June 24, 2024
A Richelieu Rehash – Design & Resource
Good morning, and Happy Monday all around! Whenever I get sucked into the vast Rabbit Hole of exploring old needlework … Continue reading A Richelieu Rehash – Design & Resource
June 21, 2024
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.
June 19, 2024
Cornflowers Scissor Envelope – Project Index
As we work through the Cornflowers project in our current stitch-along, we need an index where we can keep all the lessons related to the project in one handy, accessible place.
And here it is! The Cornflowers Scissor Envelope Project Index!
June 17, 2024
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!
June 14, 2024
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!
June 12, 2024
Cornflowers Stitch-Along 1: Materials, Design, & Set-Up
Woohoo! Time to launch the stitch-along for the Cornflowers Scissor Envelope, a pretty little embroidery project sporting lovely cornflowers, that finishes into an envelope-style case to hold your favorite embroidery scissors.
If you’re just joining us and the Cornflowers project is new to you – or your not familiar with how this will work – please take a look at this article from a few weeks ago. It will tell you what to expect with the project and stitch-along.
If you are interested in acquiring the materials kit for the stitch-along, you can find those available here. The convenient thing about the kit is that it has all the materials that you need to create the project, so you don’t have to source materials from multiple places.
The stitch-along will progress in short segments here on Needle ‘n Thread over the next month-ish. If you are a member of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon, you’ll find the lessons posted over there, too, in a handy PDF format that you can download and save to your computer or mobile device, and that you can easily print.
Let’s get started! Today, we’ll talk about materials, the design, design transfer, and project set-up.
June 10, 2024
Gumnut Yarns, Stitched
This is the week, my friends!! We will start the Cornflowers Stitch Snippet stitch-along just a little later this week, giving everyone as much opportunity as possible to receive their kits in the mail. If you haven’t had a chance to explore this new stitch-along, you can read about it here. We have more materials kits available, too!
Since we’re not quite ready to launch into the Cornflowers project, though, we’ll take another look at wool threads. This time, we’ll follow up on my previous introductory post to Gumnut Yarns, looking at them stitched up.
I discovered some interesting points about the threads while stitching with them.
