Fern Stitch Hand Embroidery is formed from three straight stitches. It looks excellent in straight and curved lines.

Hand embroidered interlacing vines with leaves

I’m having So Much Fun embroidering the leaves on the Secret Garden project!! The small and medium-small leaves work up really quickly if you’re using fishbone stitch and fly stitch, which we talked about the other day. And with hopes of spring springing eternal, the green is a mood lifter right now, too. Winter’s loosening ...

Here in Kansas, the rapid onset of spring in the last week is forcing out the buds on flowers, trees and shrubs. Yeeeehaw! That's exciting! To celebrate, I thought I'd share a little Stitch Fun tutorial with you, to show you a simple way to embroider a pretty little floral vine speckled with t

Fishbone stitch is a favorite for leaves but it is a fairly versatile stitch that can be used for filling other shapes. Before getting into some fun variations here is a little refresher diagram and video. Begin with a straight stitch down the center of the leaf, reaching about 1/3 of the way down the shape. Use diago

Learn how to do Stem stitch - perfect for plant stems or vines!

Stems and branches – you’re bound to run into them at some point in hand embroidery! Whether it’s tree branches, wispy herbal shoots, curly vines and tendrils, heavy stalks, or stylized stems on stylized flowers, it’s highly probably that at some point in your embroidery journey, you’ll have to make a decision on the stitches ...

The other day, I filled you in on how I’m working the vines on the Secret Garden project, using stem stitch as a filling and shading it gradually by working with two shades of green in the needle at a time. Today, I’ll show you some more vines and share some stitching tips that will ...

The other day, I filled you in on how I’m working the vines on the Secret Garden project, using stem stitch as a filling and shading it gradually by working with two shades of green in the needle at a time. Today, I’ll show you some more vines and share some stitching tips that will ...