Black Oil Sunflower Jacki Kellum Garden May 19, 2025 Although it is early, my first sunflowers bloomed today. I am delighted to say that I have sunflowers in my garden much earlier than I did last year. Because I kept my bird feeders stocked all winter, I am blessed with early sunflowers. I buy 3…
Understanding the Color Changes in Embroidery and in Painting — To Suggest the Lights and Darks
The Sutesloly Floral Embroidery Project is semi-realistic, and it achieves that degree of realism by its use of layered colors to suggest a degree of shading — to suggest the lights and darks in nature. Notice the Darker Ring Around the Center of the Following Zinnia. Also notice the lightest area at the very center…
The Embroidery Stitches Used in the Sutesloly Floral Embroidery Kit – How to Read the Instruction Sheet
I am preparing to teach how to complete the Sutesloly Floral Embroidery Kit. The Good News is that I have already created tutorials for this project. The Sutesloly Pink Embroidery Project teaches all the stitches necessary to complete the Floral Project: Sutesloly Floral Embroidery Kit – The Printed Canvas I’ll Begin with the Outline Stitch….
How to Find the Entire List of Youtube Tutorials for the Sutesloy Pink Embroidery Project
I am currently teaching the most basic embroidery stitches via the Sutesloly Pink set of 4 embroidery kits available on Amazon. z I’ll be creating separate YouTube Playlists for each set within that Kit. This post will help you find all the tutorials for the Pink Sutesloly Kit: Step 1: When You Complete Step 1,…
The Corticelli Home Needlework Book – Published in 1898 – Flowers Embroidered with Long & Short Stitches
Wild Rose Design Embroidered with Long & Short Stitches Easter Lily Design Embroidered with Long & Short Stitches Nasturtium Design Embroidered with Long & Short Stitches Bachelor’s Button Design Embroidered with Long & Short Stitches Clover Design Embroidered with Long & Short Stitches Buttercup Design Embroidered with Long & Short Stitches Chrysanthemum Design Embroidered with…
How to Sew the Lazy Daisy Stitch – Learn Embroidery with Jacki Kellum
What Is a Lazy Daisy Embroidery Stitch? A Lazy Daisy Stitch in Embroidery Is A Loop of Thread — Often Sewn to Represent a Leaf or the Petals of a Flower. Step 1: Pull your thread through your fabric at the base or thinner part of the stitch. Step 2: Run your needle beneath…
Embroider A Cross Stitch on Gingham – About Cross Stitch in Embroidery
When I was a child, my grandmother taught me how to embroider, and we often used either preprinted or hot iron transfers embroidery patterns, like the following from Aunt Martha’s Image Credit: Aunt Martha’s on Amazon The Embroidery Designs Were often composed of Xs or the Cross Stitch, as follows. Image Credit: Aunt Martha’s on…
How to Sew A Straight Stitch on Gingham – Jacki Kellum Embroidery
For people who do not have an embroidery kit or who are waiting for one to be shipped, I’ll show you a few things about using gingham fabric as a guide or markers for sewing some stitches. In this video, I show you how to sew a straight stitch on gingham fabric.
Let’s Form a Sewing Circle: Women Need Close Association with Other Women
Historically speaking, women have been told that they are the weaker sex and that they need a man to. survive. I will not dispute the importance of men in our world, but I am quite sure that women also need to be in groups of close alliance with other ladies. Image Credit: Amazon In 1992,…