Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas has come up with a rockin dimensional embroidery technique that she calls “comb embroidery…without the comb.” An easy approach with beautiful results. See her tute.
Multi-tutorial: Rhodes stitch
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, has posted an article and stitch journal page for Rhodes stitch, which she points out is “one of the most versatile – and popular – stitches in needlepoint, and has an … Read More...
Stitch Deepa’s buttonhole flower
Deepa of This and That has invented a flower using buttonhole stitch on a bar. She shows us the technique step by step. See the tute.
Tutorial: Rolled hem corners
Jeanine in Canada (Italian Needlework) shows us how to finish corners neatly and accurately when doing a rolled hem. See the tute.
Tutorial: Cross-stitch basics
Anna of Mochimochi Land blog is documenting the basics of cross-stitch. If you’ve been wanting to try your hand at this style of embroidery, you’ll enjoy her clear instructions and plentiful photos. Go to Anna’s blog post.
SharonB is such a tease
SharonB is sharing this “teaser” for the next set of worksheets she’s putting together. She says,
… Read More...This is one of the examples I am using for whipped spoke stitch…Worksheets are designed by me to build into a hand embroiderer’s resource
Tutorial: Brazilian hydrangea
Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) demos a tricky but gorgeous Brazilian embroidery stitch. This hydrangea flower uses boucle thread, which gives it extra texture. See the tute.
Martha cross-stitches
For the March issue of Martha Stewart’s Living magazine, her crafty minions (known as The Crafts Dept.) forayed into cross-stitch. The upshot: a rockin tutorial for beginners, free patterns for some charming silhouette images and simple alphabets, and ideas … Read More...
The importance of stitch direction
Does it matter whether you stitch right-to-left or left-to-right? Mary Corbet says it does. Find out why from her Needle ‘n’ Thread blog post.
Stitchy tutes
The web is full of tutorials for basic and fancy embroidery stitches. If you’re new to embroidery or could use a refresher, check these out:
(1) Woven picots from Sarah Whittle
(2) Coral stitch from Carina’s Craftblog
(3) Crown stitch … Read More...
Needles for newbies
If you’re new to needlework, you may not yet realize that needles are not created equal. Betsy of She Twinkles gives a quick rundown of the most-used types of needles. See her post.
How to turn a couched corner
Jeanne of Just String has a great trick up her sleeve. She says,
… Read More...When stitching a couched border such as this, you may face a dilemma because the couched thread ends in a hole at the corner and then has
Tutorial: Lacing needlework
Susan Elliott–with her typical patience, clarity, and excellent photos–shows us how to lace finished needlework onto a backing. She says, “The goal of lacing is to have a stretched piece of needlework with even tension, without bumps and bulges.” … Read More...
Make a hanging tuck
Debra of All About ME follows up her pillow-tuck tutorials with lessons for creating hanging tucks — fabric frames for displaying needlework. Go to her blog post for the links.
Tutorial: Open cretan stitch
Kim of bigB teaches us how to do open cretan stitch. See the tute.
Tutorial: Nat’s wonky cross-stitch
Nicole talked Nat of the smallest forest into sharing her technique for creating this beautiful fill stitch! See the tute on feeling stitchy.
Tutorial: Padded satin stitch
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread demos padded satin stitch in crewel wool. See the tute.
Why embroider on felt?
Gerry Krueger of Older Rose explains how she adds dimension to her embroidered works by creating applique motifs on felt. Brilliant. See her post.
Tutorial: Robotify a hoodie
Why is this beautiful boy so happy? Because he has a rockin hand-stitched robot on his hoodie! Stitchy mom Marcilla says, “I fancied up one of my son’s sweatshirts with a simple boy-friendly embroidery design. Takes a plain sweatshirt and … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a pillow tuck
Debra of All About ME shows us how to create pillow tucks–small pillows for displaying needlework. She links to PDFs for three different versions. Go to her blog post to get the downloads.