Craft with me | embroidered clusters 

I am 75 and have not embroidered since a teenager! But am now eager to try this on paper pieces for on journal pages. Thanks so much for guiding us. Blessings.

Roxy...Just gorgeous...Little tidbits of Spring! How precious and a keepsake of needlework from a talented artist! Just what we need to see right now a fresh bit of sweet!

Stitchery heaven, Rachel....happiness is a needle and thread, smiling, Carol...

This reminds me of those sewing cards that had premade holes in them and kids took yarn and stitched around the cards!!

I think these are absolutely wonderful...I enjoyed it so much. This is something I can do in the evening when watching telly.

Oh my goodness! I remember using the 930's in the 80's when I was cross stitching 24 hours a day!

These are really special Rachel. They elevate a project from beautiful to treasure. ❤️❤️❤️

Love these mini works of art Rachel. Can't wait to have a go. 💕🙋‍♀️💖

Thank you Rachael for explaining the knots. I only knew the french knot. Nice for a change.

Lovely ideal using another element for these clusters. Thanks for sharing! 😊

To watch your videos are so relaxing and inspire me to do things with scraps. Thank you for sharing your art.

These are absolutely lovely, and add such a personal touch to a piece. Beautiful work. And I learned a new way to knot a needle. I've been sewing for 55 years, and Sarah's way is so much easier. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the tip with knotting the thread. I’m new to slow stitch etc and I love watching you

Pensé que era la única loca en éste planeta que le gusta la costura a mano. Hago mis portadas y tarjetitas todas con éste tipo de costura, y es muy relajante. Besos . Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱 🌷🦋❤

So beautiful Rachel. I've just started slow stitching as another means of slowing the mind. So this was perfect. Thank you. In these unusual times you have become even more of a comforting ritual for me.

Love that idea-stitching on the little cards. I have used 1 strand of 2 or 3 different colored threads when I didn’t have variegated thread, and it works pretty well.

Oh I love the added embroidery, Rachel! Such a beautiful touch! Btw...I’m watching you embroider while I’m doing my cross stitch. LOL thanks so much for sharing. I always enjoy watching you craft. Hugs, Sharron 💗🤗🌸

I could not find utube for hen's teeth, so enjoyed today's utube!

Super cute. My first love is Needle work.

Nice to do while watching tv. Bye 💁🏼‍♀️

Oh my gosh those are so beautiful xxxx another idea to try 💖 thanks so much Rachel x

Those clusters are prescious and adorable. I love them

Too cute for words, Rachel. I LOVE this tutorial ❤️ 💕 😍 Carmen from the Maryland Eastern Shore

Rachel, these are beautiful! What a grand idea. Love, love. 🌹🌹 sending you prayers for continued good health for you and family.

Roxy, These are so cute! Thank you so much for sharing.

Off subject but, we managed to finally get a bag of normal flour, not special pizza flour but we did get one and we are going to make Stef’s pizza all day tomorrow!!!! Lol. 🇬🇧😻xxx yummy!

Love this! Great project in front of tv. 🤗

The clusters are so sweet. Great idea. Thank you for sharing

Love love love this! I’ve not embroidered for many years but I definitely need to try this. I think a few would look lovely bun the wedding book I need to finish up!! Thanks so much. Hugs

Love the stitching

These are really fun, Rachel! I love the first one with the little tiny flowers on the end of random green stems. And I like that these are little and manageable, you know? Not intimidating for us non-expert sewers who like to play.

I loved the pretty stitch-work embellishing your pieces. ✂️🧵 made my heart sing!

Thank you for this. I got out my supplies and worked along with you. My need to visit with another human has been met. Love to you from a fellow crafter in Kansas.

You can cut the tip of kitchen gloves and use it for a thimble. It's really helps to grip the needle.

Ingenious. Love that idea of embroidered clusters...so sweet and a few touches would look adorable on cards or baby quilts. I think I will give that a try.

what a lovely idea I have done embroidery for many years and have put some flowers on my watercolour paintings but never thought to use them on snippets tfs Rachel. have a blessed day Nicole UK

Just had time to watch & soooo cool, Rachel. I’ve been slow stitching lace snippets but not on paper/lace/fabric mixed. What if it about stitching on paper etc that’s sooooo addictive! Love love love it. I’m a fan of a U.K. textile artist, Ann Brooks. She does YT Sew 4 the Soul videos each month with us and her snippet rolls are just glorious. Worth a look. I did a workshop with before lockdown & was like a kid in a sweet shop when I went into her studio.... just beautiful. C xx

Oh Wow they are amazingly beautiful Rachel. And Thank you for the little tips about making the knot and putting the left over cotton through the hole in the card. I will be doing both. Stay safe x

Precious!

This makes is so much more personal. I learned to embroider when I was young and have always loved handwork.

Excellent idea Rachel. I ordered myself some white embroidery floss and going to colour it myself in varigated colours with my alcohol markers.

Love these.

