Short guide to Caroline's most-used embroidery stitches and the way she works them.
Learn the basic stitches you need so you can make a start.
I taught myself to stitch by threading a needle and drawing with the thread. Unless you are doing stylised, decorative embroidery, you really don't need to learn lots of stitches to start creating beautiful embroidery. Add them later by all means, but this guide is all you need to get started.
As many of you might already know, the $800 de minimis threshold, which allowed international shipments with a value of up to $800 to enter the US free of tariffs or duty, will no longer apply from 29th August.
First, I want to reassure my lovely US customers that I will continue to ship embroidery kits and The Stitcher’s Journal to the US. However, to ensure that orders sent by Royal Mail are not subjected to the new flat-rate tariffs for postal service orders, and to make the necessary changes to our checkout and set up the new shipping system, we are asking US customers not to place any new orders until after 1 September.
From 1 September, all prices for US customers will be ‘fully landed’, i.e. inclusive of tariffs and duty which must now be paid before the goods enter the US. I plan to keep my prices as close to their current level as possible.
A newsletter will be going out on 1 September to explain the new arrangements. In the meantime, your support is, as ever, hugely appreciated.