Early work and stitch samples.

 Still going through all my stitch sampler files, shoe boxes and suitcases full of stuff. So much stuff! I kept everything when I was teaching embroidery in case I needed it for workshops. This dandelion garden is an early piece.

unfinished canvaswork angels.

 Stitch samples.

 I would like to make some cushions with these as centres.

Machine embroidery whorls.

Eyelet Stitch.

 I am enjoying scattering daisy stars on my cloth. It is an eyelet stitch you work from the outside into the centre.

Imagine, draw or print a small circle on the fabric, take a straight stitch into the centre and keep using that same hole to go down into. Work your way around the circle. You can enlarge the hole with a thick needle and pull back the fabric to deliberately make a hole. You can work around the circle leaving a space in the centre for a bead or french knot. The above picture is from a sampler of flower stitches. Simple and fun, it doesn't matter how many spokes or petals you put in. As usual different weights of thread will produce different effects. These are one strand of embroidery cotton but you could try large, bold, thick threads.