Needlepainting tips part 2: leaves practice

I'm back with another case study on needlepainting! It was a nice practice session for me, and I thought I should share the results with you :)

5 hand embroidery rules that I break

One of the things that you are attacked with when you start learning something new is a whole plethora of dos and don'ts, musts and mustn'ts. While it is important to know all the rules and tips (because in the majority of cases they are designed to make your life easier, after all), I would like to make a point that their significance in your craft is to be decided by you only.

Cable chain stitch & knotted cable stitch and coral stitch

Hi there! I hope you are not tired of the new stitches yet? You are? Well, here's the last portion for this month, be strong!

Heavy chain stitch & braided chain stitch tutorial

As promised, here is a new portion of chain stitch based stitches!

Zig zag chain stitch & Feathered chain stitch

Within the next few days, we are going to learn some new stitches here on the blog! It is time to conquer the chain stitch family which has TONS of stitches based on it and its combinations. Just when I think I've seen it all, I find some new ones! But to not make this journey too lengthy and to make all this new information simpler to digest, I broke the new stitches into groups. So today is the day of zig-zag and feathered chain stitch!

How to mount hand embroidery on a cardboard canvas: tutorial

Once your needlework is finished and you decided that you want to use it as a wall decoration, you have few options on how to do that: making it a hoop wall art, framing or mounting on a canvas. Today I prepared a tutorial for the latter one (this is a lengthy post, you were warned).

New designs already in the store. Get your discount!

Finally, it's the day of StitchFloralDesigns re-launch! Here's your coupon for 15% off!

*NEWS* Etsy Shop Re-Launch on the way & discount for you!

Finally! Patterns for the new collection are ready and will go on sale on Monday! Now, here's a little rant on this occasion, haha.

New process complete and Danish knot tutorial

Hi, everyone!

I'm here with a new complete process! If you follow me on Instagram, you've probably already seen few sneak peeks. I also mentioned it on the blog before and said that I want to experiment a little. Well, I did! And at last, it is finished. So, catch some details and a new stitch tutorial.

February Round-up

February was quite prolific here on StitchFloral, which makes me so happy! Here's a quick round-up of what we've managed to cover and discuss last month as well as some hints to what you can expect in March.