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The Freedom of Hand-Stitching

I love to do handwork when I can find the time. French knots in particular hold a fascination - they can blend and twist and turn at will. Rayon threads and metallic threads look amazing done in french knots.

Free-form embroidery, for me, is relaxing, creative and meditative. Just to let your hand go where it wants, stitch what it wants and how it wants, is a very freeing creativity exercise.

Stitch Magazine is a UK based magazine for lovers of hand-stitching and embroidery. Their website has a number of small, innovative embroidery projects, a gallery of embroidered textiles, and a stitch directory.

Even if you don’t subscribe to the magazine, the projects alone are worth a look.

http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/index.html

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Playing with Tension

Having tension trouble doesn’t always have to be a bad thing - sometimes you end up with very interesting results.

This piece was stitched using free motion, with heavyweight cotton in the bobbin and monofilament on top with a very tight tension. This results in the bobbin thread being pulled to the top of the fabric and causing “eyelashes” to appear.

This will make a great background for something.

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Maggie Grey’s New Blog

If you love the work of Maggie Grey, she has a new blog, Magstitch, which should certainly be on your list of bookmarks.

Visit Maggie’s Blog

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