The title of this blog post pretty much sums up my style of needlework. No matter how much I design and plan ahead of time, when it comes right down to stitching, something takes over and I’m just along for the ride. As an example: The two circular motifs of the chevron stitch that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘TAST’
I follow where my mind goes.
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged chevron stitch, Embroidery, hand embroidery, needlework, TAST on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
TAST – Cretan Stitch
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged cretan stitch, Embroidery, hand embroidery, needlework, sampler, TAST on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve fallen behind on the TAST stitchalong. Yesterday I did get in a little stitching and worked on week 4’s Cretan Stitch. I get bored just stitching a simple line of stitches unless it is on a crazy quilt project, so I tend to start playing which is how it went yesterday.
TAST – Week 3
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged detached chain stitch, Embroidery, hand embroidery, TAST on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the free week of the TAST stitch along, and I used it to get caught up. Week #3 was the detached chain stitch. I didn’t do a lot of different variations but this is a very versatile stitch and can be used many different ways.
Rachelette was used to stitch the dragonfly’s wings which makes [...]
Trying something new.
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged Embroidery, TAST on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been getting more and more dissatisfied with Xanga, so decided to try out another blog hosting site. From everything I’ve read I think wordpress may be a good fit for me.
I’m unable to transfer my xanga posts to here unless I do it manually and I don’t see that happening. So on each blog [...]






