It’s the ultimate sourcebook for stitchwork practitioners! This hardworking, stunningly illustrated reference and project book provides an essential guide for embroiderers at any level. Inside you’ll find 245 embroidery stitches photographed close-up, accompanied by stitch-by-stitch instructions, hundreds of illustrations, and meticulous charts and diagrams. Twenty-four superb projects offer practice-makes-perfect work on every kind of embroidery, from cross-stitching and huck-weaving, crewel, and needlelace to smocking and bargello. For each type of embroidery, full details are also given on suitable fabrics, types of threads and needles, how to prepare the fabric, and best uses for the embroidery.
This is the first of a ‘Gallery’ of images I’m going to put up on my blog, to show some of the embroidery and beadwork I’ve finished over the years. This petal bag is a love…
Feather stitch: a simple step by step hand embroidery tutorial with attractive variations for floral designs, coral, seaweed and more
Embroidery Software: Top Picks for Stellar Stitchwork
Learn fern stitch with this simple, step-by-step tutorial including variations and tips. Stitch along with the FREE fern pattern.
It seems like I've been cross-stitching my whole life. I really enjoy this type of creativity. Recently, I found myself without a job, and to find a way out of this situation, I started creating and selling my own cross-stitch patterns. Yes, in such a difficult time for me, I decided to create my own workspace—a digital cross-stitch pattern designer. A dream job!
"As a child, I never thought Colorado’s landscape was all that beautiful, but in an effort to grow roots in this place I closely observed the textures of the grasses and reeds in the foothills and plains and turned it into art."
It’s day 2 of the 7 days of stitches and it’s going to be a back and forth. Yeah, I know, bad joke. Of course it’s about the BACK STITCH. […]
Use a simple embroidery technique to repair your ripped jeans
