I have put off finishing 3 Christmas stockings for 2 years due to needing pom poms ! THIS IS THE YEAR! Thanks you so much for this simple and useful video! The rules always mess me up! You are ONE OF US!
Haha! Yup, I totally get it. Sometimes the rules can help, but sometimes they're just silly and make something very simple, much, much more difficult! Glad this helped!!
Bless you! You've solved my problem. The little fluffy pompom on Santa's hat will be perfect. Just a little embroidery for a 3 year old great-grandson who will delight in the fluffy. Thank you..
Thank you for a more freeing way of doing turkey work. I was trying to do a circle with stitching in rows as the instructors taught me and was never getting the nice circle I desired. Your video cleared that all up for me.
Thank you for going back over this stitch again... I admit to being one of those who found it difficult to see the first time around.... I'm not left-handed but, I've learned so much just watching your videos. Thank you again..... Now I'm going to go have some fun and practice my turkey work! P.S. I LOVE MERLIN!!!...Hooman scratches from AZ.🥰
I’m so glad this one helped! I always appreciate people’s comments as it helps me know what’s helpful and what isn’t. Thank you for the Merlin love. I will make sure he gets special scratches from you! ❤️💕❤️
Wow, this is a game-changer! Every single tutorial I'd ever seen shows tacking down the loop with an over stitch. which made my stitches ugly and flat. Thank you so much for this demo!
I’m so glad it helped. I really got tired of being told that Turkey work has to be done in rows or from point A to point B when I’m actuality none of that matters! ❤️
Thank you, have been playing with embroidery for years, you were referred by Roxy at Roxy's Creations I was so excited to see another left-hander at work. I enjoyed you presentation & will try this turkey stitch again.
Thank you for such easy to follow instructions! I watched a video by someone else and didn’t understand it fully. I now feel confident to experiment with it.
Thank you for this video!! I'm doing a project that involves a huge amount of turkey work and in following the "rules" I was feeling like I was not making any progress. This video simplified it so much for me and I'm flying along now. It makes so much more sense to think of it as "loop, anchor" rather than up at A, down at B, loop at C, etc. So again, thanks for taking the time to do this demonstration!!
What a great explanation. I have been trying to squeeze 7 loops in a little tiny area and doing it the “right way” continued to make it too wide. This was perfect! And using 2 strands, that was the ticket to the finished look i wanted. Many thanks!
I understood the 'stitch a loop and secure' better this time when not done in rows! Thanks Ariane. Joined quilting friends to stitch on Thursday, went to a very small quilt show (due to Covid rules!!) yesterday and met to stitch with ex Embroiderers' Guild friends today. I hadn't seen them since before Lockdown so it was so good. I get headaches from any zoom sessions so avoid them now if I can. I did manage to get two Perle 5 threads I haven't got which was a bonus🙂
Thank you!!! I fruitlessly spent a week trying to learn this stitch another way, but your video nailed it for me! Using your simple yet effective method, I completed a large amount of turkey work in 5 minutes where I had struggled to do a short line of this stitch using the other method. Thank you again!!!
Ariane, I have been a fan of your work for quite some time and there is nothing you do that I don’t like. I am a right handed but I always find a way to do it right handed. Just love your creative mind. Have a great day.
@@kathleenbaden7686 Thank you so much Kathleen. What a lovely comment to receive on this blustery, cold, winter day here in New York City! Really appreciate it. And thank you so much for reaching out. ❤
@@ArianeZurcher212 I was going to skip doing the Blazing Star flowers in my project, it just seemed too hard, but thanks to you, I did all 4 and they are the cutest little fuzzy things, fear gone !!!!
