Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to prepare for, which means I get to make lots of fun and spooky embroidery designs! In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to embroider a simple ghost. The tutorial is of course free, but I also have an accompanying flying ghost embroidery pattern available for purchase if you’d …
Hand Embroidery Tips and Tutorials
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a beautiful embroidered scrunchie. Scrunchies are relatively quick and easy to sew. I think they look great with patterned or solid fabric, and stitching your own custom embroidery to them adds a special handmade touch. These would be great to give as a gift or to use …
I have a bit of a fabric obsession. If you’re anything like me, your craft supplies might be a bit unruly and hard to sift through. (It happens to the best of us.) The good news is that there are plenty of effective and easy ways to organize your fabric. This post will show you …
Grass seems super simple but it can sometimes be a challenge to get it looking just right. There are a few different embroidery stitches that work well to fill in areas with grass. This post will go over how to embroider grass with 5 different stitches, each one resulting in a different and unique appearance. …
This quick and fun tutorial will show you how you can make your very own embroidered corner bookmark. Using some felt, fabric, and a few embroidery supplies, you can make this highly customizable bookmark in an hour or two! You can follow along with the pattern in the tutorial or use the instructions to create …
This post will go over embroidery shading basics, which is what will help you achieve more dimension in your work and even embroider more realistically. Supplies You’ll Need Adding shading to your embroidery is easiest to do with stranded embroidery floss. This kind of floss commonly comes in 6 strands and cotton is the most …
If you’ve struggled to get your embroidery to look neat and you feel like you’ve tried everything, this post will help you almost instantly improve your results! We all know that practice will improve any skill, and that is true for embroidery. But these tips focus more on supplies and simple techniques that you can …