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Stitch Tip: More Explorations of Extra-Wide Cast-on Stitch

 

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Last week, we explored an extra-wide cast-on embroidery stitch, using two needles to help form wide loops for the cast-on stitch.

Today, we’re going to look at a second approach to the same concept.

Before we start, if you’re not familiar with cast-on stitch, you might want to watch the video tutorial for cast-on stitch here, and you might check out the other instructional resources listed at the beginning of last week’s article. it helps to have a good idea about how the basic stitch is formed before getting entangled in adventurous stitch play!

Extra-wide cast-on stitches embroidery stitch
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Cornflowers Stitch-Along 3: All the Leaves

 

Last week, we embroidered all the stems on the Cornflowers project, which is our current stitch-along project on Needle ‘n Thread.

Today, we’re going to embroider all the leaves!

If you’re just joining in on this Stitch Snippet stitch-along for Cornflowers: a Scissor Envelope, you can catch up on previous installments in the stitch-along and pick up tips and techniques that we’ve already covered, by visiting the Cornflowers Project Index here.

If you would like to make your own Cornflowers Scissor Case, you’ll find the materials kit for this project available here.

If you’re a member of the Needle ‘n Thread community on Patreon, I posted Part 3: All the Leaves in a downloadable PDF format for you yesterday, so feel free to pick up that download! Part 4 will be released this Friday afternoon on Patreon, so you can get a head start on the flowers over the weekend.

And now, let us tackle the graceful leaves on our cornflowers!

Cornflowers embroidery - scissor case - stitch along
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Stitch Tip: Exploring Extra-Wide Cast-on Stitches

 

I’ve been exploring extra-wide cast-on stitches.

Are you familiar with the cast-on stitch? it’s a lovely and versatile stitch, perfect for adding texture and dimension to embroidery. In the scheme of dimensional, textured stitches, it’s fairly simple to work, too.

If you aren’t familiar with the stitch, you can find a video tutorial for cast-on stitch here, a tutorial for a simple cast-on stitch flower here, a tutorial for a cast-on stitch rose here, and even a tutorial for a beaded cast-on stitch here. Lots of opportunities for learning the cast-on stitch!

And now, we’re going to look at the extra-wide cast-on stitch, and we’re going to look at it from two different approaches, in two installments. This is the first installment. Next week, we’ll explore a little more.

Extra-Wide Cast-on Embroidery Stitch
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Cornflowers Stitch-Along 2: All the Stems & Errata Notice

 

Last week, we launched the Cornflowers Scissor Envelope stitch-along here on Needle ‘n Thread, with the first installment covering the materials list, design, and set-up of the project.

Errata Notice

Before we start, I want to draw your attention to an errata notice at the end of this post. Please don’t miss it – it has to do with the materials list and the kit contents! Thanks!

Now that you have your project set up (hopefully!), it’s time to jump into the best part of any project – stitching! Yay!

For those just joining us with this stitch-along, you can find the introduction to the project here, which will tell you what you can expect from the stitch-along. You can find the first installment here. And if you’re looking for a materials kit, you can find that available here.

For members of the Needle ‘n Thread community on Patreon, you have already received the PDF for today’s lesson. I posted it last night, so you should have received notification of it already. You can find it available here, if you haven’t downloaded the PDF yet.

Let’s start stitching!

Cornflowers Embroidery Project stitch-along, part 1
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A Few Embroidery Tips that Never Grow Old

 

Whether you’re new to embroidery or you’ve been on the stitching scene for decades, it never hurts to revisit some good ole down-home embroidery tips – the kind of tips that never grow old!

I’m almost embarrassed to admit it. I looked over some of these lists and articles, and I found myself thinking, Oh yeah. How did I forget that?

We all need a brush-up here and there, now and then, I reckon, so I figured these might make a good weekend reading venture!

Embroidery Tips that Never Grow Old
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