Haha!! I’m SO glad. I hated this stitch until I figured out it just didn’t matter if it was in a line or placed correctly. As long as each stitch was anchored I was good to go. ❤️
Ariane, Thank you so much for this video! And thank you so much for taking the mystery out of it. I will finish my sampler today and the turkey work on the circle with the thistle! It was very easy to see with the light background and the dark thread. Hadn’t thought about using 2 threads. It adds an extra punch to the finished product! 😍 Beth
I’m so glad Beth. And thank you for suggesting I make another video with the light background and darker thread as it is definitely easier for people to see and I’ve learned a few things since I made the first one - primarily that it doesn’t matter if you work in rows, which, I think, is very helpful for people. ❤️
HI Laura, there are lots of places that sell Bunka Brushes, but I've found that something like this: amzn.to/32bjuvd works just as well. Otherwise google "bunka brush" and you'll find lots of sites selling them. ❤️
I think it depends upon the work. I rarely use hoops because I find them cumbersome and annoying to work around, but I do use them when making one of my bullion tendrils or sometimes a cluster of long drizzles. Also as I now tend to work on very large pieces, the hoop just gets in the way. Having said all of that - I think ppl should do what suits them and if they’re used to and like using a hoop then they should!! ❤️
@@ArianeZurcher212 thank you for that 🙂. I find a hoop on a floor stand often helps me as my right shoulder is pretty much busted..1 good thing though, it's made me learn to use my left hand...silver linings 😊😊
@@ArianeZurcher212 Thank you. Any kind of linen -- cotton, poly, blend, flax, something else? Is thread count relevant? I've not done this before and am trying to understand. Thank you.
@@digging4roots I don’t pay attention to thread count but do avoid very dense linens. Most linens that you purchase will be fine. This one I bought on Amazon I think. It was 100% linen but a blend can work as well. Also if you’re using cotton go with something with a more open weave like broadcloth. Definitely stay away from batik and Pima cottons as they will make it harder to stitch through because they’re so dense.
Wow this is so much easier and clearer than the other videos I have seen. Thank you
Oh I’m really glad. ❤️
For real, trying to do this in a nice circle as a complete beginner was a nightmare, but this actually helped a lot!
@@briannagonzales501 I’m so glad!!
I have put off finishing 3 Christmas stockings for 2 years due to needing pom poms ! THIS IS THE YEAR! Thanks you so much for this simple and useful video! The rules always mess me up! You are ONE OF US!
Haha! Yup, I totally get it. Sometimes the rules can help, but sometimes they're just silly and make something very simple, much, much more difficult! Glad this helped!!
Bless you! You've solved my problem. The little fluffy pompom on Santa's hat will be perfect. Just a little embroidery for a 3 year old great-grandson who will delight in the fluffy. Thank you..
Oh how wonderful! I’m so glad. I’m sure you’re great- grandson will be thrilled!! ❤️
Thank you for a more freeing way of doing turkey work. I was trying to do a circle with stitching in rows as the instructors taught me and was never getting the nice circle I desired. Your video cleared that all up for me.
Wonderful! I’m so glad. ❤️
Thank you so much for explaining this. It looks super simple to do and takes the intimidation factor out of it.💗🌸🤗
Yes, it really IS a simple stitch, made way to complicated, in my opinion! Give it a go and let me know how you do.❤️
Thank you for going back over this stitch again... I admit to being one of those who found it difficult to see the first time around.... I'm not left-handed but, I've learned so much just watching your videos. Thank you again..... Now I'm going to go have some fun and practice my turkey work! P.S. I LOVE MERLIN!!!...Hooman scratches from AZ.🥰
I’m so glad this one helped! I always appreciate people’s comments as it helps me know what’s helpful and what isn’t. Thank you for the Merlin love. I will make sure he gets special scratches from you! ❤️💕❤️
Wow, this is a game-changer! Every single tutorial I'd ever seen shows tacking down the loop with an over stitch. which made my stitches ugly and flat. Thank you so much for this demo!
I’m so glad it helped. I really got tired of being told that Turkey work has to be done in rows or from point A to point B when I’m actuality none of that matters! ❤️
@@ArianeZurcher212 Thank you again!
Thank you, have been playing with embroidery for years, you were referred by Roxy at Roxy's Creations I was so excited to see another left-hander at work. I enjoyed you presentation & will try this turkey stitch again.
Oh I love Rachel!! How wonderful. Please tell her thank you. And thank you for reaching out Bonnie. ❤️
Thank you for posting this video! Turkey stitch has always been my nemesis, but this simplified explanation helped a lot.
