Techniques

When it comes to choosing a needle for paper embroidery it is really a matter of what works best for you. If you have a range of needles in your […]

Stitched leaves often employ a fan style stitch where most of the thread goes from points on the rim of the leaf into a single hole where it joins the […]

As you know 50% of the work is stitched from the back of your card and 50% is stitched from the front. The stitching diagram shows you the view of […]

There are several stitching fonts available from the Stitching Cards web site. When one of these is installed on your computer you can use any of your word processing programs […]

People sometimes ask if I do my own stitching when I design a card. The answer is that I do stitch them myself. I see it as part of the […]

When a pattern includes an S shaped curve that is worked with evenly spaced stitches along its length it is hard to visualise. The section where the curve changes from […]

Some prick and stitch patterns are easy to follow whilst others are very complex. The easy ones tend to have shapes based on circles and curves. When the design involves […]

When you are stitching your pattern it is very inconvenient and confusing if you missed one or two holes when you were pricking it out. This is most likely to […]

If you make a lot of stitching cards with beads it is worth getting, or making, a bead tray. This will keep your beads in one place and stop them […]

When I purchase my beads they usually come in small plastic bags. As my bead collection grew I saw the need for an improved way of storing them. Fortunately most […]

What kind of tape do you use to attach the threads to the back of your stitching card? I am currently using Sellotape invisible tape. There is a similar type […]

Small seed beads and bugle beads require the use of a much thinner needle than I use for the non-beaded stitching. I use a size 10 English beading needle. These […]