Embroidery needle painting

Hello everyone Hope your week is going well. For several months I have been working with the idea of providing tutorials on my website – am still tinkering with the idea of uploading some vi…

Continuing from where we left last time, let's take a look at the “non-conventional” placement of colors at needlepainting. A quick recap for those who missed the previous part of the needlepainting tips: The majority of lessons and tutorials for long and short stitching (including the lesson on this blog) show the traditional way of shading, which goes from top to the bottom in horizontal rows of colors. However, when you come to the actual needlepainting you might find out that the…

As you probably know, I am very fond of the embroidery technique called long and short stitching, and I hope more and more people fall in love with it and see that it is actually not that scary and not that hard. Well, it is not that easy either and it requires some time and patience to get friendly with it. But it is totally worth it, isn't it? By today I actually have plenty of material on this blog about long and short stitch as well as needle painting. So I decided to gather it all up in…

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As you probably know, I am very fond of the embroidery technique called long and short stitching, and I hope more and more people fall in love with it and see that it is actually not that scary and not that hard. Well, it is not that easy either and it requires some time and patience to get friendly with it. But it is totally worth it, isn't it? By today I actually have plenty of material on this blog about long and short stitch as well as needle painting. So I decided to gather it all up in…

New old posts on hand embroidery essentials :) As I mentioned before, I'm planning to update some old posts because they are too outdated. I started with the essentials of starting and ending thread, so here are the posts for you to check out: 5 ways to start thread in hand embroidery How to finish thread in hand embroidery I didn't just update the pictures, but also added some new information and tips and cut out what the “me today” decided was insignificant. That's why I'm informing you…

Dec 30, 2014 - These astounding needlework pieces are by self-taught embroiderer Trish Burr from Cape Town. She has written several books on the technique...

Original Hand embroidery hoop art landscape. This landscape art is embroidered by hand using cotton floss and 100% linen fabric. I framed it into the small embroidery hoop with hanging. I used a high quality original DMC floss so the colors won’t fade and the picture won’t lose its vividness and brightness. For the back side I used a piece of felt with a stitched “Hare in Hands” words.Care: do not wash in washing machine. Do not use any brushes or something that can hurt the stitches. Gentle…

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…

Before we start, an important announcement! I'm having a SALE in my Etsy shop: everything is down 15% until the end of March. Hurry up to make your purchase, especially if you already have my designs in the cart! Now, let's get back to the topic :) When you work long and short stitch, one of your main goals should be the correct direction of your stitches. As long as you achieve that, the surface of your stitching will be smooth, and the blending will be easier. Here are two examples. On the…