by Cathy Jack Coupland | Mar 22, 2024 | Creativity
Are you having trouble picturing how a stitch will look in a pattern or design? Then draw it. It’s the simplest way I know to get a a feel for how that stitch will work before you even thread a needle or take a stitch – plus it’s fun. Several...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 26, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration
I’m beginning to understand myself as an embroiderer. I’ve written about how I design for hand embroidery, but there’s another element to what I do that seems to make a lot of sense to me. I call it layering. The idea or concept is the beginning...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 20, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration
I’ve just recorded an episode podcast for my Stitch Safari on ‘Colour in Embroidery’. As this topic is so important, I thought I’d write about it here too. What amazes me is that with all the whizz-bang theory, tools and technology, people are...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 12, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration
It doesn’t take much, I can tell you, to enthuse me to create a new piece of work. Colour, a simple idea, a piece of beautiful fabric or threads, unusual embellishments, or a combination, it doesn’t matter. What matters is creating and enthusiasm. I like...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Dec 15, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
Happy Christmas 2023 to all who read and subscribe to my weekly blog. I appreciate that you’re here, so I’d like to give a little something back. Have you given Canvas Work a go? Canvas work is a form of counted thread embroidery, worked on open weave...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Dec 8, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
When you have an idea for a theme and that urge to stitch grabs hold, you just have to follow your inspiration. And that’s exactly what I did with this small series based very loosely on Wildflowers. I wanted to capture the essence of wildness, freedom, pattern...
