The name of fishbone stitch always sounds a little funny to me. I like the stitch and I’ve used it in a few designs. I think it’s some weird mental loop I have because I’m vegetarian. As if I automatically think “fishbone” = nope 🤣 But then I remember it’s just a stitch and all […]
I’ve had a couple of requests for this tutorial, so I hope I do it justice! I’m not surprised as long and short stitch is the key stitch used in the silk shading technique. You might also have heard of it called thread painting or needle painting. It’s one of the techniques that really excited
I think raised stem band is a lovely stitch. It really satisfies my sense of order and neatness! I also like the way it can help me to create some subtle dimension in my stitching. As the name might suggest, it creates a stitch that looks similar to stem stitch. However the stitching is quite
Laid work and couching are very closely linked. I’ve seen laid work described as a type of couching and I’ve also seen couching described as a type of laid work. I’m not sure which way around is technically correct! In any case, in this tutorial, I’m going to focus on laid work that creates a
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 quickly. So I think it’s definitely worth having in your toolkit. If you’ve done any
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 the scenes to share my inspiration and process with you. Beginnings From the start, I
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 same thread) on the right: Split stitch has a number of different uses. It can
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 stitch creates a lovely line of stitching. So it’s obviously a good one to learn
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
After designing and doing most of the stitching of my Royal School of Needlework (RSN) certificate Jacobean crewelwork module, the end was in sight! By chatting to my fellow students, I learnt that the mounting would take about 1.5 days. So to be on the safe side, I planned my stitching to be pretty much