You are an amazing talented woman. I think you were reading my mind. Embroidery is so hard to come by (along with so many other things), so I have been watching some embroidery videos so I can make some of my own. You not only in less than an hour taught me some simple but beautiful stitches but also that I can do it on paper. Thank you, thank you! If would like to share more, I would love to learn! I hope you know what an inspiration and amazing teacher you are. You are my mentor, really and truly!

It's just a genius idea, must try it out. Thank you for sharing.

Wow Rachel this is another good idea. I like the idea of hand stitching on paper. Thanks for sharing such a fun project.😍🌴

I made 13 today. Loved making these. Thanks for the tutorial.

Beautiful, love them all.

These are so adorable! Love watching you stitch.

Oh my how gorgeous these are, and what an amazing personal touch.

How beautiful Rachel, love these xx

I’m making a journal for a friend’s birthday and I was looking for lovely things to include. These are definitely going in. 🙏

Pretty idea Rachel.

I love the ones with the knots Rachel. Very pretty.

I LOVE these. I'm going to have to try to make some.

it s very very beautiful, you are a good good teacher, thank you very much

Love it 🌸

Just a wee hello from Edinburgh Scotland. Loving watching your vids, big smiles Tish 🌺

They are precious, thank you for the idea!

Oh my !!!! I love this very much tomorrow I'm conna make this too thank you 😁🎉🎊

I love this. Definitely going to try.

So much fun, I love it

Very cute, nice addition to your wonderful clusters. Enjoyed the tutorial, stay safe.

These are just lovely! I learned embroidery as a young girl from my mother. I was always amazed at how beautiful her work was! I loved making French knots, but I often pulled them right through! Haha! Thanks for the inspiration. 😃

Love this so very much! Thanks for sharing! 🌸😊

Outstanding! Thx for all of the embroidery tips!

I love love love these! I'm working on a slow stitch journal cover, something about hand stitching calms the soul. Hugs Kathy

Rachel these are gorgeous. You always have fantastic ideas. Thank you so much for sharing. xxx

Love the embroidery....

Darling idea! I’m so thankful you shared this with us...thank you!!

These look like heirlooms. Love!!

Hello Rachel these are just adorable and something to have more fun with and escape reality for a time ~ thanks so much 🎶

Your wee embroidered clusters are adorable!!😊

Wow!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Must try!!! Thanks!!

“A wee little video” … is that even possible? 🤣 Well, it WAS under an hour, so you could say ‘wee’. At any rate, it was a lovely video, watching you make clusters. Did I almost climb out of bed in the middle of the night to make clusters? I had to fight the urge, but this morning, I’m surrounded by tons of scraps. It’s fun! Thank you for sharing and inspiring! Xo 😘

Oh I love these , how pretty tfs xx

Love these!

Oh wow, the embroidery make the clusters really pop. Love them!!

thank you i so enjoyed watching you sewing...

I haven't embroidered since I found cross-stitch (YEARS ago)!! Great idea!

These little embroideries are so beautiful. I love creating with the French Knot, but thisbisbthe first time I have seen the Colonial Stitch. Very wonderful. I love embroidery...can see I will need to get one of the silicone thimbles. Thank you, Rachel. This was great.

That is just so pretty!!!!

So beautiful. Such a great idea. Now i am going to have to dig out all of my embroidery thread to try this myself. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe.

Very awesome! Great idea for a video. Love them all!

Only just caught up with this...only a year later. Absolutely love this and thinking of making postcard stories with clusters. Thanks so much. Love the way you change your mind as you go along.

Beautiful embroidery!!

Luv luv luv Really lovely!!!!!

This is fabulous! I have a ton of those variegated floss and now I know what to use them for! I bought a tin of floors from a second hand store! And I love how you do your French knots as well! I never really got the way they were made! Thanks so much for sharing!❤️📕❤️

Love the stitching!

oh my goodness Rachel i absolutely love these - so pretty - so delicate - thank you!!!! - lol i need to make some - be well xx

Beautiful work. Stitching and paper are a lovely combo. Thanks

Buttons were very nice but these are beautiful!

These are precious!

I LOVE this video. I am now going to embroider some ephemera....

Those flowers are so cool. I can see them being used in all sorts of applications. I love your way of saving the thread scraps by putting them through the hole. Very clever.

Oh my goodness, Rachel! I’ve been experimenting with embroidery on paper also. Thank you for the tips. All of your pieces are beautiful. I’m a huge fan.

I LOVE THIS! I am so going to try it!

Thank you for sharing this with us. I love it

So beautiful, I’m currently slow stitching and love it! Thank you for sharing your talents with us. 🦋

That was a really restful and calming video and you have made them so beautiful with just a few stitches and a lovely threads. Thank you so much Rachel. We need to see more beauty in these trying times. Stay safe and well because we love watching you create such gorgeousness! God bless. Lita from S. wales UK. Xx

Those are beautiful! I did embroidery years ago. tfs Jo Ann