November 21, 2025
Twinkle, Twinkle 3 Errata
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November 21, 2025
Twinkle Twinkle 3: First Bands on the Star
Good morning, and welcome to Part 3 of our current stitch-along here on Needle ‘n Thread, Twinkle, Twinkle: A Christmas Star Ornament!
We’re working our way through embroidering a lovely Christmas star ornament, step-by-step. If you’re just joining in, you’ll find all the previous installments of this stitch-along available here, in the Twinkle, Twinkle Project Index.
For members of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon, you’ve already received the PDF that covers all this information. I also dropped some video over on the membership site, for folks signed up as “Avid Stitchers.”
If you are interested in video instruction for this entire project but not interested in the monthly membership (it’s $5 for “Avid Stitcher” level), you can purchase access to the individual videos that you’d like to view. You’ll find the videos listed under the Twinkle, Twinkle Collection on my membership page. As the videos are published over there, they will be listed in that collection, and there will be an option to purchase access to the video. (Please note: the video instruction is not in the same order as the stitch-along published here.)
Today, we’re working two of the stitched bands on the star.
November 19, 2025
Holiday Heads-Up: Shipping Deadline & a Sale!
Oh my word! It’s hard to believe that next week is Thanksgiving!
This year, we’re not really engaging in holiday hoopla and whatnot here at the studio (or even on the website).
Now, don’t worry! We’ll be finishing up Twinkle, Twinkle as we move into December (the stitch-along ends on December 12), and I’ll be publishing some articles on the website, but …
…come December 3rd, we will be finished shipping for the rest of the year!
November 17, 2025
Errata on Twinkle, Twinkle #2: Thread Color Numbers!
Just a quick announcement! In Part 2 of Twinkle, Twinkle that posted today, the DMC thread colors are incorrect. The … Continue reading Errata on Twinkle, Twinkle #2: Thread Color Numbers!
November 17, 2025
Twinkle, Twinkle Part 2: First Stitches – The Rays
Welcome to the second installment of Twinkle, Twinkle: A Christmas Star Ornament, the current stitch-along here on Needle ‘n Thread.
If you’re just joining in and would like to follow along with this project from start to finish, you’ll find all the lessons for this stitch-along listed here, in the Project Index for Twinkle, Twinkle.
For members of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon, we have already covered this content in the PDF I posted last week on Patreon. I’ll be posting some video over there later this week, for Avid Stitchers, and our next PDF installment, which will move us a little further ahead).
November 14, 2025
Video Tutorial: Beaded Cable Chain Stitch
Good morning, Happy Friday, and welcome to the weekend! November is slipping away, isn’t it?
Here’s a short video tutorial for the beaded cable chain stitch. It’s been a loooooong, long time since I’ve added a stitch video tutorial to Needle ‘n Thread, but this one will come in handy shortly, for all those who are following along with
Twinkle, Twinkle, the latest stitch-along that we’re working through together here on Needle ‘n Thread.
November 12, 2025
Twinkle, Twinkle Part 1: Introduction, Materials, Set-Up
Welcome to Part 1 of Twinkle, Twinkle, a Stitch Snippet stitch-along here on Needle ‘n Thread, where we will explore together how to create a very pretty Christmas Star ornament.
The stitch-along will be published here on the blog in installments. Unfortunately, we are sold out of materials kits, but of course, you can source your own materials or make substitutions if you want to follow along.
And even if you don’t want to make the ornament itself, you can certainly follow along for stitching tips that you can use in any of your own embroidery projects!
If you’re a member of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon, you have already received this installment, plus the next one (with the first stitches), all in one PDF.
Today, we’ll talk tools and materials, design and set-up.
