Our Creative Space: Mixed Media Textile Arts

Here is the closeup of the area where I added French Knots. This piece is an example of types of stitches to be used for Visible Mending or embel...

Hand Embroidery fills with Rice and Seed Stitches for mending or decorative stitches.

New Herringbone Stitch

  Many of you who have taken my workshops know that I use the Herringbone Stitch in finishing my art pieces. But the Herringbone can also be used ...

I don't often fill shapes solid with stitching. But when I do the Stem Stitch is my all time favorite. I really like the texture I end up with whe...

     The Stem Stitch is one of my favorite go to stitches of all time. I use it in lots of different ways including creating stitch patterns, outl...

    I always avoided hand embroidering any kind of lettering because I thought it would look awful. But it doesn’t, and there are lots of amazing ...

Here are two little videos with great tips and five basic hand embroidery stitches.