Best stitch for lettering

You've just completed a lovely piece of embroidered art but have decided that it is missing something - text! It can be so fun to add a favorite quote or name to your work, but what stitch should you use? Below I've included a look at my favorite hand embroidery stitches for lettering. Scroll down for information on ea

Let your hand embroidery speak for you! Learn how to stitch letters in four decorative ways.

Years ago, I wrote a series of articles on hand embroidered writing. The articles take you step-by-step through different embroidery stitches that work well for embroidered writing. Today, we’re going to add a stitch to that list – particularly, a stitch known today as the “Quaker Stitch” because it was formulated to work as the ...

5 tired and true tips for making embroidery lettering for beginners. We cover both block and script lettering.

One of the best parts about embroidery is the ability to personalise your stitching with words. Adding names, initials or messages can turn your work into something that is, even more, special and meaningful. Especially if you are giving it as a gift! Read this blog to learn how to add embroidered words to patterns.

Do you want to stitch handwriting and make it look neat? There is nothing simpler! :) There are many ways to work lettering in hand embroidery and I actually already prepared a post on this topic before: Hand embroidery lettering ideas I based that article mostly on the posts that I already had on the blog and I actually did mention the trick from today in passing there. But without the visual support of a picture it's likely that some might have missed that. And then I got questions about…

What stitches do you use for embroidering letters by hand? How to do script fonts and initials? Get started with letter embroidery!

Find out 4 of the best embroidery stitches for script lettering. I'll tell you why each stitch works and why you want to use it.

Find out 4 of the best embroidery stitches for script lettering. I'll tell you why each stitch works and why you want to use it.

Learn how to embroider letters by hand using 4 beginner friendly embroidery stitches with some helpful tips for success sprinkled in!