by Marie Sauve-Rodd | Mar 26, 2019 | Creativity, Design, Embroidery Tips
Why You Need an Embroidery Sampler Project **not only for beginners DesignCreativity Starting out with an embroidery sampler project is a great way to practice stitches you are learning and have fun while you improve your technique. Samplers -both antique and...
by Marie Sauve-Rodd | Jan 8, 2019 | Design, Embroidery Tips
Basic Stitches Part 2 2 January DesignEmbroidery TipsColour A stitcher could be happy using little more than straight stitch. (Look at the lovely work of Claire Wellesley-Smith, or Linda McLaughlin to see how basic stitches can be used so creatively.) On the other...
by Marie Sauve-Rodd | Nov 12, 2018 | Design, Embroidery Tips
Basic Stitches Part 1 12 November DesignEmbroidery TipsColour There must hundreds if not thousands of embroidery stitches. Ok, maybe not thousands but sometimes it can seem that way. And there are many that are very pretty and interesting but that’s not my main focus...
by Marie Sauve-Rodd | Nov 8, 2018 | Embroidery Tips
The only things you need to get started with embroidery You really need so little to actually get started with embroidery – and that is a huge plus, no? (I didn’t realise that when I started, but that’s another story.) Many of the embroidery supplies you need are...
by Marie Sauve-Rodd | Nov 8, 2018 | Design, Embroidery Tips
The Power of Three 8 November DesignLifestyleEmbroidery TipsColour Does anybody actually know how many hand embroidery stitches there are? When I began exploring embroidery I was daunted by the sheer number of stitches I thought I needed to learn. I bought some...
