Hand embroidery tips

These are the most common beginner mistakes in hand embroidery. Avoid these mistakes if you want to excel at the art of hand embroidery.

So I sat down and thought about what kind of advice I would give to beginner stitchers and managed to write a whole essay, haha. These tips are mostly for those who only start hand embroidery, I tried to remember myself at that stage and think about what I wish someone told me back then and what I would tell my “students” if I were an embroidery teacher. Which, in some way, I actually am here on Stitch Floral. So, take a cup of tea or coffee and sit comfortably because, apparently, I had a…

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.

Here’s a visual guide to some of the most common hand-embroidery stitches found in quilts and other sewing projects. 35 Basic Hand Embroidery Stitches

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…

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.

This page is being replaced by this easier to use directory of hand embroidery stitches. ------------------------------------ I encourage you to use additional resources if you need more instruction than this simple guide. I have found video to be very useful in understanding stitches. Please click on the links below t

Here are 9 of my go-to hand embroidery stitches for filling in spaces, step-by-step instructions, and examples.

Sometimes as people are on their embroidery journeys, they ask me how they can stitch more neatly. This article is my attempt to answer that question based on what I’ve learned in my own stitching, rather than what I think is “good embroidery” and “the way you have to do things”. If you’ve had some