Bringing life to a flat print with embroidery
A fell in love with an antique piece of cloth in a craft fair and had it printed onto linen. I knew immediately it would make a great piece to embroider. Its wonderful to see a flat print come alive with embroidery stitches. You can feel free to embroider as little or as much as you like. Its great to use stitches like stem, chain and running to outline and then satin to fill in. Feather stitch to create flow with fly stitch to add texture and not forgetting everyone's favourite french knots.
Ideas for hand and machine embroidery
How to use some simple embroidery stitches to make an embroidered heart for your clothing or a cushion cover for your home.
Learn how to make a Beetle that can be as colourful as you would like.
Why everyone should have a craft to enjoy and how embroidery as my craft has bought me inner peace and stillness
A simple flower to make as a gift for a card or picture
Instructions on how to make wired petals for an embroidered piece.
A step by step guide on how to create a lattice effect for your embroidery.
This article will help you decide what direction and scale you would like to create in an embroidery design.
A quick method to make a picture of embroidered birch trees by bonding, melting, painting and stitching fabrics together.
This is a written and visual guide on how to mount your embroidery to give it a professional finish ready for framing.
Inspirational photographs to help you to start an embroidery directory.