What is slow stitching? A lot of fun! Learn how to get started with slow stitching and enjoy this creative textile art.

For a long time I had my many needles jammed in a bin with a lot of other little embroidery odds and ends, and I really wanted a more convenient (and cute!) way to store them. So I set out to create a needle book, and a tutorial to go along with it!

“My aim is to provide a trail of knowledge and inspiration you can follow.” Transform your knits with a handful of simple embroidery stitches: a cosy cardigan embellished with bright flowers, a dragonfly on the front of a sweater and mittens with plants climbing up the back of the hand. This timeless embroidery book features 18 nature-inspired templates, generously complimented by insightful tips and ideas on how to use them. Embroidery on Knits is an in-depth guide to contemporary stitching with and on wool, explaining every step of the process — from planning to finished project. It is a source of inspiration and knowledge for crafty beginners and savvy stitchers alike. Judit Gummlich is a multi-talented crafter who has worked in theatre costume departments for more than 20 years. She is a passionate knitter, gardener, beekeeper and nature lover. Judit lives with her husband, bees and two cats in Hamburg, Germany. Embroidery on Knits is her first book. Knitting patterns are not included in the book.  Learn more: Download the digital templates for Embroidery on KnitsProject Previews for Embroidery on KnitsJudit Gummlich – Celebrating Wool Embroidery5 Tips for Embroidery Beginners

Sashiko Folk Embroidery: A Japanese Art Sashiko is a form of Japanese folk embroidery using the basic running stitch to create a patterned background. The geometric patterns include straight or cur…

It seems impossible that we’re just over halfway through January already, which means I have completed 18 blocks of my stitch journal. top right, January 2022 I worried that it might be a cho…

Needlework is an impressive enough technical skill, but pair it with some top-notch creativity and you end up with embroidery projects that are truly next level. This online group is dedicated to helping beginners and showcasing the top talent out there.

I have been working with intensity on my piece for Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder. I've named the one panel I'm focusing on Beginning With Time. (continued from here) The size has increased and I am glad that I can no longer touch the edges. I used borders to achieve the increase in scale but now have some design challenges and not much time left before I have to ship the panel to Newfoundland. I am loving the process. Ordered seed stitch. Accumulation. I hope that what my work communicates is the quiet joy of making and at the same time the feeling that we are each just a tiny speck. go slow....stop thinking.....look around Van Gogh

Embroidery has been around forever — the earliest surviving pieces of this craft are Scythian, dated to between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. Virtually every culture has some form of it in their textile art history.

Welcome to Hazel Crafts Store! Delft Embroidery Blue and White Hand hand embroidery beginner kit is in stock and ready to ship in 3 - 6 working days. Your DIY KIT includes: - Fabric Square with Pattern transferred in Heat Erasable Ink - 1 Embroidery Bamboo Frame or Hoop (wooden 8" diameter) - Embroidery pattern Printed Copy and PDF File through Etsy Mail - 1 Set of Anchor Embroidery Yarn/Thread as required - DMC Colors mentioned - Stitch Guide in detail in the English Language Only - Backing fabric - Practice Fabric - Loop to hang the Hoop as embroidery décor on the wall You will enjoy stitching this Delft Indigo Blue Embroidery Kit as a DIY Needlework. The DIY kit has everything you require to start stitching. The kit for adults is a fun project and will take you a couple of weekends to complete. You can look, out for embroidery tutorials on my You Tube Channel: Hazel Embroidery Designs: https://youtu.be/hci-c5W22Sk The stitches you will learn in this embroidery kit: 1. Satin Stitch 2. Back Stitch 3. French Knot Stitch 4. Weaving Stitch 5. Long and Short Stitch 6. Whipped Back Stitch In the Stitch Guide, you will find step-by-step pictorial and written instructions on all the stitches mentioned. The embroidery stitches are very basic and easy to stitch. This attractive embroidery hoop will look great as your wall décor or addition to where you keep your blue pottery or flower vases or in your Dinning area, Living room or Conservatory where the sunlight comes in. It makes a perfect house warming, birthday or anniversary gift or to give the kit as a gift to a craft lover. Do remember to leave a Heart to tell me you liked this DIY embroidery kit and embroidery design. When you stitch the kit please use #hazelcraftsstore so that I can easily track you on my Instagram Account @hazel.embroiderydesigns. Would love to receive your feedback once you use the kit. If you wan to learn embroidery I conduct embroidery workshops physically as well as online. Feel free to book your seats. For updates follow me on Instagram @hazel.embroiderydesigns Happy Embroidery!

