Cool - Iron on embroidery

It's such a shame that so many who do surface work just aren't aware of other stitches. Large areas can be filled with Rumanian couching, which looks like velvet when finished. Or seeding, which can emulate shading. Even knot stitches of one sort or another.

Or beading . . . or quilting (which large designs are usually for).

I have a little paperback book, "The Pattern Library Embroidery" put out by Ballantine, edited by Amy Carroll and contributed to by Dorothea Hall, first published in Great Britain in 1981. I picked it up about that time and it is the first book I always reference. In wonderful color, every stitch is accompanied by an embroidery "sample" of what you can do with the stitch. Not just squares, but actual embroideries that are truly inspirational. One of those books that make you go: "Oh, you mean I can do *that* with that stitch!"

Dianne

MargW wrote:

Sharon B's blog has "Take a Stitch Tuesdays", which are great examples of this. Many people participate in this and put up pics in the associated Flickr photo group.