Long and Short

If you are interested in learning the Long and Short stitch and shading as well you can Stitch along on Mary Corbet's Needle'nThread website. There is even a Long and Short stitch Flickr group with some lovely examples!

I'm a big fan of filling stitches and the Long and Short stitch in particular. Which reminds me to find my Princess and the Pea embroidery, which has lots of (wonky) long and short stitches and finish it soon!