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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.

More Hand Embroidery

Close up of an embroidery project by Sharon Boggon

Spotlight: Sharon Boggon, Embroidery and Crazy Quilt Artist

Sharon Boggon may have been born stitching - she doesn't remember being taught, she has just always created with needle and thread. And we reap the benefits of her years…
Sisters

Spotlight: Janice Gatti, Embroidery Artist

Unlike many artists who create work primarily for others to see, Janice Gatti is more private about her art. When she gets home from her demanding day job, she will…
Colorful skull embroidery by Irene

Spotlight: Irene Schlesinger, Embroidery and Mixed Media Artist

When you are trained as a painter, but fall in love with stitch, what do you do? Irene Schlesinger creates on stretched canvas, but with needle and thread, yarn and…
A Well-Read Woman is a Dangerous Creature embroidery hoop art

Spotlight: Megan Eckman, Embroidery Artist and Designer

If you are looking for unique embroidery designs that go beyond the traditional hearts and flowers, Megan Eckman might be your designer. With an eye for quirky subject matter and…
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…
All In A Row embroidery art by Michelle Kingdom

Spotlight: Michelle Kingdom, Embroidery Artist

With a strong sense of narrative, Michelle Kingdom embraces embroidery as an art form that has long been sidelined as "women's work". With lines of stitching, she creates textural drawings…
Magic Carpet and More

Letters Home: Magic Carpet and More

As I worked on this quilt I thought about how our parents settled into a new life with many joys and a few challenges. I thought about how our mother…
Three bees by Ngaio Blackwood

Spotlight: Ngaio Blackwood, Embroidery Artist

Is it painting or embroidery? Look at the work by Ngaio Blackwood - it might be both! With stitch as her focus, Ngaio often embroiders on a painted background, adding…
Cactus Embroidery

Spotlight: Alexis Acevedo, Embroidery Artist

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

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