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Oh hey, do you know what time it is? It is highly specific resource time!
Today we have the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank! There are HUNDREDS of stitch types in the RSN Stitch Bank.
And more added regularly, let’s look at a recent addition
I picked the first one in the 25 recently added Elizabethan stitches, the Elizabethan French Stitch
The stitch bank provides written and photo tutorials as well as a video option to learn to do it yourself. There are examples of the stitch in use, resources, references, everything but a needle and thread!
rsnstitchbank.org
A porcelain moth patch! He’s got a wingspan of about 2 1/2 inches.
Have y'all tried embroidery?
It's very therapeutic, and you get...
A Butterfly!
A Small Tortoiseshell to brighten the day.
Work in progress
The golden beads were too small even for my smallest, thinnest needle so I had to put them one by one directly on the thread. Time consuming but so worth the hassle, and the blue bit is done!
Now I can start on the red part, with even more tiny beads!
Illustration by @wargoddess9
The swirlies on azi's jacket are meant to be French knots. I dunno how to illustrate that in a pattern, sorry
Cross stitch pattern available as a pdf through Google drive or using the stitchfiddle site if you want to set your own print settings or can't print it at all
Untested pattern.