Burden stitch embroidery

Burden Stitch is exactly that, a burden to stitch but I think that Burden is meant to be a noun and not an adjective. Barbara Lee Johnson's recent post on August 13, 2013 of the Couched Oak Leaf is a good example of Burden Stitch stitched on canvas.

Watch this video tutorial and learn how to embroider a Burden stitch. Burden stitch is used to cover large areas in an embroidery piece.

Burden Stitch is used to cover large areas in an embroidery piece and gives a woven effect to the fabric. Burden stitch is a couching stitch because the laid horizontal threads are couched down with straight vertical stitches. This stitch gives you the possibility to play around with the colors and create beautiful patterns. Also, you can make this stitch dense of loose and create a wonderful texture in your embroidery. #embroidery #diy #craft

Watch this video tutorial and learn how to embroider a Burden stitch. Burden stitch is used to cover large areas in an embroidery piece.

Time for another 100 Stitches Plus post! I just learned how to do this beautiful filling stitch called the Burden Stitch. I used pe...

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Burden stitch is a lovely stitch for filling areas of your embroidery. It creates a good texture and can be stitched in different ways to mix this up.

Burden stitch, couching stitch embroidery #easyembroidery #embroiderytutorial #embroidery #handembroidery #handstitch #handcraft #fiberart #fashiondesigning #surfacedesign #stitches #threadwork...

work in progress detail of stitch and the working needle burden stitch I have continued a little progress with my piece for the North East Embroiderers' Guild regional exhibition celebrating the Lindisfarne Gospels coming to Durham city this summer. I decided to work burden stitch which has a weaving quality about it and thought it worked quite well. I used some old silk threads I had and outlined with gold couching. I wanted the blue area to have a different look to the red area which is…

Thread Addiction. I suffer from it. Do you? The main target of my addiction is silk, with a hefty helping of gold thrown in for kicks. I can’t help it! Threads – especially silk and gold – are my One Weakness. (Please don’t bring up linen right now, ok?) I’ve tried to overcome the problem, ...