Stump work embroidery

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 ...

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

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? ...

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

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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...

Have you ever wondered how stumpwork artists make those raised sections in some of their work? You know…the sections where the designs form a three dimensional effect. It is all about wires,…