How and where to use Seed Stitch Embroidery Seed Stitch is one of my favourite and most used embroidery stitches. This tutorial will run you through how-to stitch it and where is can be used to greatest effect in your textile art and embroidery projects. I absolutely love it. You can see in the photo …
Natural Eco Printing dyeing process using wattle. This blog post is dedicated to the process of eco printing, which is a natural dyeing method. The wattle have been blooming lately, in gorgeous yellow tones, so I have been picking some and experimenting with fantastic results! But first, what is Eco Printing. Let me walk you …
Chain Stitch can be a very versatile embroidery stitch which can be used in many ways in your embroidery projects and fabric art. I particularly like to use the detached chain, but I find them both very beautiful. Below is a quick graphic, that shows you how, if you have not tried to do it …
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Using Wool and other fibers to needle felt to a base to make art Such lovely harmony of colour using wool roving, silk and other yarns or fibers, layered to create a blend of beautiful colour and texture. This is a great way to make Textile Art. Starting with the beginners level, let me show …
The French knot, is a lovely stitch for adding in texture to your embroidery projects or to your textile art. It can be perfect, or messy, I love both of them. But it is much more than that. Let us have a closer look at the French Knot, Queen of the Stitches. Look, at this …
I love dyeing my own fabric. I have used many different types of dyes, but I really do enjoy Eco printing, using good old rust objects to make my own mordant. It can be very varied in how it turns out. But that it the fun of it. I have been using Linen mainly, but …
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