Slow down, stitch and enjoy the creative process
The Basic stitch in Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 30 is Pekinese Stitch which creates an interesting line that can follow a curve well. As a linear stitch Pekinese Stitch is quick to work if you need to edge a larger item such as the page of a fabric book. The post TAST Week 30 appeared first on Pintangle by admin
Cloud Filling is the stitch for Take a Stitch Tuesday 2023 Week 29. Because this stitch covers areas quickly and easily, you mainly see this stitch being used as a filler stitch. If you are a new hand to embroidery, you will find that filler stitches are amazingly useful. They The post TAST Week 29 appeared first on Pintangle by admin
There are new bead soup mixes in the shop. I have done a major re-stock. The bead soup mixes consist of beads that are better suited for stitching to fabric, rather than for making jewelry. The mixes contain interesting shaped beads, unusual beads and novelty beads. Use them to add The post New Bead Soup Mixes! appeared first on Pintangle by admin
For Basic Take a Stitch Tuesday 28, I am pointing everyone towards a variety of Herringbone stitch called Back Stitched Herringbone. This stitch combines Back Stitch and Herringbone stitch. It is a lot of fun and is very versatile looking good if you work it row upon row or as The post TAST Week 28 appeared first on Pintangle by admin
For those who enjoyed the work in progress shots and watching me stitch my Blue and Mauve Slow stitch roll on instagram, I have made a video of the completed roll. I stitched this piece as on it I worked on my latest book Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery, The post Blue and Mauve Slow stitch roll appeared first on Pintangle by admin