Holiday – Needle Work

4 ways to turn kid’s embroidery into gifts

October 15, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

A fun way to make personalized ornaments out of your kid’s artwork! Follow this step by step tutorial to make a hand embroidered wool felt ornament from any sketch or doodle, it is a sentimental and sweet handmade Christmas ornament… Read More ...

How to make a pretty embroidery hoop pincushion

April 20, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

One of the things about needlework, is you tend to collect quite a few embroidery hoops. Some favorites you use often, but others sit idle. Here’s an idea for putting some of them to use: Make a cute and useful … Read More ...

Plastic Canvas “Love You” Key Ring

April 6, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

This “Love You” key ring is an original design by Needlepointers.com. It is a plastic canvas project. We have a video tutorial and also a photo tutorial with step-by-step instructions. The project is so easy even kids can make these … Read More ...

Free Tutorial Fabric Based Beaded Easter Eggs

March 26, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

The tutorial is topical for Easter DIY.

The author has experience writing accurate instructions. She has 25 years of experience teaching bead embroidery nationally, and online. The author has three published beading how to books in print, and developed a … Read More ...

How to make an Amazing Valentine’s Day Embroidery Treat Bag

January 29, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Crafting with Machine Embroidery is a blog with articles, projects, and free designs for the Machine Embroiderer.

New articles or projects come out weekly. This project How to make an amazing Valentine’s Day Embroidery Treat Bag is simple, the crafter … Read More ...

Unicorn Christmas Tree Ornament

November 24, 2018 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

This DIY tutorial is for a Unicorn Christmas tree ornament. This tutorial only requires basic needlework skills so teenagers or even tweens could have a go at this hand embroidery project. These Unicorn ornaments would make cute gifts for loved … Read More ...

Free Motion Christmas Gift Tag

November 14, 2018 by Shellie Wilson 1 Comment

This free motion embroidery tutorial is for a Christmas gift tag. These needlework tags are easy to make so you can make enough for the whole family. Assuming they are all getting Christmas gifts that is. Each tag has been … Read More ...

Shabby Christmas Stars

November 6, 2018 by Shellie Wilson 2 Comments

This Christmas tutorial is for a sewn Faux quilted Christmas star. What a great way to use up your scraps. These stars would look really nice with little embellishments sewn into place too. Handmade ornaments are a great gift for … Read More ...

Video Tutorial – Christmas Embroidery Design

October 31, 2018 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

This Embroidery design is just in time for Christmas. This Embroidery tutorial by Tata sol uses a pattern which you can purchase from her Etsy store. The tutorial is easy to follow and the design is rather quaint, not … Read More ...

Embroidered family picture ornament

October 27, 2018 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Sentimental & embroidery makes a great, popular project! This tutorial shows you how to make your own Christmas ornaments.

Wreath Embroidery Tutorial

October 10, 2018 by Shellie Wilson 3 Comments

I just came across this wreath style Embroidery project and I am in love. What a great Christmas gift or just a seasonal Embroidery project all for myself. This Embroidery tutorial is more about the hoop and positioning than it … Read More ...

15 Cross Stitch Patterns For Valentine’s Day

January 11, 2018 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Needlework goes hand in hand with warm blankets and cold nights, so I thought I’d round up some ideas of what to embroidery and cross stitch for Valentine’s Day! There are a bunch of independent designer’s Valentine’s Day embroidery designs … Read More ...