Large Hill – pattern vs block of color
When I’d finished the small hillock and sat back to look at the piece, I decided it looked a bit unbalanced to me. The phoenix at the top seems heavier than the hillock and flowers at the bottom. So I...
View ArticleThis is a BIG stem!
Stem stitch, more stem stitch and even MORE stem stitch. It seemed endless as I was plugging away at the BIG stem on the Royal Persian Blossom design. Part of the endlessness of it was because this is...
View ArticleStem, Outline S and Z: whew!
When I embroider stem stitch or, as I have been lately, outline stitch, I usually work with my frame in one position rather than rotating my work. When I started to embroider and was learning both...
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