I had a stitch in mind for this week but I also needed a background for a piece I’m working on. I focused on the latter and am very pleased. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. The stitched sample is the background for the Pineapple Wreath canvas by KCN. The entire canvas is a work in progress, with a huge dish of spaghetti threads on it. (I’ll post a cleaned-up version later ..read more

Simply put, I could not make up my mind today. The silver lining is you are presented with options! Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. As many know, I love columns, especially for backgrounds. I also love borders, whether they exist on a painted canvas or not. Today’s stitch started as a border, but I presented it as a background as that is a more likely stitching scenario. M ..read more

And I am saying it again. It takes a village. I spent the past weekend with the needlepoint village at the Spring show and saw wonderful new canvases, dear friends, and a particularly cute stitch. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. The stitched sample is one of Kristine Kingston’s new spring sweaters. Kristine used Soy Luster for the black lines, Silk Lame for the aqua lines ..read more

I’ve been using scallops a lot lately, and I stumbled across this week’s stitch idea while working on some personal stitching. As I was creating the diagram, I stumbled across a simple change to make it look completely different, yet just as cute. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all ..read more

You know how you always find something when you aren’t looking for it? Well, today’s stitch came from that random piece of scratch paper that I scribbled on for a student a while ago. It showed up on Monday when I was looking for something else. I am not complaining, and I hope you like it, too. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. Most of my Nobuko stitches are perfectly symme ..read more

There are two things I can count on when I visit the Nimble Needle in Atlanta…a lot of laughs and the sharing of cute stitches. Today’s stitch is one such stitch. (Thanks, Marci!) Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. I love the stitch for a shirt, as illustrated, but I may love the thread choice of variegated Treenway Silk Perle on 18M even more. I’m looking forward to using th ..read more

As a teacher, even when I know it’s the best decision, I always feel a tinge of guilt when suggesting basketweave for a large area on a canvas. When I did just that this weekend, I somewhat overcompensated with the really fun stitch we came up with for the background. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. The canvas in question is Scott Church’s Zebra. Basketweave will cover th ..read more

It gives me great joy when I see another stitch in a stitch I already like. Today’s stitch is one such example. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. Truth be told, I was using the stitch on the right for a moon. I added the layered crosses (aqua lines) using a white Kreinik metallic. The elegance of the crosses struck me, and I decided to play with some beads between the layer ..read more

Today’s stitch was cobbled together with whatever threads I had on my desk this morning. The colors are certainly helping me to wake up. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. The stitched sample is me playing with an orange size 12 Perle Cotton (black lines), a red Petite Silk Lame (yellow lines), and a size 8 Kreinik (aqua lines). The first thing I thought of when it was comple ..read more

I needed a fun little stitch to get through these last days of what feels like the longest January ever. I hope today’s stitch makes you as happy as I was when I found it. Click the image to see the whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Library on pinterest.com. Includes all #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday stitch diagrams. Click the image to see #whimsicalwednesday and #smallspacesunday Stitched Sample Gallery on Instagram. The stitched sample is me playing with blue Petite Silk Lame for a blue background. I love the shape of the four small kites that make up each of the larger kite “stars ..read more