Remember Susan Elliott’s wrack-zone embroidery? Great minds (and needlewomen) think alike. Heather of In Love with Threads also has been stitching a wrack zone–in a totally different style. Her encrusted embroidery evokes the beach with “buttons and beads, including some vintage translucent leaf beads, a real shell and a myriad of stitches. Lots and lots of french knots, cast-on bars, drizzle stitches, bullion knots, straight and cross stitches, seed stitch, woven picots, couching, cup stitch, woven spider’s webs, fly stitches…” The finishing touch: She’s hanging the piece from a bit of driftwood. See more photos at her blog post.
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Book Review: Simple Sashiko – 20 Easy Projects to Create & Inspire
If you’ve been wanting to try sashiko but all those perfectly spaced little stitches have made you slightly nervous, Simple Sashiko by Susie Johns looks like a very friendly place to begin.
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I have to confess that I stole the idea for the name from Susan! I hope that she can forgive me.