White on white embroidery design

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The white work embroidery is self-explanatory. The name alone hints at what this stitching is all about. It is the fine delicate embroidery done on white cloth with white thread, as seen on table l…

Sara Rickards is an embroidery artist and designer, trained at the Royal School of Needlework. She now designs and sells a variety of embroidery kits.

After stitching all the lines on my current embroidery project, the next step was to add some seed stitching. I figured filling in certain areas in seed stitch would accomplish two things: it would add some texture and it would make the prominent parts of the design stand out. And so, I proceeded to stitch ...

Seems like a bit of an oxymoron, doesn't it? Whitework with color? Whitework with Colour is Trish Burr's latest embroidery book - and it's a doozy! It's a hard-cover, large project and instructional book that incorporates techniques that normally would be seen in whitework (as in, white-on-white

M, 1848c, British; Cambric, embroidered. Fragment

bienenkiste: “ Peachoo + Krejberg Fall 2011 details ”

Chris Richards of Ella’s Craft Creations reminds us that the beauty of whitework lies in its texture. She says, I feel that textural pieces, really catch the eye and obviously which thread yo…

This is my most favorite wreath among the ones that I've stitched so far. White anemones, blueberries that perfectly match the centering of the flowers, leaves motif, petite blossoms and beads to add more dimensional variety to the work. The anemones flowers don't grow in the place where I live, so the first time I saw them was on Pinterest. It was the love from the first sight! Such a grace and delicacy, and such a wonderful combination of colors! I love all the species, but this particular…