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...
Hand Embroidery
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
Best Threads for Hand Embroidery: Floss and Thread Guide
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
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
Spotlight: Priscilla Liu-tcheng, 3D Fiber Artist
Priscilla Liu-tcheng was surrounded by creativity growing up. She studied art in college and then took a hiatus from creating. Rediscovering embroidery during the pandemic, she now continues to challenge…
Spotlight: Claire Wellesley-Smith, Textile Artist
Claire Wellesley-Smith is a textile artist, writer, and researcher. Her textile practice involves working with others, participation is central to everything she does. She works with groups to explore the…
Spotlight: Astrid Mussi, Artist
Astrid Mussi finds inspiration for her work from everywhere, especially the nature in Southern California. She now works with paper and thread to create her unique pieces of art. Along…
Spotlight: Barbara from Elverie aka bbeebling, Fiber Artist
Bbeebling dabbled in a variety of creative techniques, learning along the way. Each of those media has influenced her current work creating fantasy-inspired 3D fiber art often showcasing iridescent handmade…
How to Make a Colonial Knot: Hand Embroidery Tutorial
You know all about the French knot. Have you tried the Colonial Knot? Instead of twisting your thread several times around the tip of the needle to make a French…
Spotlight: Laney Boyd, Hand Embroidery Artist
Laney Boyd has degrees in music and experimented with many visual arts and crafts. She discovered embroidery and now creates detailed hand embroidery art. Her favorite stitch? The satin stitch!…
Spotlight: Caroline Champion, Abstract Embroidery Artist
Caroline Champion creates abstract hand embroidered art with acrylic paints and thread. Ideas come to her from nature, overheard conversations, lines of buildings, clouds and more. Her pieces reflect her…
Spotlight: Murriel Mapa, Embroidery Artist
Murriel Mapa picked up an embroidery kit and fell in love with stitching. After doing a few kits, she tried making her own designs. She now sells her designs as…