Net Stitching

This is just another hand stitching technique that I've used in my recent project. Well, I must admit that I do tend to hand stitch a lot in my projects. It's partly because I do not own any sewing machine...lol! Secondly, I love the versatility of using hand stitching.

Here are the steps.

1) Draw two circles using a pencil on your project. One of the circle needs to be bigger than the other. Then, layer your page on top of a piece of crafting foam and start poking holes (on both circles) using a needle or pin to make your stitching holes before actual stitching. When you start to stitch, remember to stitch diagonally as the picture above in one direction.

2) After you've finished one whole circle with step 1, stitch the opposite direction with the same stitches.

3) When you're finished, you've get a net stitching look. I've used two different colours of floss to do my stitching for a dual tone stitching effect. It didn't show much in the picture above but you'll get an awesome effect with it. I've used a grey and blue floss in my project.

You can also experiment using this technique with different shapes ie. square, rectangle, oval etc. Try it! I'm sorry but you all would have to wait till mid Sept to see the finish layout.