Ways to use embroidery

Here's 5 embroidery projects to get started with hand embroidery. At Mindful Mantra Embroidery, we believe that everyone is creative in some way, and can embroider if they want to! Learn embroidery with our beginner friendly embroidery patterns

Embroidery Ideas - what you can embroider on, and embroidery project ideas!

Learn how to turn your embroidery into an adhesive patch.

Find delightful ways to embroider their clothes. Scroll down to for kits, patterns and supplies to help you embroider your own clothes!

Celebrate National Embroidery Month. Learn hand embroidery with these 29 stitching tutorials from MCreativeJ.

Love creating and looking for ways to improve your craft? You might be asking yourself, "What do you do with embroidery when finished?" Our guide will help you learn about the art of embroidery, so you can get inspired and wow everyone with your next project! Tap the pin to see the guide now!

Because every day should have a touch of embroidery, here's 7 delightful ways to add embroidery to your life. From cozy embroidered shirts to chic necklaces and at home crafts, embroidery is perfect for everything.

Here are 9 of my go-to hand embroidery stitches for filling in spaces, step-by-step instructions, and examples.

If you’re a hand embroiderer, a quilter, a textile artist, or a crafter, you’ve probably run into situations where you could add words, text, and lettering to your projects. Hand embroidery is an excellent way to personalize gifts, household objects, momentos, quilts, journal covers – just about anything! Writing with your needle and thread can ...

Affiliate links may be included for your convenience. View our privacy and affiliates policy for details. There are lots of different ways to use French knots in embroidery projects, from little bits of embellishment to whole projects worked in knots. Let’s take a look at all the things this like knot can do! Use French […]

As you use embroidery floss for a project, you'll find you're left with small bits of leftover floss. These leftover bits of floss are often referred to as Old Ratty Threads (or ORTs, for short), and newer stitchers often ask what they're "supposed" to be doing with them. As is always the case in hand embroidery, there aren't any "rules" for what to do with these leftover bits of floss. In this post, I share a few ideas for what you might do with them!

The great thing about embroidery is that you can stitch on anything. That doesn't mean you should, but you can! Over the years, I have found that some materials are easier to embroider than others. What Fabric Should You Use for Hand Embroidery? When you're just starting to get into hand embroidery, use a fabric that has little to no stretch, is a smooth, and doesn't have any openings or gaps in the fabric.

The BEST gifts for embroiderers. You're sure to find the perfect gift with this list of over 45 gift ideas.

Would you love to gift your embroidery creations? Here are 5 perfect gifts that you can embroider for a loved one. From monogrammed initials to personalised clothes, or even the gift of a DIY kit, there's a pattern here for all occasions. Click through to find 5 ways to gift your embroidery projects, and 3 helpful tips for your embroidery!

These are the most common beginner mistakes in hand embroidery. Avoid these mistakes if you want to excel at the art of hand embroidery.

Brick Stitch This is one of the simplest ways to fill a space. Brick stitch is done by stitching staggered lines of back stitch side by side. So once you know your back stitch you're good to go! Similarly, many line stitches (stem, chain, split) can be placed side by side to fill a space.Satin Stitch Another simple but very effective way to fill a small area. Long straight stitches are laid side by side to give a cohesive block of colour. The fewer threads used here the better, as they lie…

A curated list of 30+ beginner embroidery sampler pattern and kit options - fun beginner hand embroidery patterns to learn different stitches.

So you want to embroidery a t-shirt or spruce up that old jean jacket? Before you get stitching, check out these 7 helpful tips for hand embroidering on any garment.

Usually, when you open a book on hand embroidery, the first thing you see is the "theory" part: how to choose fabric, needle, and thread. Naturally, it is very important! But as for me... I think if you want to start hand embroidering the first thing you need to learn is how to start your thread and get going. Because you can get quite a good grasp on which fabric and needles are better already in the process. That's why I prefer starting with practice and polishing my experience and…

How would you journal with needle & thread? Learn about some methods that don't follow the typical embroidery journal methods.