I’m so glad! ❤️
best demonstration of turkey work I've seen - esp helped me with my left hand!! Thank you
Oh I’m so pleased to hear! Thx so much.
I have never done this kind of work, but I want to give it a try. Your threads are gorgeous, which makes the work more professional.❤
It certainly helps to have nice threads! ❤️
Thank you for such easy to follow instructions! I watched a video by someone else and didn’t understand it fully. I now feel confident to experiment with it.
I’m so glad this helped! ❤️
Thank you for this video!! I'm doing a project that involves a huge amount of turkey work and in following the "rules" I was feeling like I was not making any progress. This video simplified it so much for me and I'm flying along now. It makes so much more sense to think of it as "loop, anchor" rather than up at A, down at B, loop at C, etc. So again, thanks for taking the time to do this demonstration!!
Oh Char, I'm so pleased to hear. That's wonderful!
Ain't that right?
Thank you, thank you. You surely simplified this for me!
I’m so glad!!
Thank you so much! Best explanation ever 🙏
@@dyeitb1ack I’m so glad this video helped! ❤️
Thank you for showing this. ❤️you are so inspiring to me love your work and your designs etc
I'm so glad!
What a great explanation. I have been trying to squeeze 7 loops in a little tiny area and doing it the “right way” continued to make it too wide. This was perfect! And using 2 strands, that was the ticket to the finished look i wanted. Many thanks!
I’m so glad this helped. Sometimes all those “rules” really don’t serve us! ❤️
I understood the 'stitch a loop and secure' better this time when not done in rows! Thanks Ariane. Joined quilting friends to stitch on Thursday, went to a very small quilt show (due to Covid rules!!) yesterday and met to stitch with ex Embroiderers' Guild friends today. I hadn't seen them since before Lockdown so it was so good. I get headaches from any zoom sessions so avoid them now if I can. I did manage to get two Perle 5 threads I haven't got which was a bonus🙂
Wonderful! How lovely to be able to stitch with friends again!
Super helpful, particularly knowing it doesn't have to be worked in neat rows Ro be effective. Thanks so much!
Yes those rows can be cumbersome to do!
Thank you!!! I fruitlessly spent a week trying to learn this stitch another way, but your video nailed it for me! Using your simple yet effective method, I completed a large amount of turkey work in 5 minutes where I had struggled to do a short line of this stitch using the other method. Thank you again!!!
Oh Tonya, I’m so glad this helped. ❤️
Thankyou so much. I make sheep so often in my work and do the loops with white but I have never done the anchor, but certainly will be now.
Let me know how it goes!
THANKS! Good to know! I haven’t done one in a while and I’m filling a circle so this is easier than the straight lines😊
Yes, this should make things much, much easier. ❤️
I am glad you put up this video. I watched another one and though I am never going to use this, but now I know I will. Thank you
Oh Janet, I'm so glad this change your mind because it really is a very easy stitch once you remove all the "should" from it.
What a great explanation. No more out at B, in at A, out at C, in at B...going crazy trying to fit a linear pattern into a circle...Thanks.
Exactly. It's so much easier to not have to remember all of that! ❤️
Thanks for suggesting this video. I’ll have to get a brush and try out this stitch soon! Thanks! 😃
It's much simpler this way than trying to keep everything in neat little rows. ❤️
Fabulous ❤
If you try it this way, let me know what you think. ❤️
Ariane, I have been a fan of your work for quite some time and there is nothing you do that I don’t like. I am a right handed but I always find a way to do it right handed. Just love your creative mind. Have a great day.
@@kathleenbaden7686 Thank you so much Kathleen. What a lovely comment to receive on this blustery, cold, winter day here in New York City! Really appreciate it. And thank you so much for reaching out. ❤
Very helpful and fun. Thank you for sharing your creativity. You are such an inspiration.
Aw... thanks so much Maria! ❤️
Thank you!❤
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Thank you so much. Wonderful video.
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Love turkey work thanks for the new video
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Very clear! Thanks for making the stitch more enjoyable to do!
Oh good, I'm so glad!
Thank you so much 🎉
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Wow, I love it, thank you for making it simplified
It’s fun when you aren’t having to worry about neat rows and where you’re placing your needle for the next stitch! ❤️
Thank you, thank you, thank you !!!!!
