Stump work embroidery

Learn Stumpwork Embroidery techniques including padding with felt, raised embroidery stitches, adding slips and creating wired needlework petals

This morning, I'm excited to share with you a beautiful guest post for you from Celeste Chalasani. Celeste will chat about what inspires her stumpwork projects and show us some of her favorite stumpwork embroidery pieces. She'll also share a great design tip to help you come up with your own stum

If you’re ever curious about stumpwork embroidery, but don’t know where to start, we’ve got just the tutorial for you! Our easy-to-follow instructions will have you stitching away like a pro in no time. So why not give stumpwork … Read More...

‘Hanging Pothos’ from October 2022 edition of Pattern Club is now available as a standalone PDF. This pattern is for the more advanced as it features stump work. There are a few extra items you will need to complete this pattern such as fabric glue and flexible wire, both of which we stock in the store. You will receive: materials list dmc colour guide design outline for tracing onto the fabric detailed stitch and colour guide for each section

Finally – a finish of sorts! The stumpwork elements for Late Harvest are all stitched up and ready to go! Not that they have anywhere to go yet – I still have to finish the left half of the main part of the project. But it’s always nice to accomplish a minor goal, isn’t it? ...

An introduction to wired slips Stumpwork is a three dimensional embroidery technique utilizing padding and wire. This tutorial will focus on wired slips which are 3D elements created using wire, fabric and floss. You will need plenty of patience to tackle a stumpwork project but you only need to know a handful of st

Last year, I made the over-hasty announcement that I would be attending Beating Around the Bush, 2012, down in Australia. Alas, for me, it was over-hasty, because I’m not going after all. At the time, I wasn’t aware of the various project deadlines that Country Bumpkin had to meet for marketing the event, and, having ...

Just look at this exquisite lace leaf. It was made for the Bernina tutorial written by Carolyn Sinclair. It it quite stunning and now you can make one too. You will need some special supplies, but they can be purchased … Read More...