Mary Corbet just wrote an article about her top ten embroidery stitches beginners should master--the ones she uses again and again and thinks every embroiderer should know because they are so useful and fundamental to embroidery. Frankly, I use a lot of embroidery stitches in my needlepoint since I taught myself crewel embroidery before I taught myself needlepoint. In today's embellishment world, they add a lot of zing to my needlepoint without much trouble.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2014/10/ten-embroidery-stitches-to-know.html
UPDATE: This article was written two weeks ago but the morning it published, Mary added a list of sixteen dimensional stitches to her website. So now you have even more reference material to play with the next time you need a bit of texture or oomph for your needlepoint. Thanks again, Mary!
http://www.needlenthread.com/2014/11/16-stitches-to-add-texture-dimension-to-hand-embroidery.html
Whether you agree with Mary's list or not, you will want to bookmark this page. Mary being Mary, each and every stitch has a link to a How To Video demonstrating the stitch. Just click on the green underlined title and away you will go to a video of Mary showing you just how to do this stitch. Just note that like needlepoint stitches, embroidery stitches have many names. For example, what Mary calls detached chain stitch I call a lazy daisy stitch!
You call it tomaTOE, I call it toMAto, it's all useful.
Thanks, Mary!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright October 30, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Friday, November 14, 2014
The Key to Compensating a Compound Stitch
Labels:
compensation,
compound stitches,
Joni Stevenson,
stitches
The key to compensating a compound stitch is planning ahead according to Joni Stevenson as she continues her terrific compensation series.
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/2014/10/it-never-hurts-to-plan-ahead.html
If you aren't familiar with Joni's blog, please explore. She's a fabulous teacher and there is a wealth of information there on better technique that will make your next piece better than ever.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright October 26, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/2014/10/it-never-hurts-to-plan-ahead.html
If you aren't familiar with Joni's blog, please explore. She's a fabulous teacher and there is a wealth of information there on better technique that will make your next piece better than ever.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright October 26, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
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