Stitching with Lorelai TUTORIAL

If you read the title of this post and thought to yourself, "Lorelai Gilmore is my spirit animal!", then welcome to the Stitching with Lorelai stitch along. (If you thought, "Who is Lorelai?" Get thee to Netflix and start watching Gilmore Girls. You will not regret it.) For those of you already firmly on Team Luke, I'm glad you're here! In honor of the Gilmore Girls Revival coming next week, I've pulled together a few of my stitchy friends who are also longing for Stars Hollow. This is a pretty simple stitch along. Each day, one of us will post a simple stitching project. Here is the line up!

Monday, November 14: Lee Chappell Monroe of May ChappellTuesday, November 15: Corey Yoder of Coriander QuiltsWednesday, November 16: Tessa Walker of The Sewing ChickThursday, November 17: Sarah Lowry of Stitching & BaconFriday, November 18: Elizabeth Dackson of Don't Call Me BetsySaturday, November 19: Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell

This is a SUPER casual stitchalong! Basically, all the designs are free. We'd love for you to stitch them up while binge watching your favorite episodes or even during the second viewing of the revival. The first viewing will require focus. We are having a little giveaway on Instagram. Every time you use the hashtag #stitchingwithlorelai, you get an entry. You can post anything from choosing your floss to your finished product. Unlimited entries. On December 1, we will randomly choose a winner who will receive a SewLux gift card for $50! Special thanks to Chrissy & Linda for donating this awesome prize!

I decided to start where the series started. The perfect song for the perfect show. "Where you Lead, I will Follow." Thank you Carole King. You can download my design here.

Here are the colors I used:Purple Lettering: Anchor 89, 3 strands, stem stitchYellow Daisies: Anchor 303, 3 strands, lazy daisy stitchLight Purple Daisies: Cosmo 483, 3 strands, lazy daisy stitchTeal Daisies: Anchor 187, 3 strands, lazy daisy stitchAqua Daisies: Cosmo 413, 3 strands, lazy daisy stitchBright Pink Daisies: Cosmo 3115, 3 strands, lazy daisy stitch

There are so many other fun things that are Gilmore related that are cropping up everywhere! I'm dying to make some of these coffee cups. Amy Friend of During Quiet Time made these for each of the major characters. It's a fun game to guess the character she's depicting. The swan for Jess made me laugh out loud! You can get her pattern here (US & International) or Etsy (US only) or Craftsy (US only).

I hope you'll enjoy Stitching with Lorelai! Let the games begin!xx LC