Embroidery Inspiration and Tutorials

Stitching mandala-inspired designs is a unique kind of mindful pleasure.  The individual motifs add variety---but then the multiples of each motif give you relaxing repetitions. While mandalas are typically composed with geometric symbols, our embroidery patterns...

Once you've finished your embroidered hoop art project, you're ready to display or gift it. Read on for my favorite finishing technique and tips for displaying embroidery in my home. SUPPLIES My preferred finishing technique uses: Your completed embroidered...

Embroidery is an ideal craft for your air travel and vacations. It’s lightweight, doesn’t take up much space in your bag and doable in the room of your seat tray. Having a stitching project (or two) along on vacation is a relaxing way to fill down time. Watch this...

The chain embroidery stitch creates a line of small loops or "links." Here's a diagram and the instructions for creating it that we include in all of our embroidery pattern and kit guides. Bring needle and thread up at 1.Insert at the same spot and up at 2. As you do...

Embroidery is an affordable and readily-portable hobby. In addition to a project (or two or three), all you need are a few extra supplies. Read on to see my must-have notions for making it easy to have a satisfying daily stitching practice. 1. Small storage tin for...

When it comes to embroidery, "Christmas in July" works because this is a great time to plan and get started on projects you'll display and gift a few months from now. Take a look at the pieces to create for yourself and for gifting below, and then get your own...

The French Knot is an embroidery stitch that's created by wrapping floss around your needle one or more times. Once the floss is wrapped, you'll insert the needle back into the fabric at almost the same spot where it originally came up. Here's a diagram and the...

Folk embroidery patterns use motifs and colors that evoke a culture's popular traditions rather than those of fine art. Its appeal comes not only out of the fun decorative stitch combinations--but also because of how it can make you feel a nostalgia for pre-industrial...

The heart is a frequently-used motif in embroidery kit designs. Not only does it convey a message of love, it's also got an appealing shape that offers plenty of opportunity for stitching fun. You'll see it dominating in our Choose Love kit, and playing a supporting...

Being able to pick up a project and embroider for a few minutes (or hours)... ... at any time of day, ... pretty much any place in the world (don't recommend stitching in the bathtub) ... and with just a few moments notice is a wonderful thing in my life....

When a new season arrives, the weather and our daily habits change. The holidays change, too, as do the ways we spend time with family and friends. You can make the stitching and display of a seasonal or holiday embroidery project part of the changing seasons. Here at...

Have you heard about the Granny-Chic or Grandmillenial decor trend? It's a mashup of the old with the new. It says goodbye to the sleek minimalism of midcentury modern and hello to trim, tassels, and embroidery. At its heart, this is a style that finds comfort through...