Embroider words by hand

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

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.

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

If you’re a hand embroiderer, a quilter, a textile artist, or a crafter, you’ve probably run into situations where you could add words, text, and lettering to your projects. Hand embroidery is an excellent way to personalize gifts, household objects, momentos, quilts, journal covers – just about anything! Writing with your needle and thread can ...

Spread the loveThe Easiest Way to Hand Embroider Letters- a simple method that any beginner can do! Lately, I’ve been finding all these beautiful embroidery work on Pinterest. It inspired me to give it a try and make something for Indigo. I created a pattern using a fancy, elaborate cursive font and got to work...

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.

In this starter guide, I'll take you through how to hand embroider letters, or cursive - it's easier than you think!

This isn't the first time I've gotten into embroidered handwriting - and it probably won't be the last! If you've poked around a bit on Needle 'n Thread, you might be familiar with my tutorials on embroidered lettering and text. That was a fun sampler! And it morphed into a series of 15 free tuto

Here are some ideas on how to work quotes and monograms in hand embroidery! I don't embroider quotes and phrases that often but there are some universal tips that you can use for that *wink wink*. Handwriting style Handwriting can be elegant, sometimes quirky and at times sharp and rash. But either way, you will most probably need to work a fine line and your stitch should flexible enough to be able to bend in tight curves. So, from the family of line stitches, I would recommend stem stitch…

Welcome! Today, I'm sharing the most effective way that I've found to hand-embroider on a knit sweater with yarn. New Video Tutorial: Now Available: Everything you need to know about embroidering a sweater in one place! Get the free PDF Download here!Supplies:P.S.: If you click and purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products that I’ve personally vetted and loved. Southern Sewing Co. is reader-supported. Affiliate links help me to offer this…