View the stunning embroidery work of Michele Carragher, customer designer for Game of Thrones and Elizabeth I. Read the full interview.

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Sofferta e combattuta, la S con i suoi fronzoli è arrivata, forse, alla fine. I colori mi hanno esaurita. Ce n'erano troppi da far entrare in sintonia. E adesso ho bisogno di lasciarla riposare per un po' senza guardarla. Non mi sono inventata l'esuberanza delle sfumature: potreste percepirne l'ebrezza entrando nella Libreria Piccolomini, a cui si accede dalla navata laterale sinistra del Duomo di Siena. Gli affreschi del Pinturicchio sulla volta e sui muri e i pavimenti a contrasto riempono gli occhi e, addossate alle pareti, grosse vetrine custodiscono vecchi manoscritti gregoriani concepiti per esseri giganteschi. www.operaduomo.siena.it E le illuminate... Meravigliose! Pochi passi e già il marito mi canzonava scimmiottando un Huuh, sai che bei ricametti che ci potresti faareee... Avrei voluto fare la superiore dicendo che non ci pensavo proprio e che non capiva niente, ma ho finito per scattare qualche foto, di nascosto e rigorosamente senza flash. Il dettaglio che mi ero portata a casa raffigurava il fiore stile Jacobean che ho inserito nel mio disegno sulla testa della S. La foto però mi ha teso una trappola: sono partita a ricamare la parte ispirata ai dipinti delle illuminate proprio dal fiore, rispettando il colore della mia foto, a dir poco orrenda, per quell'inutile nostalgica faccenda della memoria. Poi sono passata alle foglie della coda della S, cercando di copiare i colori da un libretto acquistato in Duomo e intitolato Miniature dei corali per il Duomo di Siena (Enzo Carli). Per accorgermi poi che in effetti il fiorellone sarebbe stato più bello in versione amaranto anzichè magenta-rosa. E quel giallo avrebbe bisogno di un contornino arancio?! E gli ori?! Tremendi ori! E tremendo il filo metallico, Diamant o vecchio metallico che sia. Ce ne vorrebbe uno sottilissimo e maneggevole! Io ho usato una seta floscia della zia d'Arezzo e il metallico DMC. Non potete sapere quante volte ho fatto e disfatto i nodini. Giusto stamattina ho definitivamente annientato quelli intorno al fiorellino giallo, che era anche sfumato di arancio e adesso è solo giallo. Tra le diverse faccende di riordino ho anche dato una lucidata al pavimento con una seta Au ver a soje panna. E...sì! Ho aggiunto la foglia stumpork per stupire con effetti speciali! L'ho finita ieri sera ed ero felicissima, perchè mi era venuta proprio benino. Ma quando l'ho appiccicata oggi, il mio entusiasmo si è smorzato, perchè mira e rimira, la solita vocina antipatica mi sussurrava che forse non l'avrei dovuta fare verde. Fortuna che almeno del mio ricciolino arancio vado orgogliosa! Ebbene la storia giunge alla fine, a meno che non mi prenda la follia di disfare e rifare qualcosa. In ogni caso aspetto a smontare il lavoro dal telaio e lo lascio in posizione verticale per un cambio di prospettiva. Mi auguro che il passo-passo sia servito, in qualche strano modo! L'insegnamento che traggo io è che, per quanto sia divertente lasciarsi andare all'improvvisazione, forse un po' più di progettualità mi avrebbe reso la strada meno impervia e probabilmente il risultato più soddisfacente. Ma è pur vero che sbagliando s'impara. E siccome ho tanto sbagliato,.. La mia S di Siena mi ha fatto tanto imparare!

"Canchovies"? Sardines? These fish are both cozy and SALTY. One of our most popular nautical patterns, its chock full of sampler stitches perfect for the ambitious beginner.Craft kit includes: pre-printed pattern on unbleached cotton fabric 15cm (6”) embroidery hoop embroidery floss (2 full skeins) BOHIN size 3 embroidery needle instructions in ENGLISH and FRENCH Ambitious beginner friendly. Approximate package dimensions:8 3/4” x 8” x 3/8”22cm x 20cm x 1cmMade in Canada

Tiny vessels hand stitched and cut to form abstracted memories. Sizes from 3-8 cms. Loop Head stitch pots Worn and Wethered Summer Fields Autumn

Choosing the right jeans Most of the mending projects I share are pretty extreme examples of patching using sashiko inspired mending techniques combined with my own stitching style. The examples that I share are either my own jeans or those that I've found while shopping at thrift/secondhand shops and garage sales. Whe

by HEIDI EMMETT Hello everyone. Thank you for stopping by. Let’s get right to it. Remember this picture from a week ago. My shawl with the singed holes. Well I finished the hand stitching on …

