The Floss Box

Welcome to the first lesson of Summer Stitch school 2019! This week’s lesson features seed stitch. It’s a simple stitch. A detailed explanation isn’t necessary. Basically it’s a sprinkling of small straight stitches made in an area. It can work as a light filling. My stitch sample has a few variations. The traditional look of …

Summer Stitch School returns! There will be 8 lessons for the next 8 weeks. I’m aiming for Mondays as lesson days. I’ll do my best not to drift to Tuesdays. Each will feature a different stitch. These will be new stitches that I haven’t written about in previous schools and tutorials or my embroidery books …

Both are my great creative loves. I’ve had periods where I burn for one of them, and I’ve had long periods of rest from them too. These are often caused by some block, a limitation that creates a can’t-do mentality. I hope you aren’t afflicted by this, but if you are there is a way …