Last year Dale mentioned she had joined this Take a Stitch Tuesday group and I was interested in seeing what she did each week but being so busy with other things she wasn't able to keep up with it and I thought no more about it. It just happened that this year I was visiting a blog that mentioned the group so I went to http://www.pintangle.com/ and discovered that Sharon was starting the stitching again. I haven't joined the group but each week I download the new stitch and trial them on various papers and hand dyed fabric using threads of different thicknesses. It has been most enjoyable as I do love hand stitching and even though some years ago I did a basic techniques course with the NSW Embroiderers' Guild most of the 33 stitches introduced so far have been new to me or variations of known stitches. These images are a few examples of what I have been doing. The stitching samples aren't large as I paste them into an A5 sketchbook onto painted pages. Those who have joined the group either post images on Flicker or have their own Blogs.Marj
trying out more stitches is one of the things on my 'to do' list, i had a look at the link but couldn't find the right place for the weekly stitches ....
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