10 tips for hand embroidery beginners
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What size of hand embroidery needle should you use?
Below you can find my embroidery beginner guide which is included in all of my hand embroidery patterns and kits. New! Follow along with this video tutorial to avoid having to read: ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Welcome to hand embroidery! Embroidery can be a relaxi
Amy Downs
Keys for a Perfect Long and Short Stitch
Long and short stitch, also known as "thread-painting" or "needle-painting" is a challenging yet rewarding embroidery skill. Use this stitch to create color gradations and shading or highlighting to give your subjects a three dimensional look. Here are a few key ideas I have discovered through many hours of long and sh
T Campoverde
Top 10 beginner mistakes in hand embroidery
Little by little I've mentioned in my posts some mistakes that you might be making as a hand embroidery beginner and warned you from some other things that you can do as a rookie. But all of it is scattered around the blog, so I thought it is a high time I make a compilation and gather all of that in one place. So here we go! The list of the most common mistakes as a hand embroidery beginner: 1. Not taking your fabric out of the hoop after stitching session So, let's say, you have an…
Adrienne James
9 Embroidery Tricks To Save You Time And Frustration
You won't want to miss these 9 little known embroidery tricks that are sure to save you time and frustration...
Melissa Mancuso
Beginner's Guide: 10 Basic Embroidery Stitches - Lia Griffith
Follow our step-by-step photo tutorials for basic embroidery stitches! We will guide you through each stitch and give you project ideas to practice.
Shelmi Xavier
Embroidery Basics
Modern Hand Embroidery Patterns, kits and suppliess
Kelley Wood
Needlepainting tips part 12: more layers = better shading?
Today I offer you a new case study! So if you ever wondered about the correlation between the number of layers (rows) on long and short stitching and the quality of blending, today's post might answer some of your questions, The task when stitching these 3 shapes was to make a transition from yellow to blue. The first example has only 2 colors: yellow and blue. The second example has 3 colors: yellow → green → blue And the third example has 7 colors: yellow → 2 mid shades of yellow-green →…
stella
How to Start and End Embroidery Stitches - The Diary of a Northern Belle
Learn different ways to start and end your embroidery stitches without using knots. I show you various methods for different stitches!
Christi Hoover Williams
7 Do’s and Don’ts of Clothing Embroidery
So you want to embroidery a t-shirt or spruce up that old jean jacket? Before you get stitching, check out these 7 helpful tips for hand embroidering on any garment.
Shawndale Scott