Embroidery text lettering

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 ...

Text lovers will adore this Cursive Font pattern. A full alphabet set is included so you can create your own monogram or slogans. Try this out on a scarf,...

This is a brief exercise in the Hand Embroidered Lettering series here on Needle ‘n Thread. The word is short – “The” – and I’m using a fairly easy stitch for it (the heavy chain stitch). I’ll tell you why I chose this stitch, show you the thread I’m using, and give you a look ...

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To hand embroider relatively small letters, I like to use whipped backstitch. The letters I’m embroidering in this tutorial are approximately half an inch high. Whipped backstitch works really well with them because it provides a fairly smooth, very precise line without much extra bulk. If you don’t know how to backstitch, feel free to ...

Embroidered lettering might be one of the most common forms of embroidery through both ancient and modern history. I remember even my grandmother telling me how she would embroider initials on bed sheets and towels before her wedding. Today we often see machine embroidered texts written on clothes

Top tip - keeping your stitches on the smaller side will help with getting the tight curves of letters a little bit neater. Click on the name of each stitch to see a video tutorialBack Stitch The back stitch is probably one of the easiest stitches to get the hang of. It's mostly used for stitching lines or outlining shapes. And it's ideal for stitching text! Variations: whip your back stitch with a contrasting colour for a twisted effect. Or build up lines of back stitch to fill larger…

What stitches should you use when hand embroidering letters? In this blog and video tutorial I go over using back stitch, split stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, couching and satin stitch.

From embroidery to weaving, there is a long history incorporating letterforms into fabric. In this visit to the Archive’s stacks, we’re pulling multiple threads on items that tie text to textiles.