Little Blooms Project Index

As promised, here is the Project Index for Little Blooms: A Mini Snap Purse, part of the Stitch Snippets series here on Needle ‘n Thread.

In this stitch-along, you’ll learn all the embroidery techniques and finishing techniques to create, at your leisure, your own beautiful little snap purse.

All the instructions will appear here on the blog until we’ve worked our way through the whole project. The instructions include the pattern and materials that I used, along with stitching tips and techniques.

All members of the Needle ‘n Thread community on Patreon ($1 / month or more) receive each lesson in a downloadable and printable PDF format. The PDF lessons also include extras, like step-by-step photo instructions for stitches used on the project. For Dedicated and Avid Stitchers on Patreon ($3 – #5 / month), supplemental video tutorials for different parts of the project are also available.

You are welcome to purchase a materials kit if you would like to use the same materials I used on my finished sample. The materials kits have sold out a couple times now, but we’ll restock them as we can. The next re-stock will most likely be mid-May. I’ll let you know when we have them ready!

The purpose of the Project Index here is to give you a central page where you can find all the articles relevant to the project, in chronological order. This makes it easier to follow along or to come back later and look for particular lessons.

You’ll find the project index listed under the first section of “Tips & Techniques” in the main menu on Needle ‘n Thread. Incidentally, you’ll also find all of last year’s Stitch Snippets listed there, as well as the previous year’s stitch-alongs – and many other step-by-step embroidery projects that are full of tips, techniques, and instructions!

Little Blooms Article List

• Little Blooms Preview – discover what the project is about and what you can expect in the stitch-along.
• Little Blooms Materials Kits – kit description
• Little Blooms Part 1: Materials, Design, Preparation – covers setting up the project. Includes info on fabric.
• Little Blooms Part 2: Stitch the Flowers – covers stitching the floral clusters
• Little Blooms Part 3: Snap & Scrolls – covers sewing on the snap and beginning to stitch the scrolls (scalloped buttonhole chain stitch). Also includes the thread list for DMC floss in the same colors
• Little Blooms Part 4 – more composite stitches on the scrolls
• Little Blooms Part 5: Finishing the Vines
• Little Blooms Part 6 – Preliminary steps before finish work
• Little Blooms Part 7 – Constructing the Pouch – turning the embroidery into a little purse
• Little Blooms Part 8 – Finishing Touches: Embellishing the Edge – scalloped edge and snap closure

PDF Project Downloads for Members on Patreon

Members of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon can access downloadable PDFs for every part of the project. The PDFs do not necessarily correspond with the lessons as they develop on the blog, because I can fit more information in a PDF than I can fit in a blog post.

If you are a member on Patreon at any level, you can log into your Patreon account and access the following articles on Patreon, which will have the PDFs attached to them. Please note that these pages will not be accessible if you are not signed up as a current member on Patreon.

• Little Blooms: Part 1 – Getting Started
• Little Blooms: Part 2 – Stitching the Flowers
• Little Blooms: Part 3 – Snap & Scrolls
• Little Blooms: Parts 4 & 5 – finishing the vines
• Finishing Little Blooms – All the finishing instructions for the project in one PDF, including preparations for finishing, construction, scalloped edge on flap, and snap closure. This PDF encompasses parts 6, 7, and 8 on the website.

Supplementary Videos

If you are a member of the Needle ‘n Thread Community on Patreon at the level of “Dedicated Stitcher” and “Avid Stitcher,” you can also access the following supplemental videos for this project. Please note that, to view the video, click in the box at the top of the post. Even if the box is seemingly blank, if you click in it, the video will appear. This was a glitch with the first couple videos, and it has been taken care of now, so future videos won’t have this problem!

• Little Blooms Video 1: Getting Started
• Little Blooms Video 2: Floral Elements
• Scalloped Buttonhole Chain Stitch – the main vine on the project

Becoming a Member on Patreon

If you would like to become a supporting member of Needle ‘n Thread, please visit the Needle ‘n Thread Community here on Patreon, where you can choose which level of membership you prefer. Each month, I offer something special to members on Patreon, whether it is stitch-along instructions in downloadable format, or special videos, or early shopping access when new kits and products are released.

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