Embroidery
Using Variegated Floss
Variegated floss is thread that is dyed multiple colors. Sometimes the color change is subtle, such as color number 8005, and other times it is wild and unexpected as with color number 8046. The range of colors in a particular skein and the frequency ...
How to Stretch Your Embroidery Art on a Frame
Embroidery art can look great framed in an embroidery hoop but if you want to go for a more sophisticated look you can frame your work in a rectangular or square format. Making a trip to your local framers is an option or you ...
Stitch-Along Free Embroidery Sampler with Video Tutorial!
Find the updated (October 2017) beginner’s pattern here! Did someone say free?!? Click HERE to “purchase” the downloadable pattern for $0. Got it? Now print it out! What else will you need? Some simple cotton fabric. You can head to the quilting solids sections ...
Assembling Hand Embroidered Jewelry
UPDATE APRIL 2020: My new jewelry kits are here! You can find the tropical plants kits here and the eucalyptus kit here. The favorite flowers kit (shown in the video below) is no longer stocked. So you’ve stitched up some gorgeous embroidery art. Now what? ...
Satin Stitch Secrets
For the longest time I avoided satin stitch at all costs. What was the point? A machine was always going to do a better job than I could – why put myself through the painful process of trying to make perfect stitches when they ...
How to Turn Your Hand Embroidered Art into a Wearable Patch
Is there anything cooler than personalizing your clothes with your own needlework? Probably not. When I first set out to start decorating my clothing I was very overwhelmed with all of the different options for making patches. I got a little stuck trying to ...