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Floral Bucket Bag Embroidery kit,Art Gift DIY,Creative DIY, Craft Kit, Anniversary Embroidery Gift, decoration, kit for beginner You can find detailed preparational videos of all the stitches on our Youtube channel. Please subscribe to “Nukumori Creation”. The link is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdyy-qD9MF5Zk6hQxHtH2A Please feel free to contact us in: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nukumoricreations/ tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nukumoricreations Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.fr/NukumoriCreations/_created/ The floral bucket bag embroidery kit , this beginner-friendly embroidery kit is cute, easy, and fun. Read on for details of what each type of kit includes: BASIC KIT OPTION (Order this if you have your own hoop): -Embroidery pattern, and some beautiful linen -Pre-cut embroidery thread -Needles -Complete instructions and video (We have detailed English and French instructional videos explaining how to do each step .) -Accessoires: strips，beams，etc. COMPLETE KIT OPTION(Order this if you don't have your own hoop): -Embroidery pattern, and some beautiful linen -Pre-cut embroidery thread -Needles -Complete instructions and video (We have detailed English and French instructional videos explaining how to do each step .) --Accessoires: strips，beams，etc. a hoop of 18cm The printed pattern that is already on the embroidery cloth will disappear when subjected to high-temperatures. Please therefore pay attention to not let the cloth come into contact with high-temperature objects during the embroidery process. *Please note: A quality hoop is included with each complete kit; may not be the exact hoop pictured.

Refresh your wardrobe by adding decorative stitching to clothing! These are simple embroidery stitches on most sewing machines.

Tiny vessels hand stitched and cut to form abstracted memories. Sizes from 3-8 cms. Loop Head stitch pots Worn and Wethered Summer Fields Autumn

Needlebooks come in quite handy for keeping track of your pins and needles (and make a charming addition to any sewing basket). DIY Tutorial

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I have A Thing for hand embroidered monograms. I love them – and it doesn’t matter whether they’re my initials or not. I just love them. Embroidered monograms are popular these days. If you don’t believe me, search “embroidered monogram” on Pinterest, and you’ll come up with a whole slew of them – enough to ...

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One of my samples based on Ruth's book One of my greatest pleasures in life, alongside art, is reading. Books have always played an important role in my life and I doubt there has been a day in almost 40 years when I haven’t had at least one book on the go. Actually these days I’m finding it harder and harder to finish books, so I think I currently have about ten on the go... Part of the joy of having children has been re-reading my old favourites with them and discovering new ones written more recently. As a child, my dream job was to be a second-hand bookshop owner or a librarian, but somewhere that got lost along the route and I became an accountant and finally a very happy artist. I wouldn’t swap my job now! Given I read so many books on art and textiles and occasionally, technique, I thought I would share some with you on this blog now and again. I hope you like my choices and if you have any others you think I should be reading, do let me know – I always love hearing about good books! Fabric Manipulation, 150 creative sewing techniques by Ruth Singer This book is only just out, published by David and Charles. It is amazingly comprehensive, dividing techniques into ‘Pleat & Fold’, ‘Stitch & Gather’ and ‘Apply & Layer’, along with a basic introduction to fabric, threads, tools and stitch techniques. Ruth encourages readers to experiment and make the techniques their own. Although there are some small projects in the book, its aim is definitely to impart some of Ruth’s huge technical ability to start readers on their fabric manipulation journey. That implies it is a book for beginners, it is, but there is also lots for more experienced stitchers as there cannot be many people with all these techniques in their repertoire. Many of the techniques come with ideas for further experimentation. In her samples, some have drawn illustrations to show how to make them as well as photographs and Ruth also gives advice of the fabrics she has used and what she thinks works well for that particular technique. Another of my samples using folding techniques from the book I had fun making some samples based on the book and it is also good for reminding you of things you have tried in the past but have forgotten. It is certainly a book I will return to many times, which, in my view, makes it a very good book indeed. Ruth runs workshops in Leicester and around the country and exhibits her work across the world. I think it is only fair to say that I have known Ruth for a number of years and it has been a great joy to watch her work develop and take off. She is a very hard working and talented stitch artist and teacher. But even if I didn’t know her, this book would be high on my wish list as it is so comprehensive.

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The origins of embroidery can be traced back to the Warring States period in China (500-300BC) and to Sweden's Migration period (300-700AD), and some would argue that it hasn't changed much over the centuries:

A golden career spanning almost half a century has been the achievement of celebrated textile artist Sue Rangeley. Intricately machine...