How to Keep Embroidery From Puckering
Why does my embroidery pucker? A common problem that you may have come across when you’re stitching is that the fabric starts to pucker. So frustrating! There could be a …
Posts from: February 2021
Can You Wash Embroidery? Embroidered Clothing Care
Can You Wash Hand Embroidered Clothes? Over the years, I’ve gotten this question a lot. Occasionally, I’ll embroider a piece of clothing or stitch a pet portrait on a sweatshirt …
How Many Strands of Embroidery Floss To Use
The most commonly used embroidery floss is 6-strand cotton floss. This floss is great for surface embroidery and cross stitch because of it’s divisible strands of thread. A frequent question …
What To Do With Finished Embroidery Projects
You’re all done stitching, and now you’re wondering what to do with your finished embroidery project! The most common way, of course, is to keep the embroidery in the hoop …
Woven Picot Embroidery Stitch
The woven Picot is an embroidery stitch that is commonly used in stumpwork or raised embroidery. The base of the picot is attached to the fabric, but the thread is …
How To Keep Fabric Tight In Embroidery Hoops
How To Keep An Embroidery Hoop Tight When I first started embroidery, I would get really frustrated when my fabric would slip and become loose in the hoop. Over the …
How To Embroider A Hat By Hand – The Easy Way!
Several years ago, I started stitching pet portraits on hats and found them to be a bit challenging because the fabric is not flat like a normal piece of fabric. …