A Life in Stitches

Embroidery Studio diary

You can find articles about inspiration & ideas for embroidery, experiments, and sometimes mishaps. The Journal is a constant work in progress with sneak peeks into my world and the creative (sometimes chaotic) projects happening in The Studio.

Anna Scott 15/3/26 Anna Scott 15/3/26

Second Take

I am so excited to share this: I finished the second of the two projects I have been working on.

I am not a fan of doing anything twice, and I was a little worried about stitching this again, but I am happy to say it has not been the least bit boring 😊

Anna Scott 31/1/26 Anna Scott 31/1/26

Take Two

I am curious to see how big a difference, rearranging an embroidery design and the choice of thread makes. In this post, I am sharing my process in converting a traditional tree-of-life style crewel embroidery design to a something a little more contemporary to be stitched in silk.

Anna 5/2/21 Anna 5/2/21

Crewel Work Reflections

I wanted to finish my crewel embroidery inspired by William Morris within a week since my last post (3 weeks ago ) and I did - Well almost....

Anna 14/12/20 Anna 14/12/20

Now where was I...????

I rarely tend to make notes or stitch plans in advance, but this time I really wish I had!