Sarah of Sarah’s Hand Embroidery Tutorials blog has a tutorial on how to stitch Threaded Chevron Stitch this week that clearly explains how to stitch this stunning stitch. It may be used for both surface hand embroidery and counted thread … Read More ...
Shoe-Themed Stitchery Project
Lynn B. from Happiness is Cross Stitching is deviating a little from her usual medium of cross-stitch and sharing a hand embroidery project along with her usual cross-stitch projects for us to enjoy. According to Lynn B. “A girl can … Read More ...
Decorative Motif Hand Embroidery Pattern
Here’s a fun free embroidery pattern from Imaginesque for you to hand stitch with the floss colors of your choice. You could stitch it all in one color. You could also chose a variegated floss and have a lot of … Read More ...
Funburst Free Pattern
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘N Thread has posted another free hand embroidery pattern for us to enjoy. She’s named it Funburst and I think it is aptly named. You can stitch it up in any colors, but I am seeing … Read More ...
Final Cheerleader Project Posted
Barbara of Vintage Spice and Everything Nice has posted her fourth and final set of cheerleader-themed patterns in her Freebie Friday series. This action pattern will make any cheerleader happy to show her spirit. There are some bonus patters as … Read More ...
Twisted Ribbon Dragonfly Tutorial
Ina at Let’s Learn Embroidery blog has posted an excellent tutorial on how to make a ribbon embroidery dragonfly. If you think ribbon embroidery is complicated, think that no more. Ina breaks it down into easy steps using photos and … Read More ...
Embroidery Pattern Flower Power
This cute flower design is one of Kelly Fletcher’s free patterns available from her Craftsy shop. She is a prolific embroidery designer that has her patterns available from several sources. She has her Craftsy shop, an Etsy shop, and … Read More ...
DMC Seasonal Freebie
The latest freebie from Emma Broidery at DMC Thread’s Blog looks like a really fun project. It is called “In Vino Veritas” and it taken from an old Latin phrase that is attributed to Pliny the Elder and translates to … Read More ...
Imaginesque Archive
This post is one from the archives of Imaginesque. They have so many great patterns for hand and counted thread embroidery that they will keep you stitching for months on end. I can just see this one done up in … Read More ...
Do You Believe…?
Do you believe in the Loch Ness Monster? Well I have seen ol’ Nessie floating around at Sew Lovely Embroidery, so I believe in her now. This deliciate rendering of the creature just begs to be stitched up in fun … Read More ...
Cretan Stitch Tutorial
Cretan Stitch is a useful stitch for filling and also for creating a leaf shape. Mary Corbet of Needle ‘N Thread has posted a lengthy tutorial for how to work Cretan stitch that is quite enlightening. If you have found … Read More ...
Tatting Fool Free Patterns
Over at the Tatting Fool, Miranda has been rearranging things and she has arranged all her patterns in one place including her free patterns and her for sale patterns. The one shown here, which is just lovely is called “Ice … Read More ...
Sprouting Floral – Or Another Name?
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘N Thread posted this free hand embroidery pattern on her blog and named it Sprouting Floral, but she is not exactly satisfied with the name. She is open to your input. Can you think of a … Read More ...
Back to Schoolgirl Pattern
Sew Lovely Embroidery posted the free pattern this embroidery is based on recently – it is lovely and I didn’t want you to miss out on it! It is a back-to-school design and while most kids are back in school … Read More ...
Grandmother Bunny
This design is adapted from an embroidery magazine dated 1933 so that is why Helen at Bustle & Sew called her a Grandmother Bunny. She looks just as fresh as a daisy though and you’d never guess that she was … Read More ...
