embroidery garden journal 2024

My Looped Bullion Knot Experiment

This month’s Embroidery Garden Journal is the humble violet. I used the Looped Bullion Knot stitch from the book Foolproof Flower Embroidery by Jennifer Clouston to teach myself the stitch. Find the book HERE and join in my looped bullion knot experiment this month as we embroider a cluster of violets! Pushing Stitching Boundaries As …

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What the Heck is Battlement Couching?

This month’s embroidery garden journal is all about trying a new-to-me technique I learned specifically for this entry to enhance the design of my embroidery flowers. Join me in practicing this embroidery stitch in answering the question, what the heck is battlement couching!?! And how do you use it in an embroidery? Pushing Stitching Boundaries …

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Delicate Bulb Details – Stitching A Snow Crocus for February

My second entry in the 2024 Embroidery Garden Journal is a small snow crocus for February. I live in zone 6b in central Pennsylvania. The small white snow crocus is one of the first flowers to appear in my garden each year. We have been having more snow this month, and my garden remains mostly …

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2024 Monthly Embroidery Journal: Capturing Stitched Memories of the Garden

Have you ever wanted to capture a record of the beautiful abundance of life in your garden in a format other than photographs? Embroidery journals have been circling around the internet for a number of years, but an icon a day is not something a lot of us can keep up with. How about one …

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