The Embroidery Blog

The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...

• let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideas
• keep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizing
• point out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.

Would you like to be a part of this blog?
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.

The most recent blog items are listed below...

Jul 22, 2010, Embroidery Patterns and Punch Needle Patterns

I am very involved with punch needle. Could you please tell me if punch needle can be used with all the embroidery patterns? Also, where is a good source

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Embroidery Patterns and Punch Needle Patterns"

Jul 17, 2010, Brazilian Embroidery and Stumpwork

Create dimensional crewel embroidery stitches with Brazilian embroidery and stumpwork techniques.

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Brazilian Embroidery and Stumpwork"

Jul 16, 2010, Creating a Cross Stitch Design

I am trying to find someone who can design me a pattern, much like a traditional home sweet home sampler but with the text 'If you hide your ignorance,

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Creating a Cross Stitch Design"

Jul 14, 2010, Machine Embroidery Landscapes

Today at the library I saw a book about machine embroidery landscapes that is titled Machine Embroidered Woodlands. They are SO beautiful!

The best part is that it uses freemotion embroidery, so you can make these using any normal sewing machine! Wow. This little photo doesn't show how realistic it looks -- please go to the Amazon website and click the cover to look inside and see the photos!

Jul 10, 2010, Huck Embroidery Patterns

Download huck embroidery patterns to decorate huck towels and other items with decorative Swedish weaving.

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Embroidery Patterns"

Jul 6, 2010, Starting New Embroidery Projects, How to Embroider

Simple beginner advice for starting new embroidery projects, including how to do embroidery and select a design.

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Starting New Embroidery Projects, How to Embroider"

Jul 1, 2010, Involve Children So They Learn to Love Needlework

I believe it's important to involve children in needlework from a young age so that they will be ready to try it later.

This blog describes how a toddler helped design a quilt, but children can help choose the subject matter and colors used in any type of embroidery.

Click for more info

Jun 29, 2010, Sewing around a Corner

I know how to embroidery for the most part but sewing around a corner is another story. It always looks like it is pulling in towards the center. How can

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Sewing around a Corner"

Jun 24, 2010, Embroidery Designs in Threads Magazine

My local library has this magazine, and there are some very nice embroidery designs in there!

Threads A magazine for the home sewer, Threads is dedicated to offering its readers beautiful and unique garment construction, fabric craft, quilting and embroidery projects and clear instructions on how to make them. Articles cover fabrics, fitting, finishing, sewing supplies, new products, and more.

Jun 16, 2010, Framing Needlework for Maximum Effect

Follow these easy guidelines to determine the best framing and mounting for your embroidery. Framing needlework turns it into a work of art!

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Framing Needlework for Maximum Effect"

Jun 11, 2010, Redwork Subjects

I am in the process of making redwork squares for a quilt. I have already completed 5 of the six pictures of my siblings. Each picture depicts them doing

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Redwork Subjects"

Jun 7, 2010, Needlepoint Patterns that Inspire

Share your best needlepoint patterns and admire the hand embroidery patterns that others have created using needlepoint embroidery.

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepoint Patterns that Inspire"

Jun 3, 2010, Embroidered Crazy Quilt

I met Kathy through the Bloggers Quilt Festival when she told me about the embroidered crazy quilt she used for the fall festival. Isn't it lovely? This is a close-up shot of some center detail.

The quilt was completed in 1951 and uses several types of crewel stitches to connect the patches.

Click for more info

Jun 3, 2010, Embroidery versus Cross Stitch

What is the difference between embroidery and cross stitch? I can find lots of cross stitch kits but hardly anything but pillowcases to embroider. Amy's

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Embroidery versus Cross Stitch"

Jun 1, 2010, Lovers Hankies

This is a lovers hankies, a tradition here in the north of Portugal. Before marriage, girls embroidered these hankies and offered them to the boy they

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Lovers Hankies"