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![[Book Excerpt] Gathering Colour, by Caitlin ffrench: Stitching Walking Ritual](https://www.digitsandthreads.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gathering-Colour-cover-627x376.png)
An embroidery project connecting physical space and exploration to handcraft and art, excerpted from Gathering Colour: Foraging Magic & Making Art from the World Around You, by Caitlin ffrench. Coming March 19 from Nine Ten Publications.
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[For Studio Members] A straightforward, satisfying project with instructions to guide you through both sewing the simple napkins and embroidering a motif of your choice (six are included, some wintry and some suitable for warmer seasons!). And if you don’t sew, you can customize store-bought napkins, too.
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Blackwork embroidery is a counted-thread technique traditionally worked in black thread on a white or cream background. Here, designer Sunny Lofstrom draws on mixed-media inspiration to apply a modern twist to the classic technique. Radiance is a geometric pattern worked in simple stitches on the grid of a balanced-weave fabric, in a single bold colour against a black background.
Read More![“Welcome” Embroidery Pattern [Download]](https://www.digitsandthreads.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/welcome_embroidery-627x376.jpg)
Inspired by a project one of designer Laurie Dolhan’s students embroidered, this pattern features the simplest stitches combining to convey a most powerful sentiment: welcome.
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