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M A Y 21, 2012

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Stitch Fun is a series of articles featuring step-by-step photo tutorials that explore various hand embroidery stitches and the fun
things you can do with them.
MARY CORBET
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I learned to embroider when I was
a kid, when everyone was really
into cross stitch (remember the
'80s?). Eventually, I migrated to
surface embroidery, teaching
myself with whatever I could get
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To make all the articles in the Stitch Play series easily accessible, I’ll be listing them in this index, which you will find under “Tips &
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Stitch Fun Articles

Here are the articles in the series so far:

TYPES OF  
Multi-colored Ribbed Wheels
HAND Embroidery with Beads – Index of Tutorials & Articles
EMBROIDERY
Floral Vine with Tiny Buds – buttonhole stitch variation
Alternating Mountmellick Stitch, Laced
PICTURES OF   Scalloped Beaded Buttonhole Edging – Variation 1
HAND
EMBROIDERY Scalloped Beaded Buttonhole Edging – Variation 2

Shisha with Cretan Stitch

Knotted & Buttonholed Cable Chain Stitch
F E AT U R E D
BOOKS 16 Stitches to Add Texture & Dimension to Hand Embroidery

Double Knotted Herringbone Band

A Thousand Flowers:
Beaded Drizzle Stitch
Four Tapestry Smalls
Mary Corbet Bullion Stem Stitch
Available for
Buttonholed Bullion Buttonhole Wheels
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Shisha with Beetle Wings
Stitch Sampler Shisha Stitch – Traditional Buttonhole / Chain Combination
Alphabet
Mary Corbet Shisha Embroidery Stitch Variation 1
Available for Shisha Embroidery Stitch Variation 2
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Shisha Embroidery Stitch Variation 3 – Very Simple!

Favorite Collection of 16 Tutorials for Embroidering Leaves

Kaleidoscopes:
Rose Leaf Stitch
Patterns for
Embroidery How to Embroider a Bud with Rose Leaf Stitch
Mary Corbet
Tiny Buttonhole Stitch Leaves
Available for
Download Now! Cretan Stitch Leaves

Fly Stitch Leaves

Twelve Trees for
Christmas Knotted Chain Stitch
Mary Corbet
Velvet Stitch
Available for
Download Now! Victorian Tufting

Turk’s Head Knot Stitch

Will Ewe Bee Mine?
Embroidered
Lattice Sampler – Finished (close-ups)
Monograms Oyster Stitch Buds
Mary Corbet
Available for Buttonhole Chain Stitch Waves
Download Now! Lattice Sampler – Almost Finished!
Lattice Sampler Update – Lots of Color, More Stitches

Scalloped Buttonholed Chain Stitch

Whipped Chain Stitch Rows
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Palestrina Stitch as a Decorative Edging

Stitch Fun: Multi-colored How to Lace Lattice Stitches

Ribbed Wheels Wee Shamrocks – Lattice Stitches for Whitework Fillings
Embroidery Daisies 4: Long Random Sampler Fillings
& Short Stitch and Turkey
Battlement Couching Tutorial
Work
Stitch Fun Lattice Sampler Update
Kit Re-Runs: Leafy Tree,
Stockings, & You? Playing with Braids & Chains

Sea to Stitch – Project Index

Jacobean Jumble: A Stitch Fun Sampler Pattern
More Lattice Fillings!
Embroidered Daisies, Part 3:
Stems & More! Lacing & Whipping Embroidery Stitches
Doodling with Lattice Filling Stitches

Griffin Stitch- a Lattice Filling

Embroider Christmas Greenery, Free-Style (part 1)
TA G S Embroider Christmas Greenery: Evergreen Sprigs! (part 2)

pictures (849) Christmas Greenery – Stitching Round Plump Berries! (part 3)

embroidery tips and tricks (790) How to Embroider Perfect Stars (or Snowflakes)
needlework pictures (732) More Stars and Variations
Embroidery Projects (695) Guilloche Stitch

Interlaced Chain Stitch Band

S E E A L L TA G S Cast-On Stitch Rose
Simple Cast-On Stitch Layered Flower
Petals & Spokes & How to Space Them

ARCHIVES Shisha, No Mirrors

Mirror Your Stitches
2021 (54) 2020 (132)
Diagonally Striped Raised Band
2019 (147) 2018 (146)
Daisy Stitch in Two Colors – Method One
2017 (169) 2016 (147) Daisy Stitch in Two Colors – Method Two
The Bullion Knot Flower Petal
2015 (246) 2014 (294)
Whipping Two Rows of Chain Stitch
2013 (294) 2012 (305)
Chain Stitch Spider Daisy
2011 (306) 2010 (316) Combining Chain and Buttonhole Stitch
Beaded Palestrina Stitch
2009 (367) 2008 (353)
Raised Spider Daisy
2007 (225) 2006 (139)
Raised Stem Stitch
Casalguidi Stitch
Inside-Out Buttonhole Wheel Flowers

OTHER Couching Varieties

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Plaited Braid Stitch

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MARLON May 21, 2012 at 10:11 am 1

Mary, in the couple of years that I’ve been following your blog I have so very much appreciated your demonstrations
and explanations of the embroidery stitches and techniques.

There isn’t a book anywhere that can outdo you!

Marlon

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AN I TA S I M M AN C E May 21, 2012 at 11:16 am 2

Dear Mary

I hope you are well? thanks so much for putting all the stitch play blogs in one place it makes it so much easier to
browse through them. I can’t wait for more surprises from you in the stitch play series.

Regards Anita Simmance

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MONICA May 21, 2012 at 12:23 pm 3

This index is going to come just at the right time for me! I am just starting to look for some interesting stitches to use
with a bunch of perle cottons I just bought. Excellent!

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