Learn the Satin Stitch: Embroidery Tutorial - The Diary of a Northern Belle
Learn how to do the satin stitch with this easy embroidery tutorial! I show you how to stitch various shapes, with and without an outline.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
Last year, I shared monthly floral embroidery motifs with my email subscribers, with the aim of turning the 12 embroideries into a string of bunting at the end of the year. I’ve just finished mine and shared the final instructions via the newsletter. Since there’s been renewed interest in the project, I thought I’d... Read More The post Floral Garden Bunting Project: a Wrap-Up on the 2023 Stitch-Along appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
The latest pattern in my “Botanical Wreaths” series is the “Calendula Wreath”. A lovely autumnal wreath featuring gorgeous orange calendulas, golden leaves, and sweet red berries. It is a bit on the simpler side than some of the other wreaths in the series, making it very accessible to beginners. Only basic stitches are used, yet... Read More The post Fall Floral Embroidery Pattern: Calendula Wreath appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
Hello hello! My, but it’s been ages since I published a new blog post! I’m ever so sorry and hadn’t meant to neglect my poor blog for so long. Unfortunately, publishing posts just hadn’t been at the top of my to-do list these last few months, but today I really want to share one of... Read More The post “Embroideries From an English Garden” by Carol Andrews – Book Review appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
Hello, it’s been a while! I’m not very good at keeping up with my blog lately, but I’ve been working on all sorts of lovely things for my shop that will be coming soon. If you’re a newsletter subscriber, then you already know about my Botanical Wreath series, but I thought I’d take some time... Read More The post Botanical Wreath Project: A Pattern for Each Month appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
Hello! It feels like a while since I posted anything here, and now it’s already 2023! Happy New Year to you and I hope you are having a lovely January so far. I’m thrilled to announce a new stitch-along again for this year, free to all my email subscribers. If you’re new around here (warmest... Read More The post 2023 Free Yearly Stitch-Along + Mini Needle-Painting Tutorial appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
I can hardly believe that this lovely mini-quilt project is now coming to a close! What a fun time it has been. In 2021, I had the joy of discovering – and falling in love with – English paper piecing (EPP). I made a little hexie flower each month with Mollie Johanson’s super cute... Read More The post Tea Party EPP & Embroidery Mini-Quilt Stitch-Along 2022 appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
It’s been a little while since I updated the Stitch Library with a new stitch tutorial! While stitching my latest pattern, I decided to branch out a little from the usual stitches I love and try the fern stitch. It’s a lovely leafy stitch that is super simple to work and is the perfect addition... Read More The post Fern Stitch Embroidery Tutorial appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
As is the case with many embroidery artists, one of my biggest sources of inspiration for embroidery is nature, especially flowers. I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that if you’ve been around for a while, haha! Today I thought I’d share with you how my latest pattern collection was inspired by the beautiful... Read More The post The “Five-Petal Florals” Collection: From Nature to Embroidery Pattern appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
Hello friend, it’s already time for a new mini-embroidery pattern for the 2022 Tea Party Mini-Quilt Stitch-along! For August, we have a sweet little posy of hydrangeas in a vase, freshly picked from the garden and ready to adorn our tea table. I spent a very peaceful afternoon playing around with different stitches and colour... Read More The post Two Different Ways to Embroider Hydrangeas appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
I’ve written about the wonders of EPP (English Paper Piecing) before, but since we are now half-way through our lovely EPP Mini-Quilt Tea Party, I thought it would be a good time to give specific instructions for that project. So in this blog post, I’ll be sharing how I turned July’s Piece of Cake into... Read More The post How to Turn Embroideries into EPP hexies appeared first on The Diary of a Northern Belle.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
Hand Embroidery| The Diary of a Northern Belle
Learn how to do the satin stitch with this easy embroidery tutorial! I show you how to stitch various shapes, with and without an outline.| The Diary of a Northern Belle
