After stitching all the lines on my current embroidery project, the next step was to add some seed stitching. I figured filling in certain areas in seed stitch would accomplish two things: it would add some texture and it would make the prominent parts of the design stand out. And so, I proceeded to stitch thousands of tiny seed stitches.

There’s nothing at all complicated about seed stitching! Some books show seed stitch as two tiny stitches stitched as a pair perfectly parallel to each other, randomly covering an area. I only use one stitch, personally, stitching tiny single stitches randomly to fill an area.

Here’s a wee update on my current embroidery project, a white-on-white ecclesiastical piece. I’ve finished all the outlining on the … Continue reading Thread Ridges and Seed Stitch to Come