8 Christmas Embroidery Stitch Combinations Designed to Delight

8 Christmas Embroidery Stitch Combinations Designed to Delight

Stitched Stories patterns are designed to give you projects that are a delight to stitch. That means: The motifs you’re rendering are appealing and fresh. The stitch combinations keep you engaged with their variety even though they aren’t especially...
How to Make a Home-Themed Traditional Embroidery Stitch Sampler

How to Make a Home-Themed Traditional Embroidery Stitch Sampler

Here’s a close look at making a home-themed embroidery project inspired by traditional embroidery stitch samplers. Stitching large-format samplers from Stitched Stories is a satisfying experience. Colorful and appealing motifs are rendered with a variety of...
5 Fall Embroidery Stitch Combinations Designed to Delight

5 Fall Embroidery Stitch Combinations Designed to Delight

At Stitched Stories, we understand the desire to make.  We understand it as a way to be creatively engaged and, at the same time, producing an appealing finished project. That means we give you designs: ::> that are more fun than complex, ::>...
A Short History of Embroidery Stitch Samplers

A Short History of Embroidery Stitch Samplers

While embroidery is a craft going back thousands of years, the history of Embroidery Stitch Samplers starts in Europe during the Renaissance.  The word “sampler” derives from the Latin exemplum via the French essamplaire –meaning “example.” These samplers...
6 Places to Display Holiday Embroidery Projects

6 Places to Display Holiday Embroidery Projects

Embroidering Christmas motifs and colors makes for fun stitching time. If you’re worried about just what to do with your embroidered holiday hoop art featuring Christmas trees and cottages, ornaments, and wreaths, take a look here at the many spots you can...