Stitch Along

We’re covering more than one stitch this time. The stitches seemed rather small and I thought we’d make better progress if I made the next part a whole group rather than one stitch. As before I’ve added the next installment of instructions to the end of the previous instructions, so you’ll have everything in one

Well, it’s been a minute since the first post. I was traveling and teaching, and visiting family, so my focus was pulled elsewhere. But I’m back home and raring to go! For the first stitches in this stitch along I’m back to one of my favorite stitches, the waffle stitch. Waffle stitches are so versatile

As promised, another stitch along to close out the year! For this one I’ve already designed it so I know where I’m going, but I’ll reveal only one stitch at a time so you can be surprised! I’ve based my color palette on Caron Collection 238 Glowing Embers, and pulled a Watercolours and a Waterlilies

I had hoped to have the Stitch Along finished more than a week ago, but life intervened. But, we’re in the home stretch! What’s a garden without roses? The focal point of the remaining spaces are spider web roses. I think they look great in the overdyed thread! A large stitch like this works up

One last touch and the corners are finished! I added small triangle eyelets along the top and bottom edges, showing just a bit of pink in these corners to balance the other corners. After I had stitched the triangle eyelets, I decided the corners needed just a little bit more, so I added back stitch

Some of you know that I don’t like yellow. And yet, here I’m adding more yellow! I thought this would be a nice balance to the other corners, and reflect some of the yellow in the center. A sheaf stitch nicely frames the round Rhodes, but it does make the shape of the space more

More green, this time shiny! The remaining corners begin with round Rhodes stitches, using the #8 metallic braid. Of course you can use a different thread if you want! But I was ready for a little shine. We call this stitch “round Rhodes” but it really isn’t round because of the grid nature of the

We’re finishing up two of the corners with a little touch of green around the edges. You can find the instructions here: Stitch Along Part 16 You may be able to see why I’m calling this project “My Patchwork Garden”. The next parts of it will further enlighten! But you’ll have to wait just a

I’m picking up the pace a bit – I’m sure you’re ready to see the finished product! So I will hopefully be releasing the next parts of the Stitch Along quicker than before. We’re still in the upper left and lower right corners, and filling up the spaces between the windmills with double crosses. You

Now we’re working on the corners of My Patchwork Garden (2026 Stitch Along). These will take several steps, so today we’ll begin with the first step. I decided that although it would be fun to fill every corner with something different, the design would look more cohesive if I limited myself to two. I put