Crewel embroidery patterns

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I promised to show you this, my crewel embroidery piece 'Tree of Life' started and completed in the mid 1970's. I recall it took me perhaps a couple of years, picking it up now and then between family and work commitments when we lived in Massachusetts. I bought it as a kit - complete with the skeins of wools in beautiful colors, printed Belgian linen, and stitch instructions - offered by one of the most admired American stitchery women ever, the late Elsa Williams. After a lengthy search…

Crewel Fairy Tales Book Packs include pre-printed high-quality cotton fabric and called-for threads for crewel embroidery. Order a pack to save your time and money

Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations shares an excellent method for transferring an embroidery design to fabric. In her needlework tutorial, she will show you one of the easiest ways to …

Learn about the history of crewel embroidery, the tools you'll need, and some basic embroidery stitches to get you started...

crewel embroidery designs

An incredibly beautiful crewel design to help you master embroidery stitches: learn new techniques while filling out vast areas of this crewel pattern, using heavy threads. A nice way for a beginner to learn embroidery

This stitch is typically used for leaf patterns. It throws out a padded effect on the motif. The stitch looks a bit difficult but has no complications when you start to stitch. In fact, you will enjoy it as you see a beautiful, richly filled leaf...