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@@ArianeZurcher212 I was going to skip doing the Blazing Star flowers in my project, it just seemed too hard, but thanks to you, I did all 4 and they are the cutest little fuzzy things, fear gone !!!!
@@karenspeedy4812 well this just made my day!! I’m SO glad. ❤️💕❤️
I finally see the light!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Haha!! I’m SO glad. I hated this stitch until I figured out it just didn’t matter if it was in a line or placed correctly. As long as each stitch was anchored I was good to go. ❤️
Ariane, Thank you so much for this video! And thank you so much for taking the mystery out of it. I will finish my sampler today and the turkey work on the circle with the thistle! It was very easy to see with the light background and the dark thread. Hadn’t thought about using 2 threads. It adds an extra punch to the finished product! 😍 Beth
I’m so glad Beth. And thank you for suggesting I make another video with the light background and darker thread as it is definitely easier for people to see and I’ve learned a few things since I made the first one - primarily that it doesn’t matter if you work in rows, which, I think, is very helpful for people. ❤️
Great instructive video.
I’m so glad you think so!
Thank you
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Best tutorial, ever!
Aw… thx so much!
Fun! Can’t wait to try it.
Tell me how it goes!
How beautiful thank you for sharing ❤
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That’s so cute! Love lots xxx
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That was very helpful, I think I’ve got it now.
Wonderful!
Nice!
Thanks perfectly clear your the best
Oh good! ❤️
Thank you for this tutorial! Where might I purchase a bunka brush?
HI Laura, there are lots of places that sell Bunka Brushes, but I've found that something like this: amzn.to/32bjuvd works just as well.
Otherwise google "bunka brush" and you'll find lots of sites selling them. ❤️
Thank you Ariane!!! ❤️
Hi, Do you think Ellana wool thread would work for turkey work?
Thanks, Deb
It should. It’s a fine thread so you’ll need to do many more loops than if you were using an 8 wt or 5wt thread.
So simple...good tutorial, thank you 😊 Question : would it be easier if the fabric is in a hoop or frame ?
I think it depends upon the work. I rarely use hoops because I find them cumbersome and annoying to work around, but I do use them when making one of my bullion tendrils or sometimes a cluster of long drizzles. Also as I now tend to work on very large pieces, the hoop just gets in the way. Having said all of that - I think ppl should do what suits them and if they’re used to and like using a hoop then they should!! ❤️
@@ArianeZurcher212 thank you for that 🙂. I find a hoop on a floor stand often helps me as my right shoulder is pretty much busted..1 good thing though, it's made me learn to use my left hand...silver linings 😊😊
@@helenreidt3315 I’m so glad you’ve found something that works for you. That’s really the point!
When you “anchor” the stitch do you go around the loop or just beside it? Beginner here, starting a new hobby at 50 years old.
Hi Sherry, it doesn’t really matter. As you can see watching the video I just anchor wherever! Tell me how it goes. ❤️
Could you type out the name of the brush please? Thank you, this helped me a lot!
It’s a Bunka brush,used for needle point .😊
Yes, it's called a Bunka Brush. You can purchase one here: www.rainbowgallery.com/product/bunka-brush/
I think the row method is what was tripping me up. I will try this on a circle!
I think it’s the rows that cause lots of people problems. Tell me how it goes once you’ve given the circle or even random method a go. ❤️
What kind of fabric did you use?
This stitch was demonstrated on a plain linen
@@ArianeZurcher212 Thank you. Any kind of linen -- cotton, poly, blend, flax, something else? Is thread count relevant? I've not done this before and am trying to understand. Thank you.
@@digging4roots I don’t pay attention to thread count but do avoid very dense linens. Most linens that you purchase will be fine. This one I bought on Amazon I think. It was 100% linen but a blend can work as well. Also if you’re using cotton go with something with a more open weave like broadcloth. Definitely stay away from batik and Pima cottons as they will make it harder to stitch through because they’re so dense.
I never thought to use different threads and to mix them up...your so damn smart!😍😍
Haha! Turkey Work can be lots of fun!