Harvest Hues Stitch-Along Coming Up!

I hope all my State-side friends had a wonderful holiday weekend – welcome to September!

This autumn, we thought we’d do something a little different for a stitch-along. It’s one project, but it’s made up of multiple small projects – and it could easily morph into many projects, depending on you! It’s adaptable to any season, but we’re making it particularly fall.

Today, I’ll tell you a little bit about it in general and share some sneak peaks of the project up close.

As we approach the launch date for the stitch-along, I’ll tell you all the all the juicy details, but for now, just a little overview and a glimpse of what we’re going to do together for those who want to join in!

Harvest Hues … the name is meant to evoke autumn and its glorious color change. I don’t know if it does that absolutely. When I say “Harvest Hues” to myself, I see golden wheat and dried up corn, because I live in Kansas. The irony is that the noticeable golden wheat doesn’t happen in fall. And the dried up corn is usually gone before the real autumn sets in.

But hey … let’s not die on a technicality.

So Harvest Hues it is.

And what is Harvest Hues exactly?

It’s a stitch-along project that involves embroidering three leaves with all kinds of harvest hues.

The stitch-along focuses on a variety of stitches, combining colors, and playing with texture.

In the end, we’ll finish our embroidery into leaves. We will make leaf shaped “ornaments” of a sort, backed with wool felt (in three luscious autumn colors). These hanging leaves – sparkling with beads and replete with a malleable stem – can be used in a number of decorative ways during the season – you’re only limited by your imagination!

But I’ll be finishing ours (combined with other non-embroidered leaves) to create a decorative pennant-style banner. Colorful, seasonal, celebratory, and fun!

The project is suited to beginners and beyond, so no matter what your level of experience, feel free to join in!

Yes, there will be kits! And in the kits, you will have enough of everything to complete at least three fully embroidered, finished leaves: linen ground fabric, all the threads in full skeins, an abundance of beads (we’re including a full tube this time, so you’ll have plenty), interfacing, wires, needles, and three really delectable colors of wool-blend felt.

During the stitch-along, I’ll take you through the whole process: materials lists, designs, project set-up, stitching, and finishing.

As usual, it will be a self-paced stitch-along. I’ll post a lesson (in some cases, two lessons) a week, that you’ll find here on the blog when you’re ready to move on to the next part of the project.

For members on Patreon, you’ll receive the lessons in PDF format, easy to download to your computer and print as needed. I’ll also share at least one video that highlights a particular part (or parts) of the project.

Quando, Quando, Quando?

And when will all this happen?

My plan is to launch the kits by the end of next week. However… we have been anxiously awaiting one color of thread. Just one! It’s been on backorder a while, but the news was that it was coming in last week. But… we’re still waiting. Fingers crossed, it will be here by the end of this week or beginning of next, so that we can complete the kit assembly on time.

If not, the kits will launch the next week. It’s sometimes a wait-and-see game, with supply lines.

As usual, I’ll announce the launch date here on the blog once we have that thread in hand.

In the meantime, I’ll strive to keep you entertained with other exciting embroidery goodies over the next couple weeks! Lots going on here in the studio – behind the wall – where the lack of sunlight is slowly turning me into a mushroom.

Happy September, my friends!