How-To: Hand-Stitched Handwriting

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Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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October 17th, 2011 2

Those of you who have stitch-worthy penmanship, take note: whether you’re embroidering on paper or fabric, Leigh-Ann from Freckled Nest will show you how to transfer and stitch your own handwriting onto your handmade projects in a way that maintains the natural look and spacing of writing on a regular piece of paper. I think her method of using a pin to punch evenly spaced stitch marks is particularly brilliant!