Hey everyone! We got a fun little note from Judy Grant, the Roving Reporter for the Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery International Guild (say that 10 times fast!). Apparently there is a swanky Fiber Art Online Exhibition now through March 31st – the theme is “Winter Wonderland”. The pieces showcased are absolutely jaw-dropping! Check it out and […]
Category: Stitches
Recipes!
We just added a bunch of recipes to the new Recipe Category. So, if you read one of our newsletters way back when and just can’t remember which one had that yummy recipe in it, you can just do a search for it and, if we’ve added it to the database, it will be magically […]
Woof or meow?
Man’s best friend or man’s best friend’s arch rival? ;) [poll id=”4″]
Herringbone (for Temari)
Here is a diagram on how to do the herringbone stitch around the divisions. Bury your thread in the ball and come up at A. Bring your thread down to the equator at B. Go under the marking line, picking up a few of the wrapping threads and come up at C. Come down to […]
Cornucopia of Canvaswork Stitches
To welcome in Thanksgiving, Debi wrote a fantastic newsletter dedicated to the first Thanksgiving dinner – in stitches! She charted each stitch herself with amazing descriptions and variations. Check out the article »
Double Dutch
Variation 1 Variation 2 This stitch is fun when used as an airy filler. Turn the stitch whichever way works best for your design. You can also vary the way a stitch looks by the order in which you do your lines. For example, try an experiment stitching the long single stitch first. Then try […]