Stitching leaves is just so much fun! At least I think so and it appears you do too! I recently posted this photo of a tree I created that had enough leaves on it for every day of the year. The response was overwhelming – so many of you it appears would love to stitch this as well. Rather than wait and release it once it is complete at the start of 2025, I thought it would be much more exciting to bring you along for the journey since lots of you want to join in. It will be so exciting to see all the different variations we can come up with from different stitchers. This little seed of an ide ..read more

This has been so much fun seeing all your fabulous stitching as the days ticked along. Now the Advent is over we can finally see the whole design… This will be available in the shop as a pattern very soon… The post 2023 Advent Calendar is complete appeared first on Stitchdoodles ..read more

It’s back for the third year! This is always an exciting project to end the year on – the Stitchdoodles Mystery Advent Calendar. In 2021 I launched the first of our mystery Advent Calendars and it was a huge success – so many of you joined in and enjoyed the whole process which was a joy to see. Over 25 days we added a new motif to the background template until the whole design was filled in and looking amazing… To design and implement this from start to finish is incredibly complex and time consuming so I wasn’t sure if it would be a regular yearly event! However, fast forward to 2022 and I ..read more

Would you like to Stitch this sampler ? You can join in anytime in one of the following formats… PDF Template Pre Printed Fabric If you want a bit more information on the project itself, please go to this page. Welcome to Week 8! This is going to be the last week for this sampler. There are only a few more areas to fill and many of these will be a repeat fo stitches I have already stitched. I’ve marked on the following photo the 4 areas remaining (red circles) and will show you up close which stitches I used to complete them… The 5 Petal Flower on the bottom row There is just one more outer p ..read more

This Stitch A Long has been taking place for 12 weeks on the Stitchdoodles blog – well done for getting to this point. Welcome to Week 12 – the last week of this SAL! There are just 3 blocks remaining to finish off your wonderful African Adventure. The Giraffe You will need the following colours… #420, #3782. Use 2 strands unless stated otherwise. #420 (1 strand): straight stitch the mane. #420 (1 strand): Satin stitch all the patches on the neck and head. straight stitch the tufts on top of the 2 ossicones (look like horns) #310 (1 strand): Satin stitch the eyes and nostrils. #3 ..read more

Welcome to the ‘Escape to Africa’ Stitch A Long This Stitch A Long is taking place for 12 weeks on the Stitchdoodles blog – Starting Wednesday 31st May 2023 and finishing on Wednesday 16th August 2023. Each Wednesday during the SAL – a new tutorial will be published on the blog with all the information you need to complete a part of the Escape to Africa Pattern. If you are not familiar with a Stitchdoodles SAL and this is all new to you and you would like to join in, please go to this page to get all the information. Do you need help with any of the stitches? A Stitch A Long doesn’t provide yo ..read more

Welcome to the ‘Escape to Africa’ Stitch A Long This Stitch A Long is taking place for 12 weeks on the Stitchdoodles blog – Starting Wednesday 31st May 2023 and finishing on Wednesday 16th August 2023. Each Wednesday during the SAL – a new tutorial will be published on the blog with all the information you need to complete a part of the Escape to Africa Pattern. If you are not familiar with a Stitchdoodles SAL and this is all new to you and you would like to join in, please go to this page to get all the information. Do you need help with any of the stitches? A Stitch A Long doesn’t provide yo ..read more

Welcome to the ‘Stitch Explorer’ Sampler This sampler is a slow stitching project for everyone who wants to enjoy learning or just simply stitching lots of different stitches. At this point we have no idea how long it will take to complete, or what it will look like! Would you like to Stitch this sampler ? You can join in anytime in one of the following formats… PDF Template Pre Printed Fabric If you want a bit more information on the project itself, please go to this page. Week 6 stitching… Satin Stitch This week I started with Satin stitch. There are lots of different shapes in this sampler ..read more

Welcome to the ‘Stitch Explorer’ Sampler This sampler is a slow stitching project for everyone who wants to enjoy learning or just simply stitching lots of different stitches. At this point we have no idea how long it will take to complete, or what it will look like! Would you like to Stitch this sampler ? You can join in anytime in one of the following formats… PDF Template Pre Printed Fabric If you want a bit more information on the project itself, please go to this page. Week 5 stitching… This week I chose 2 stitches that I really enjoy stitching – Herringbone and Feather Stitch. You can se ..read more

Welcome to the ‘Escape to Africa’ Stitch A Long This Stitch A Long is taking place for 12 weeks on the Stitchdoodles blog – Starting Wednesday 31st May 2023 and finishing on Wednesday 16th August 2023. Each Wednesday during the SAL – a new tutorial will be published on the blog with all the information you need to complete a part of the Escape to Africa Pattern. If you are not familiar with a Stitchdoodles SAL and this is all new to you and you would like to join in, please go to this page to get all the information. Do you need help with any of the stitches? A Stitch A Long doesn’t provide yo ..read more