Embroidery under the sea

White on White Snowflake made with 16 fly stitches & 9 petite glass seed beads. This week, Sharon B. at Pintangle.com began a new round of Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST). What is TAST? It is a guilt free weekly challenge. You set your own goal as to how many stitches you plan to try each month. You may find more details at the link above. Week 1 is the fly stitch (click here to see directions.) I most frequently use fly stitch to create snowflakes, like the one pictured above. Fly Stitch…

My hand-stitched one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish under the sea! This is a Super Stitchers Club kit from @studiomme.…

Embroidery by Emily June on Instagram: "Earlier this year I enjoyed hosting workshops on Saba island in the Caribbean. I designed patterns exclusively for the workshops, and in honor of summer, they’re available for you to stitch for a limited time! If you’ve stitched my patterns before, these are a little different - both the Sea Turtle and Coral Reef embroidery patterns include two versions, one more advanced, one much simpler and geared towards children (so a great group activity!) It’s…

The voice of the sea speaks to the Soul -Kate Chopin. I have sent off the first challenge page for one of my friend's in the Stitching group, and now that i know it has arrived I can share with you. It is for Joan who chose a Sea theme for her book and the colours DMC 340, 517. 791. 807. 3765, 3847 I used all but one of the suggested shades. The little sea horse was made using the slip method where it is stitched on one piece of fabric and then mounted on another. I use this method a lot…

Want to learn how to embroider eyes the way I do it? I have a particular way I make eyes when I draw, and when I translated those drawings into embroideries I had a hard time choosing a stitch that gave me just the effect I wanted. A French knot was too round. A simple