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 ...

I wrote this whole post out this morning and as I typed the last word my computer crashed and, of course, I hadn’t been saving as I went along so here is my second try. You might want a cup of tea for this one. Last week I shared a little of my stitch journal on Instagram. It generated an awful l

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…

Posts about stitch journal written by Karen

Had to work on the UFO's and complete them. 1 Year of Stitches started in 2018 would be the simplest to get done so I set to work in October, adding a line every other day and I'm happy it's done. I wanted to explore the creation of circular motifs using a single embroidery stitch or multiple stitches. It's a sampler of sorts. Texture and pattern that's possible with embroidery stitches. If you would like to see how it all started click here and to see the slow progress I made before putting…

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…

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.

Buy Doodle Stitching One-Hour Embroidery: 135+ cute designs to mix & match in 18 easy projects by Ray, Aimee (ISBN: 9781644030820) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.