After a comment made on Facebook about wanting to know how to do whipped backstitch, I have taken the plunge and launched head first into my first step by step instructional post! It could of course be my last, but I’m thinking, if there is interest, and I am comfortable with the stitch, that I …
Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to attend a day class at the RSN. This time, I attended an introduction to crewel work class, by Lizzy Lansbury. The group for this class was much larger than the stumpwork class I attended. There were around twelve of us at this crewel work class, the stumpwork one I …
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I’m a little late getting this post up sorry! Last week’s TAST Stitch was Coral stitch. Whilst the previous stitch was one of my favourites, this one was at the other end of the line. I still don’t think I completed it correctly, and you can see from the photos that I did make changes …
I thought I would try something a little different this month, and set myself some ‘plans’ (I won’t call them goals just yet!), on what I plan to achieve in the month ahead. Why you say? Well, you may have noticed that I tend to get a wee little bit distracted, and end up with …
Well this is a stitch I really enjoyed! It may just be my favourite TAST stitch of the year so far! Such a wonderful stitch that is easily worked up, and fills an area beautifully. And whilst I tried it only with the basic straight stitch as the foundation lines, Sharon has said in her tutorial …