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Hand Embroidery

Category: <span>Hand Embroidery</span>

With the exploding popularity of embroidery patterns, it’s a good thing that hand embroidery is so easy to learn. You can get started with just a few embroidery stitches – some embroidery artists create stunning work specializing in just one or two stitches! Whether you prefer traditional patterns like flower embroidery or like to stitch on the edge with modern pattern designers, Create Whimsy has the inspiration and the how-to instructions to help.

Hand Embroidery Basics

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10 Easy Embroidery Stitches to Embellish Your Projects

Hand embroidery is so relaxing, and small projects can go anywhere with you. There are a gazillion stitches out there. (Sometimes we invent our own if we embrace little slips...

Best threads for Hand Embroidery horizontal image of threads

Best Threads for Hand Embroidery

Changing up the stitches is certainly a big element in making your hand embroidery as creative as it can be, but what you choose to stitch with adds yet another...

Best tools for Hand Embroidery

Best Tools for Hand Embroidery

I love to stitch, and I’ve found that I enjoy the experience much more when I have my favorite tools close at hand. Hand embroidery doesn’t require a lot of...

Flower Embroidery Inspiration

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Spotlight: Jenny Clouston, Crazy Quilter

Jenny Clouston is happiest and most content when she is stitching by hand: crazy quilting, flower embroidery or English Paper Piecing. In embracing the process, she feeds her creativity and...

Beaded purse

Spotlight: Christen Brown, Fiber Artist

With a needle in her hand since the age of 7, Christen Brown creates lush embroidered and beaded pieces to wear and admire. Generous with her knowledge, she shares her...

Orange flower embroidery

Spotlight: Jessica Long, Embroidery Artist

Like so many others, Jessica Long loved art as a child, but was steered in a more "practical" direction for a career. When she found herself in an area with...

Botanical Embroidery Inspiration

Cactus Embroidery

Spotlight: Alexis Acevedo, Embroidery Artist

Alexis Acevedo was studying fashion design when the needlepoint bug that had bitten her in childhood came buzzing back with the infinite design possibilities of color and texture she could...

Bird and lady bug embroidery

Spotlight: Rose Andreeva, Embroidery Artist

Capturing the natural world with impeccable detail, embroidery artist Rose Andreeva honors both her subject and her art with stunning realism. Her expressive stitches rise from the background, almost convincing...

DETAIL Symbiosis work-in-progress

Spotlight: Hannah Streefkerk, Textile Artist

Working in concert with her surroundings and reflecting her passion for global warming and environmental issues, Hannah Streefkerk uses crochet and embroidery to create unique textile installations. Starting with the...

Bee and Butterfly Embroidery

Detail 3 of Luna Moth

Spotlight, Michele Pollock, Paper and Stitch Artist

Keeping her mind and heart open to the creative possibilities during life's challenges keeps artist Michele Pollock on the hunt for new ways to express herself. When a neurological disorder...

Bee embroidery by Rosemary

Spotlight: Rosemary Drysdale, Embroidery Artist

Rosemary Drysdale can't imagine her life without stitch. It's in her genes. Her British mother and grandfather are from a long line of tailors; her Scottish grandparents, and generations before...

Butterfly sample

Spotlight: Catherine Redford, Fiber Artist

With a love for stitching happy things, fiber art by Catherine Redford is sure to keep you smiling. She does a bit of everything: embroidery, appliqué, crazy quilting, modern quilting,...

More Hand Embroidery

Traditional Korean Jumeoni, Pouches - Duru-Jumeoni, Yak-Jumeni, and Gui-Jumeoni(clockwise from top left) by Heehwa Jo

Spotlight: Heehwa Jo, Korean Embroidery Artist

Heehwa Jo creates detailed embroidery work inspired by ancient Korean designs. She'll think about a design for a while and when it is ready to come to life, she gathers…
Gardening Gloves on a wall by Sharon Peoples

Spotlight: Sharon Peoples, Fiber Artist

Sharon Peoples is inspired by nature and her daily walks; she creates intricately detailed embroidered fiber art. She plans all of her work out before starting a piece, beginning with…
Several Points Were Made art quilt by Laurel Izard

Spotlight: Laurel Izard, Fiber Artist

Laurel Izard grew up in a family of artists and has created since an early age. However, she didn't define herself as a fiber artist until she had an idea…
Set of hand pillows with their thumbs crossed by Gwen Rucker

Spotlight: Gwen Rucker, Textile Artist

Gwen Rucker has found art to be a soothing activity for as long as she can remember. She is inspired by tiny details, shapes and color combinations in unexpected places.…
Apple fiber art by Alicja Kozlowska

Spotlight: Alicja Kozlowska, Fiber Artist

Alicja Kozlowska is a contemporary fiber artist creating 3D embroidered felt sculptures of everyday objects. She is inspired by daily life, mass culture and drawn to things we may not…
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Broderie Perse

Looking for another reason to take a perfectly good piece of fabric and cut it up to make something new? Broderie perse is an appliqué technique where motifs, such as…
Relaxing bath with a glass of wine embroidery by Theresa Wensing

Spotlight: Theresa Wensing, Embroidery Artist

Theresa Wensing creates embroidery designs using a calm, pastel color palette to create works of art that are bold and sometimes not ladylike. Her patterns are designed to show people…
Strawberries Embroidery by Riki Inge

Spotlight: Riki Inge, Fiber Artist

Riki Inge creates fiber art with her hand dyed fabrics layered with acrylic paints and hand stitching to create depth and texture. Using her graphic design skills she launched her…
Hedgerow Flowers by Lynn Comley

Spotlight: Lynn Comley, Felt Artist

Lynn Comley, aka UpandDownDale, learned the basics of felt making and then began experimenting with incorporating other fibers to create interesting textures. Her works are inspired by the photographs she takes…

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