So you want to learn embroidery, but are overwhelmed by all the information out there. I took some of the questions I ask my students when they are deciding what to learn first and put them into a quiz to rank four of the basic embroidery styles and suggest which one you should start with. [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for May, 2010
Onyx-kun, Old Lady Cat, Kitty-Purr… Your fur will continue to live in my embroidery for years to come!
Geometric versus Organic Doodling In the “How to doodle” post way back when, I examined how I doodle around geometrically, creating geometric designs, subdivided and filled with yet more shapes. That method can be done using dice for inspiration. My organic doodling is less structured – take a scribble – any scribble – on paper [...]
I was reminded yesterday by a friend of a technique I had taught her several years ago. She was intimidated by all the counting in counted cross stitch, and couldn’t find a pattern she liked to learn on in any case. The easy solution? Make her own, without counting. If I can talk her into [...]