork. Since the beautiful blackwork embroideries of previous students were a big part
In my last post I shared how embroidery has become an important part of my mental health management. Continuing with the mental health awareness theme, I wanted to share some tips for how embroidery can ease anxiety and generally boost your mental health. This has been especially relevant for me in the last couple of
It’s mental health awareness week (or month, depending on where in the world you are!), so I wanted to share with you some of my personal experiences of how stitching and embroidery have helped my mental health. When I was in my teens and early twenties I did a lot of cross stitch. I didn’t
