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After receiving many requests from people who don't sew by machine I have created a Wave Landscape Slow Stitching Tutorial.

Sometimes I tend to overthink about a piece. After doing that for a few weeks, yesterday, I told myself to just begin creating

I am still sorting threads and fabrics for my embroidery tutorials. I am also sorting tools and equipment and fabrics - free embroidery

Free embroidery means just that! No rules, no restrictions, no limits. Anything goes. You can use different threads, different fabrics

I am still working on my slow stitching course. Its amazing, I haven't bought fabric or threads for years and everytime that I begin a new project I am never sure that I will find the colors and fabrics that I envision in my supply. I always do and more.

The idea that I have for the course is to create some crumb patchwork pieces using hand stitching and then teach how to create fabric flowers and slow stitch a floral garden. Slow stitching seasons.

I never purchase fabric. Always upcycled or gifted from friends. Collected over the years lots of it kept for crazy quilting. The color family was planned as I saw how my collection grew. The year I was pregnant I carried a basket around with me with stitched squares that I embroidered. Then joined the squares into strips, embroidered more then sewed the quilt top.

I finally finished that small art garden in greens. I create a base consisting of fabric, yoyos, pleated ribbons and then I begin to...

After teaching for many years I have come to the conclusion that we are all artists and creators by nature. That is until the system...

Every week should have a day of rest. Our designated one is Saturday, I don't always strictly keep to it but I do find that there is an...

Today I also taught how to do feather stitch. It is very similar to the fly stitch and one can create beautiful floral stems with this stitch. Embroidery and Embellishments 6.

Today I taught how to make a fly stitch. I actually call it a bird stitch because one can create tiny birds flying over a landscape with this stitch. Embroidery and Embellishments 5.

Today's zoom lesson was on how to do reverse applique. Embroidery and embellishments 4.

I am making short videos showing how to create various fabric embellishments. Embroidery and Embellishments 3. The first one is how to create a fabric yoyo.

In the zoom class today students learned how to embroider xs chain stitch and french knots. Embroidery and embellishments 2.

Tomorrow evening I will be giving a zoom class on embroidery. Slow stitching as students will have to use what they have on hand....

This year students have asked to learn more embroidery techniques. We taught the basics last year and the students created an embroidered sampler using a few basic stitches.

Last week I had a large group of students in the summer sewing classes. When that happens I divide them into 2 groups, each one with...