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: Anna and Piotr Angiel, Embroidery Artists
Meet Anna and Piotr Angiel, who create embroidery art and kits inspired by their hikes in the mountains of the Canadian Rockies. Piotr's photographs of their adventures are translated into…
Spotlight: Samantha Montella, Fiber Artist
Samantha Montella is a self-taught fiber artist who creates shaped weaving with embroidery and needle felting. She specializes in home portraits that are inspired by books, fairy tales and fantasy…
Spotlight: Manoela Grigorova, Embroidery and Mixed Media Artist
Manoela Grigorova (a.k.a Mojo and Muse) found her creative passion during the pandemic, merging her experimentation with alcohol inks and basic embroidery into colorful works of art full of texture.…
Spotlight: Rita Gaspar, Thread Painter
Rita Gaspar tried her hand at crochet and cross-stitch and wanted to try something different. She now creates detailed portraits with thread (and sometimes beads) on unique fabric backgrounds. Inspired…
Spotlight: Zena van de Poel, Embroidery Artist
Zena van de Poel started stitching at the beginning of the Pandemic, creating small pieces of art for her friends and family across the world. Inspired by memories of her…
Spotlight: Bettina Csolkovits, Photographer and Embroidery Artist
Meet Bettina Csolkovits. Inspired by her favorite things from her childhood, she creates 3D hand-embroidered works of art. Look closely at all of the details. She plans her work for…
Spotlight: Carley Pettitt, Embroidery Artist and Designer
Carley Pettitt started Nest Embirdery and received such overwhelming support that it gave her the confidence to become a full time artist. Take a close look at her embroidery designs.…
Spotlight: Alicia Van Eerden, Mixed Media Embroidery Artist
Alicia Van Eerden creates magical places for our minds to wander with her mixed-media embroidery pieces. Beginning with hand-painted fabric, she adds stitching, beads, and more to invite the viewer…