Telecast Thursday - Quick Projects in a Hoop

This Telecast Thursday I'm taking a break from hand embroidery stitches to show you a quick project you can do with an embroidery hoop (so it is still sort of about embroidery). 

I made these cute designs for gifts for friends and was really pleased by the end result. I think some of it was the fabric I used, which was from the Noteworthy line by Sweetwater for Moda. It was perfect for this project. I used wooden embroidery hoops - just inexpensive ones - but I think this would work equally as well with plastic hoops. You decide which you prefer.

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I hope you'll try this idea and show me what you've created. I love to see your photos!

Seed Stitch Tutorial

Welcome to Telecast Thursday. This week I'm continuing my series on hand embroidery by focussing on the seed stitch. This quick stitch is great to fill in large areas and it gives a rustic look to the embroidery. It's also called the chicken scratch and I'm sure you'll see why.

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Running Stitch Tutorial

Welcome to Telecast Thursday. I'm continuing my series on hand embroidery with a tutorial on the running stitch. This is a very quick and easy stitch and you'll find lots of uses for it.

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Telecast Thursday - Appliqué Template Ideas

Welcome to another Telecast Thursday! This week I'm taking a break from my series on hand embroidery stitches to talk about appliqué templates. You may've seen these for sale in my store and thought they were only useful for adding appliqué shapes to clothing, bags, and quilts. While you can do this, of course, there are also other uses for these designs. 

I often use my appliqué templates in embroidery designs and in this week's video, I'll show you how I do this. 

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I hope you'll try using appliqué designs as embroidery patterns. I'd love to see what you create.