So Full of Love Embroidered Layout by Paige Evans

Yesterday I went live for Scrapbook & Cards Today for their monthly Lunch & Learn creative hour!

You can watch the replay below:

First I walked through my entire Lovely Lane collection with Pinkfresh Studio. I love sharing my love for this line :) Pre-orders for Lovely Lane & Legendary will open in my shop on August 11th.

Then I demonstrated how to do my three favorite stitches: the French knot, the chain stitch, and the back stitch.

I mentioned that I have a highlight on my instagram for thread colors to match my collections. Here are the Lovely Lane threads:

I shared that I always use all 6 strands except in rare instances, actually including this layout! I divided the thread into 3 strands to do the details inside the leaves.

I use a Dritz crewel size 2 needle for all my stitching pages.

I also brought in about 10 different layouts with hand stitching, basically all of the layouts on my display wall in my happy scrappy place lol. What can I say, the hand stitched pages are my favorite.

And we talked about the fact that hand stitching is definitely a time commitment, this page alone took about 10-12 hours and I've had a layout take upwards of 30 hours before, but to me, it's always worth it. You don't have to sit down and stitch it all in one go. Stitch a little here and there, between chores, in bed at night, on long flights (you can bring a needle and sewing kit scissors), during road trips, etc. Start with something small like a tag, and then if you're into it, you can stitch something bigger!

I hope this Lunch & Learn was helpful and gives you the itch to stitch!! :) Let me know if you have any questions and see you again soon!