I finished the stitching on another of the Butterfly Garden embroidery pattern motifs.   You may remember that I previously shared this project from the same pattern set: Now I have completed the other one.  Here is the list of stitches I used.  To give the butterfly wings some dimension and variety, I used four  different stitches. Chain Stitch, Double Knot Stitch, Stem Stitch, and Straight Stitch.  The decorative parts of his wings are Running Stitch, Satin Stitch and Straight Stitch.  His antennae are Pistil Stitch: The raspberry colored cir ..read more

This is the latest stitch I have learned on my 100 Stitches journey.  As you can see from the title, this is the Two-Sided Plaited Spanish Stitch.  This is a decorative border stitch.     I learned this stitch from the book Embroidery Stitches by Mary Webb.  According to the instructions, this is a stitch worked from left to right in two rows. To begin, I used a ruler to draw three guidelines - top, center and bottom.  I started on the left side of the bottom line:  I brought the needle up through the fabric and pulled all the way through.  ..read more

These three motifs are from my Easter embroidery pattern set.  The pieces are: a left hand corner decoration, a right hand corner decoration and a center decoration.  I am experimenting with using them together for some Easter table linens.  I think they can work on a table runner or napkins: The flowers are so easy to embroider, I should be able to finish either option by Easter.  {Lazy Daisy Stitch / Blanket Stitch / French Knots} I am using a simple, pastel color palette too.  Here are the numbers: I took this picture from my Camellia a few days ago ..read more

  This embroidery is from my Butterfly Garden pattern set.   This is a fairly good sized motif, 5.5" vertically and 5" horizontally.   All of the stems are done with Stem Stitch.  The green leaves are Fish Bone Stitch and the blue leaves are Lazy Daisy Stitch. The lilac colored dots are French Knots.  The lilac and green flowers are Straight Stitch, with their tops edge outlined by Double Knot Stitch.  The flower pistils are done with Pistil Stitch. The tiny leaves under the flower are Straight Stitch. For the butterfly, his wing tops are outlined ..read more

As the post title suggests, I am using Sulky brand Stick 'n Stitch to transfer this snowman embroidery pattern to fabric.   I chose this snowman image from my Snow! embroidery pattern set.  I put a sheet of the Stick 'n Stitch paper into my ink-jet printer tray and printed the image.  Then I cut around the image:  Peeled off the backing from the Stick 'n Stitch sheet: And adhered it to the fabric: I trimmed my fabric and then put it into an embroidery hoop: So far, I am really impressed!  The whole process is simple and the stitching lines are clear ..read more

Here are all the details of the monogram Christmas ornament project I first posted about{here}. I used four different stitches on this project.  For the letter, the evergreen and gold flower stems I used the Back Stitch.  The evergreen needles, the snowflakes and star are all Straight Stitch.  The red berries are French Knots and the gold leaves are Lazy Daisy Stitch. I used a simple color palette as well - here are the floss color numbers: Each monogram in this pattern set is perfectly sized to fit a 3" embroidery hoop.  When I stitched this, I used a larger hoop wi ..read more

I have a new hand embroidery pattern set available in my shop.  This one is titled Monogram Christmas Ornament.  I will be posting all about my stitches and color palette numbers from this "M" monogram soon ..read more

I finished the stitching on this autumn embroidery project.  I am really pleased with the result! I used the Back Stitch for all of the stems.  For the salmon pink colored leaves, I used Straight Stitch.  For the green leaves, I used Lazy Daisy Stitch with a Straight Stitch over the top.  The seed heads on the tarragon plants are all French Knots. Here are the floss color numbers for the palette I used ..read more

 I finished stitching two works in progress! However, today I am sharing the stitch and color palette information for just one - this modern autumn tree panel: If you remember from part 1 of this project, I mentioned that the autumn tree pattern had accent lines on three of the trees:  After adding the contrasting colors: I have decided that I like the original plain stitching, solid colors version much better! The stitch information is really simple - the whole project is done with Straight Stitch.  Here are the floss numbers for the color palette ..read more

  I have a work in progress to share.  I started stitching a small panel of autumn plants.  I selected a neutral color palette but after collecting a variety of leaves, I decided to use colors from the leaves: So I removed all the neutral floss and started stitching with the new color palette.  Now looking at the neutral palette - I really like it -perhaps I will transfer this image again and stitch it in the neutral! I will post again with the finished project and all the floss color numbers and stitch information ..read more