Compass embroidery by Joanna aka Thingshandmade
I am a left-handed stitcher. And I assume that I'm not the only 'southpaw' that learns new stitches only from books and the internet. Many of the books and video tutorials show how to perform stitches for right handed stitchers. For some stitches I'm able to 'translate' the diagrams to my own left-handed version but it's not always easy. So I'm always delighted when I find publications especially for left-handed stitchers.
Last year Yvette Stanton released the Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion
. An extensive stitch dictionary with a lot of stitches and photos of how to perform them. On the Sublime Stitching site you can find how-to's for lefties of a couple of the most basic stitches. And Feeling Stitchy's own Carina has not forgotten about us sinister handed stitchers either. Find her e-books for lefties here. If you already have a book with right-handed diagrams that you want to use, you can make your own left-handed version by scanning the image and flipping it horizontally in an image editing program (tip found here). I hope this post has been helpful for some of my fellow left-handed stitchers. If you have more tips for left-handed stitching please share them in the comments!
