Doodle stitching embroidery

Do you keep a doodle cloth? In hand embroidery, a doodle cloth is usually an extra piece of fabric that you keep on hand, to practice embroidery stitches on before you apply those stitches to an embroidery project. If you embroider, and especially if you’re a beginner (but even the experts do it!), a doodle ...

Reporting on new embroidery journal pages! For the most part, I'm currently trying to incorporate my old works in this new journal and see what comes out. As of now, the majority of them have already found their places on the pages (literally *on* and not “in” because they are pretty much pasted on top of the pages :D), and only 2 pieces are left to include. Today I'm ready to show 3 new pages, and you will recognize there: Ranunculus Euphoria and this one, which doesn't have a name, oops…

Are you ready for something exciting? Aimee Ray has a new embroidery book called Doodle Stitching Embroidery Art! This latest title in her (amazing) series teaches you how to move beyond the pattern.

If you've been part of the embroidery community for the last decade, chances are you've heard of designer and author Aimee Ray and her doodle stitching books.

Pretty pansies

Up your embroidery game with the simple knotted line stitch. Scroll stitch is perfect for outlines, borders, fillers, or my favorite - making ocean waves.

Here are 9 of my go-to hand embroidery stitches for filling in spaces, step-by-step instructions, and examples.

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World Embroidery Day 2022 - celebrate the joy of hand stitching with this free pattern by Stitchdoodles.

Freestyle embroidery

The construction of the embroidery stitches sampler books is hard to describe for this crafts how-to. I hope the photos help and that I can effectively describe how I put them together and make sense instead of being clear as mud. If you click on an image, you will get a closer view. It will…

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The 12 Basic Stitches using the Color Wheel Hand embroidery does not demand you to learn hordes of stitches to create beautiful samplers and work on a project. So, if you are a beginner, do not get intimidated by the sheer number of stitches that...

The past few days around here have been snowy and cold, so I decided to mess around with something new, embroidery! Inspiration to learn the...

Thirty days, thirty boxes, one box a day. Counting the days, observing the minutes, watching time as it hurtles past. November daily stitching As always, I’ve only used very simple embroidery…

"DOODLE STITCHING" is FREE FORM STITCHING Winter is the best time to hunker down with some colorful threads and fabrics and stitch your art out. A mindless, but very mindful hand stitching project is very relaxing and therapeutic and is one of my favorite things to do this time of year. It's the perfect way to "make your own happy"!! HOOP YOUR THREADS: A fun way to keep your threads and floss untangled and easily accessible is to loop them over an inexpensive embroidery hoop. I wrapped the…

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Sometimes we are stumped with what embroidery design we want to use. Perhaps we are bored with our normal go to pattern, or maybe we just can’t find the perfect fit for a project. This amazi…