In February and March 2020, I worked on a joining sampler. I wanted to experiment with different methods of joining fabric panels with an end goal of choosing the most appropriate join for my fabric concertina book “Touching Spring.” During this period the coronavirus pandemic hit and I will always associate this project with the calming effect it had on me while stitching.
I kept track of the instructions and thread used for each join, so that I could recreate it if I wanted to. I also generated step-by-step photos of some of the joins so I wouldn’t have to re-view YouTube videos. None of the YouTube sources are in English and they were time-consuming to decipher. When I really liked the join, I created my own tutorials using these step-by-step photos.
Here’s the full list. There are links to my tutorials where available.
0 – Sushma’s Randa 316, YouTube 
1 – Sushma’s Randa #255, YouTube 
2 – Randa, Anamil Hawae, YouTube (my tutorial here) 
3 – Palestrina Stitch, Jean Wilson (my tutorial here) 
4 – Randa, YouTube (my tutorial here) 
5 – Al-Randa Tailoring, YouTube 
6 – Mountmellick Stitch, Jean Wilson 
7 – Randa Oum Jinan, YouTube 
8 – Two pass needle lace, YouTube 
9 – Sushma’s #338, YouTube 
10 – Raised Chain Band, Jean Wilson 
11 – Basket Stitch, Jean Wilson 
12 – Sushma’s Baby Randa #73 YouTube (my tutorial here) 
13 – Sushma’s Gujarati / Sindhi stitch #268, YouTube (my tutorial here) 
14 – Sushma’s Beaded Join #16, YouTube