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Turn kid’s artwork into an embroidered ornament

November 19, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Preserve precious sketches and artwork by turning them into Christmas ornaments! It’s simple to turn drawings into hand embroidery patterns and stitch them on to felt with 1 simple material. Kids can stitch their own designs, too, with this … Read More ...

Cross Stitch Pattern – Christmas Ornament

November 14, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

This tutorial is for a Cross stitch pattern, just in time for Christmas. This free embroidery pattern is for a Christmas tree ornament. You could make this in small hoops and use tree ornaments or go big and place one … Read More ...

DIY Photo Ornament With Embroidery Embellishments

November 12, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Create the ultimate personalized gift with someone’s photo! This tutorial shows you how to stitch up a sweet ornament that has a personal touch, you can add stitches, sequins, or fancy fabric to make these feel extra special. This is … Read More ...

Round-up of winter hand embroidery patterns

November 5, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Get cozy this winter with a hand sewing project! This is a curated list of hand embroidery patterns with winter motifs including snow, pine trees, mountains, fireplaces, and warm sweaters. Perfect for stitching on to a pillow or hanging on … Read More ...

Felt Bird Pattern, Cardinal Ornament Pattern Download

November 1, 2019 by Shellie Wilson 1 Comment

This ornament pattern is an original Patricia Welch design and is for a Christmas cardinal. I can imagine a whole tree of these beautiful birds all embroidered. You can purchase the PDF pattern via Patricia’s store on Etsy. 

Looking for … Read More ...

25 Christmas Hand Embroidery Patterns

October 29, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Make it a handmade holiday this year and start hand embroidering! This is a curated list of modern Christmas hand embroidery patterns to download and stitch. Many of these would look great over your mantel or framed and gifted this … Read More ...

Sewing Ornaments, PDF pattern

October 25, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

How adorable are these hand embroidered Christmas ornaments? At first, I thought these would make wonderful gifts for my sewing friends but then I thought, I am going to make these for myself! Once you have the PDF you can, … Read More ...

Wool Felt Old Fashioned Ornament

October 22, 2019 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

This is a free and easy embroidered old fashioned ornament design that is quick and simple to stitch up for Christmas. You can follow the free tutorial to guide you along by visiting here.

Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? … Read More ...

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 ...

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