Queenie's Needlework

The last six lessons of Sunday Stitch School have taught me these stitches: Four Sided, Gate, Heavy Chain, Interlaced Running and Japanese D...

Way in the past, when I saw the Japanese Darning Stitch in books, I thought it must be an easy stitch. After giving it a half hearted try on...

Darning socks, clothes and other textile items was seen as a necessary skill in the past, and samplers were made to show how. The Japanese ...