Author: Jessie Newton

Jessie Newton

Jessie is a talented embroidery artist and illustrator (and former Simply Sewing production editor!) who runs The Wild Doe. Her specialty is lovingly stitched embroidery hoops. Having always loved crafting, she fell in love with contemporary embroidery during her time at university and used it as a way to unwind from her degree in English Literature. See her work and ideas on Instagram @thewilddoe.uk and at www.thewilddoeuk.etsy.com

This month we’ve become ever-so-slightly obsessed with Sashiko stitching. We’ve always loved trying out traditional techniques on our quilts, and hand-stitching fits perfectly into the ‘slow stitching’ zone that’s fast becoming an addictive trend in the quilting and stitching worlds.

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