Stump work

This morning, I'm excited to share with you a beautiful guest post for you from Celeste Chalasani. Celeste will chat about what inspires her stumpwork projects and show us some of her favorite stumpwork embroidery pieces. She'll also share a great design tip to help you come up with your own stum

If you’re ever curious about stumpwork embroidery, but don’t know where to start, we’ve got just the tutorial for you! Our easy-to-follow instructions will have you stitching away like a pro in no time. So why not give stumpwork … Read More ...

Finally – a finish of sorts! The stumpwork elements for Late Harvest are all stitched up and ready to go! Not that they have anywhere to go yet – I still have to finish the left half of the main part of the project. But it’s always nice to accomplish a minor goal, isn’t it? ...

Just look at this exquisite lace leaf. It was made for the Bernina tutorial written by Carolyn Sinclair. It it quite stunning and now you can make one too. You will need some special supplies, but they can be purchased … Read More...

Learn Stumpwork Embroidery techniques including padding with felt, raised embroidery stitches, adding slips and creating wired needlework petals

Hello! ~ Happy Sunday Friends & Folk ~ 🍄 🍄 🍄 🍄 🍄 🍄 🍄 I have been perusing Pinterest and Instagram lately ~ {{ per usual }} and have become quite fascinated with embroideries of mushrooms! As a child growing up in the seventies, this familiar fungus was a staple-motif and appeared everywhere... on printed fabrics, tea towels, toaster covers, pot holders, wall decor and much more ~ I even embroidered some on my denim jacket. {oh how I wish I still had that jacket } I thought I would…

Kay Dennis is a pivotal figure in the education of traditional Stumpwork embroidery. We caught up with her to talk about her career.

Elizabeth of Sew in Love has put together a new tutorial for creating a stumpwork raspberry with felt padding and beads. So gorgeous. Go to her blog post to learn how to do it. Looking for books on…

Amish Stumpwork: I’ve been wanting to learn this embroidery technique for some time now. Somehow there was no time, occasion or a convenient object to embroider so this idea stayed in my drawer. Then the best possible occasion came out of nowhere. I joined the proje…

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Stumpwork Flowers by Sachiko Morimoto is an excellent instruction book for helping you apply one of the more challenging embroidery techniques in a floral context. It is a must-have for the keen embroiderer and will empower you to make elegant flower embroideries for friends and loved ones.

Whether you are learning the satin stitch for the first time or looking to improve your technique, these tips will help you advance your hand embroidery skills while creating beautiful satin stitches every time.

Green frog stumpwork embroidery by Megan Zaniewski; Megan Zaniewski finds time for stitching most days. Inspired by the outdoors, she creates three dimensional stumpwork embroidery art.