Creative Stitch

Many geometric designs have a portion of the stitched design in which a couched thread goes all the way around the piece, in a square or r...

I started stitching today, filling in an irregular shape with a composite stitch.  Here is my irregular shape: Line Drawing of Shape t...

Consider approaching the execution of the large cross stitch in this way: What is different here?  Well, look at a stitched s...

When stitching a cross stitch over two canvas threads, the density of the thread on the top of the canvas usually hides the travel of the t...

Threads are easier to hide if they are pulled diagonally as opposed to horizontally or vertically - and the diagonal does not have to be 45...

Open canavs work, where unstitched canvas is visible, requires the stitcher to take extra care to hide travel threads. When I see a pi...

Compensated edges should look neat and clean - just what do I mean by this? Let’s look at a stitch sample:   Stitch Sample ...