How to start hand embroidery. Answers to frequently asked questions for beginners. One of my favorite ways to while away a quiet hour or two is with an embroidery project in my hands, and an audiobook in my earbuds. I also love to stitch away while my husband and I watch an episode of our latest Netflix show in the […]
Free floral hand embroidery pattern Choose Kindness It’s A Lively Hope Stitching Club day! Today I’m sharing a beautiful floral design, with a phrase I’ve been repeating to my kids (and myself) a lot lately. Choose Kindness. This is a common refrain in our home. My kids are strong-willed and short tempered (wonder where they […]
Hello there! Today we’re continuing on in my series of hand embroidery stitch tutorials. I’ll show you how to do Split Stitch in the video below. I use split stitch often in my embroidery pieces. It’s a great way to get a nice smooth line, so I use it often for lettering, for outlines and for detail […]
How to do embroidery Fly Stitch tutorial. Fly Stitch is one of my very favorite stitches to embroider. I use it all the time for branches and greenery in my floral designs. Stick around til the end of the video so you can see some examples of how I used fly stitch in my hand embroidery designs. Find all of […]
Beautiful and simple hand embroidery pattern. Perfect for a nursery or a wedding. The colors are gorgeous and the pattern comes together quickly. Even though we’ve currently got a bunch of snow on the ground, and more falling, I’m dreaming of spring and my flower garden. You’ll see that reflected in this month’s pattern. I’m delighted to be back again […]
I am participating in The 100 Day Project again this year. The basic idea of the project is that you choose one creative thing to do every day for 100 consecutive days. This time around I’ll be working on embroidery for 100 days. I have so many ideas for patterns (many of them from my sketchbooks) and I’m […]