MargB of Maggie’s Textiles left a lovely comment for me on my last post about multi-colored threads. (It’s now available in pdf format on the Needlework Articles page, by the way.) In the comment, Marg referred to an “ikated” design, a term I’d never heard before. I knew about Indonesian ikats – the lovely pieces of [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for February, 2008
2001-2008 by G. Romilly Mueller (Goodfellow) all rights reserved Please do not reprint or post on your own site or newsletters without permission. Feel free to link to this blog. Geometric Stitching (Hardanger, etc.) Techniques Some of the same principles apply to stitching geometric-type designs, for example, any type of satin stitch. For the example [...]
2001-2008 by G. Romilly Mueller (Goodfellow) all rights reserved Please do not reprint or post on your own site or newsletters without permission. Feel free to link to this blog. English Method In the English method, which I teach below, you complete each stitch individually. The only difference from the Danish method in looks is [...]
To bring you a free valentine bookmark pattern! More multi-colored threads soon. I promise. But I wanted to share this quick to stitch design that I did for my dear husband early enough that you could stitch it for your valentine if you wanted. Click the pictures for a larger version of the chart and [...]
In my last post, we had an introduction to the fun that is the apparent randomness of color in multi-colored threads. Today we’re going to move on to specific techniques you can use to get the effect you want from your stitching. Stitching with Multi-Colored Threads – Cross Stitch Techniques (Danish) copyright 2001-2008 by G. [...]