Create unique Layered Sheer Fabric Art
Using beautiful subtle coloured sheer fabrics to make your own unique fabric art background for further embroidery.
Textile art
Fun ways to use Blanket Stitch in Fabric Art
What is Blanket Stitch or Buttonhole Stitch and how can I use it? Well traditionally this little stitch was used as an edge on woolen blankets. Hence the name. But it is most commonly used nowadays for hand stitching an applique. It provided a very neat edge, on the outside, and little stitches that spread …
How to embroider with little Cross stitches
Take your stitches a step further! I really enjoy, exploring and experimenting with stitches. I have recently added this one to my YouTube Channel. So two little stitches crossed, I am calling it a cross stitch. But not in the traditional way of having to follow a pattern, using a key to tell you where …
Chain Stitch Tutorial How to use in your textile art
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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French Knots tutorial for Textile Art
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 …
A Pop of Colour using accent colour with tones in embroidery
Art Fiber Stitch shows you how to choose the right colours that blend together, then adding a pop of colour as the accent colour for your embroidery.