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LooseThreadStitchery

@loosethreadstitch.bsky.social

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Multi-crafter and blackwork/cross stitch designer. Loves rainbows. 🇨🇦 🌈 She/her Patterns for my designs are available at www.loosethreadstitchery.com https://loosethreadstitchery.etsy.com

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 2d

Not to be That Person who posts holiday stuff before Halloween, but handmade takes time, so I start early. This year's ornament set with a border of holly and ivy leaves. #Blackwork #embroidery on 18-count Aida.

Patterns here: www.loosethreadstitchery.com/shop/p/black...

#CraftSky #StitchSky

A photo of three ornaments decorated with blackwork embroidery in red and green thread. Each has a central motif surrounded by a border of holly and ivy leaves. Each ornament is shaped like a small, square pillow with red thread around the edges. The three sit on a backdrop of velvet-like fabric surrounded by a lit white jar candle, a small red gift box, and several small pinecones.

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 3d

#TBT to this colour wheel from early 2024. #Blackwork #embroidery on 14-count Aida.

Pattern here: www.loosethreadstitchery.com/shop/p/black...

#CraftSky #StitchSky

A photo of a blackwork embroidery sampler on black Aida cloth. The sampler is in the shape of a hexagonal ring composed of two layers of parallelogram-shaped sections. Each section contains a different fill motif and is worked in two thread colours that form a gradient. The two layers form colour wheels that are set opposite to each other. Each section is outlined in white thread.

A close-up photo of a blackwork embroidery sampler on black Aida cloth. The sampler is in the shape of a hexagonal ring composed of two layers of parallelogram-shaped sections. Each section contains a different fill motif and is worked in two thread colours that form a gradient. The two layers form colour wheels that are set opposite to each other. Each section is outlined in white thread.

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 4d

Taking a break from my big WIP to work on this year’s set of ornaments. #Blackwork #embroidery on 18-count Aida.

#WIPWednesday #CraftSky #StitchSky

Three small pieces of blackwork embroidery on squares of white Aida cloth. Each is stitched in red and green thread and has a border of stylized holly and ivy. Inside the border, each has a different motif. The three are sitting on a wooden countertop.

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 8d

Fantastic work!

Pin and Stitch @pinandstitch.bsky.social · 8d

Have had a bit of a hiatus with my needlework for health reasons and it's been months since I felt well enough to pick up a project.

But today, I finally finished my #blackwork from @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social

Photograph of a blackwork embroidery depicting a stem of pink and white orchids, with green buds at the top of the stem. The blackwork is stitched on deep green Aida fabric.

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you so much, and happy stitching!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 10d

#TBT to a rainbow from back in 2021, one of my earliest designs. #Blackwork #embroidery on 14-count Aida.

Pattern here: www.loosethreadstitchery.com/shop/p/minim...

#CraftSky #StitchSky

A photo of a blackwork embroidery sampler on white Aida cloth. The sampler consists of 49 small squares arranged in 7 rows, each filled with a different abstract geometric motif. They are stitched in coloured thread, with the colours forming a diagonal double rainbow from red at the top left and bottom right corners, to a line of purple running from bottom left to top right. Each motif is outlined in black thread.

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 11d

#WIPWednesday filling in the background before I scroll to do the second half. #CrossStitch and #blackwork #embroidery on 14-count Aida.

#CraftSky #StitchSky

A photo of an incomplete piece of embroidery on white Aida cloth. The piece shows roughly half of a cross-stitched mandala in dark turquoise and gold thread. Around the cross stitches a small repetitive blackwork motif is beginning to form a background in a gradient that runs from green to blue.

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 11d

Looking great!

Gwen Shamblin’s stylist @vultureenthusiast.bsky.social · 11d

WIP Wednesday!

Obsession with blackwork continues. This is from @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social Shoutout to them because I am bad at outlines but the pattern made it easy and I’m pleased with how they’re shaping up.

#crossstitch
#craftsky

Blackwork cross stitch work in progress. The end result will be some number of stacked hearts, each in a different color and with a different fill pattern. So far, the top heart is red with a fill that is nearly floral. The second heart is orange and the fill is more “large hollow x” based. The third heart, not at all complete, is yellow. The fill feels a bit like an echo of a plus sign.

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 14d

Sunday stitches. #CrossStitch on 14-count Aida cloth.

#CraftSky #StitchSky

A photo of an unfinished piece of cross stitch on white Aida cloth. The piece is an abstract mandala of dark turquoise and gold swirls.

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 15d

I love that colour palette!

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks! They work up pretty quickly, so enjoy if you do decide to do some!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 17d

#TBT to a set of little ornaments, finished right around this time last year. #Blackwork #embroidery on 18-count Aida cloth.

Pattern here: www.loosethreadstitchery.com/shop/p/black...

#CraftSky #StitchSky

A photo of three small blackwork ornaments stitched on white Aida cloth. The ornaments are shaped like small pillows, and are decorated with abstract motifs in red and green thread. Each has a border of green thread. They are sitting on dark green velvet-like cloth in front of a lit white jar candle and a small red gift box.

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 18d

Happy October and happy #WIPWednesday, StitchSky friends!

A photo of an incomplete piece of cross stitch on white Aida cloth. It consists of abstract swirls in gold and dark turquoise thread.

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 20d

Swatchin’ 2: The Sequel

Two pieces of blackwork embroidery on white cloth. One is on evenweave, one is Aida cloth. Both show variations of the same repetitive pattern, which looks like twisted ribbons. The variations range from a single-stranded version of the basic motif, to double- and triple-stranded versions with extra stitches to increase the density and darkness of the motif’s appearance.

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you, and enjoy blackwork when you do give it a go!

LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you, and enjoy blackwork if you do give it a go!

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 22d

My favourite design to date, the Shades of Light sampler, finished on this day in 2023. #Blackwork #embroidery on 14-count Aida.

Pattern here: www.loosethreadstitchery.com/shop/p/shade...

#ArtSky #CraftSky #StitchSky

A photo of a blackwork embroidery sampler on black cloth. It consists of 12 inner sections shaped like thin diamonds, and 12 outer sections in larger diamond shapes, arranged to form a circular starburst. Each section is filled with a repetitive geometric motif stitched in white and coloured thread. The threads in each section overlap to form a gradient between white at the inner point of the diamond and a colour at the outer point. The colours are arranged to form a colour wheel. Each section is outlined in white thread.

A close-up photo of a blackwork embroidery sampler on black Aida cloth. It consists of 12 inner sections shaped like thin diamonds, and 12 outer sections in larger diamond shapes, arranged to form a circular starburst. Each section is filled with a repetitive geometric motif stitched in white and coloured thread. The threads in each section overlap to form a gradient between white at the inner point of the diamond and a colour at the outer point. The colours are arranged to form a colour wheel. Each section is outlined in white thread. The camera is held near the green sections; yellow, orange, and red sections are visible in the background.

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 24d

You too, huh?

I keep seeing art made for very specific preferences that I really, really do not share. Nothing illegal, just stuff I'm not into, but no matter how much I mute and click "show less like this" I keep seeing more like that.

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 24d

Swatchin’.

A photo of blackwork embroidery worked in black thread on white evenweave cloth. Three columns of stitching show variations on a repeated motif that looks like twisted ribbon. It varies from a simple, open version stitched with a single strand of thread, to a dense, dark version stitched with double thread and with extra filling stitches. The darkest, most dense section is at the far left and is incomplete. A threaded needle is stuck into the fabric. The cloth is held in a small bamboo embroidery hoop.

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LooseThreadStitchery @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social · 24d

How pretty - that turned out so well!