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Posts by Stitchalicious

link to How Can I Improve My Filling Stitches?

How Can I Improve My Filling Stitches?

This month I've been thinking a lot about filling stitches, specifically Satin Stitch and Long and Short stitch. These are pretty much the go-to stitches for making up slabs of colour on your...

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link to Improving Your Stitch: 7 Kickass Cross Stitch Tips

Improving Your Stitch: 7 Kickass Cross Stitch Tips

In homage to our favourite Kingpin, and because it's one of the "easy beginner" techniques, I'm spending today's column on cross stitch tips and how up your xstitch game. I know it's "simple"...

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link to Improving Your Stitch: New World Record

Improving Your Stitch: New World Record

New World Record was previously published, however so many of you wanted it back be had to say yes! Like a lot of people in the world, I've spent the last three weeks watching people perform higher,...

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link to Improving Your Stitch : Staying The Distance

Improving Your Stitch : Staying The Distance

Improving your stitch was previously published, however so many of you wanted it back be had to say yes! Today I'm going to fore-go the technique side of becoming a better stitcher to talk about...

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link to Improving Your Stitch – Embroidery Tools

Improving Your Stitch – Embroidery Tools

Embroidery Tools was previously published, however so many of you wanted another read...your wish is our command! As any good boy scout will tell you, we have to be prepared. Which means having...

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Improving Your Stitch: Go On, Touch It

  Go on - touch it was published previously, however so many of you wanted it back.....here it is! This month I'd like to go into textures a bit more. Sure, we know that texture is this cool...

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About the Author

Jacinta Lodge is the embroiderer behind Stitchalicious, which has recently moved into selling counter-culture inspired cross stitch patterns via her etsy shop StitchaliciousDesign. Her embroidered artworks have been shown in exhibitions in Germany, the UK and Canada and published in The Anticraft and Indie Craft. Jacinta is Australian, but lives in Berlin, Germany, where she does roller derby and listens to her husband hark on and on and on about VW buses.

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