Hand Embroidery Tips and Inspiration

Use our library of stitching inspiration, tips, and how-tos to embrace the mindful hobby of embroidery. These articles will help you choose and stitch your next hand-embroidered project.

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5 Ways to Add Embroidery to Holiday Gift Wrap

5 Ways to Add Embroidery to Holiday Gift Wrap

Oomph your holiday gift wrap with ornaments that can go on the tree once the packages are opened with the ideas below If you need help making the ornaments, we've got that covered here: How to Make Embroidered Ornaments for Christmas. And we've got holiday ornament...

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How to Make Embroidered Ornaments for Christmas

How to Make Embroidered Ornaments for Christmas

As the Christmas holiday nears, it's time for a crafting weekend. Embroidered ornaments are an ideal project--and can even be a way to create new stitchers in your life. Here are all the details on what you need to make and finish off these decorations....

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5 Ways Embroidery Improves Mental Well-being

5 Ways Embroidery Improves Mental Well-being

The world has gotten busy. Information flows to us through many channels. We’re often doing two or three things at one time.  While you hear the advice to spend time simply BEING, it’s still  tough to quiet your mind. Hand embroidery is a comfort craft that...

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Embroidery Kit Stitching Tips: Mountain Time

Embroidery Kit Stitching Tips: Mountain Time

Get a closer look at the stitching and supplies for our Mountain Time embroidery kit. See demos of the zigzag filling one of the mountains and Sashiko straight stitch filling the lower hills. Find "Mountain Time" at stitchedstories.com/mountain

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Embroidery Kit Design & Stitching Tips: Rolling Hills

Embroidery Kit Design & Stitching Tips: Rolling Hills

Get a look at how color is used for unified embroidery kit design that has great visual flow. You'll also see the many different stitches in this kit and get a look at how to embroider small hearts using two lazy daisy stitches. Find this kit at...

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Embroidery Kit Design and Stitching Tips: Jacobean

Embroidery Kit Design and Stitching Tips: Jacobean

Jacobean is a hand embroidery pattern inspired by 17th century crewel work. This video gives you stitching tips and insights into the creation of this embroidery pattern. You'll also see exactly what you get in the kit for it. Gold scroll work is done with chain and...

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