Tag: embroidery

Whip it. Whip it good. While it’s running. A cool stitch for outlining in two colors.

I got whipped into a frenzy with this one. Another 2 color outline stitch combination.

I prefer wheat ears over cauliflower ears.

Another outline stitch in the running. A new favorite?

A neat three color combination outline stitch. Save

This is the tacked option as opposed to being tactless.

One of the first stitches to learn in sewing or embroidery. In sewing, where the stitches are long it’s known as “basting.” Nothing to do with turkeys.

Ramblin’ Rose from 1962. Oh wait, that’s the song!

Another great stitch combination.

One of first stitches to learn in embroidery.

These embroidery patterns of borders are open to interpretation. Borders can also be edgings (as edgings can be borders as well) but we’re calling a border a design that doesn’t necessarily repeat like most edgings do. Pillowcases fall into this category as do floral sprays and yes, they can repeat if you want them to!

Well, that’s the long and short of it.