Satin Stitch You can outline your area first with back stitches. Next fill in the area with straight stitches that lie next to each other but do not overlap them. The stitches can go in any direction. A majority of techniques use a satin stitch. Keep your threads lying neatly next to each other. Padded […]
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Long and Short Stitches (for Needlepainting)
Long and Short Stitches Needlepainting with Long and Short Stitches can be used to create fur, feathers, bricks, and so much more. You use long and short stitches anywhere you need a blending of color. There are great reference materials just for this technique such as Long and Short Stitch Embroidery (1929). Here is a […]
Couching
Couching Couching is used to secure a thread or group of threads that are lying on the top of your fabric. Small stitches are made across the thread(s) at regular intervals. « Back to Stitches
Walnut-Apple Cake
Walnut-Apple Cake 1 and one-half cup vegetable oil 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 3 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 and one-fourth tsp. cinnamon one-half tsp. salt 3 cups apples, peeled, cored and diced One-half cup walnuts, chopped Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9” x 13” […]
Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal Mix
Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal Mix Mix all of these together and store in an air-tight container. This will last up to 6 months, but you will eat it all before then! 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar (not the regular white sugar but powdered sugar) 1/2 cup non-dairy powdered coffee […]
Stitcher’s Showcase: Jann Crock
Dear Nordic Needle, You have so many great people who write to you about how they got started doing this needle work or that. I do not have such a story. I first became interested in reversible pattern weaving or darning and how great the geometry of the weaving worked. There is not a lot […]