Needlework embroidery

Vintage patterns can be beautiful, which is why I bought this old Spinnerin. (front cover) Vintage patterns can also be hilariously tacky, which is why I bought this old Spinnerin. (back cover) Lucky for you over the next few weeks I’ll be posting all the good, the bad, and the ugly afghan patterns your twitchy little fingers could ever hope to knit or crochet! Here are some Embroidery Stitches to wet your appetite…

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Little by little I've mentioned in my posts some mistakes that you might be making as a hand embroidery beginner and warned you from some other things that you can do as a rookie. But all of it is scattered around the blog, so I thought it is a high time I make a compilation and gather all of that in one place. So here we go! The list of the most common mistakes as a hand embroidery beginner: 1. Not taking your fabric out of the hoop after stitching session So, let's say, you have an…

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Details ✨ If you missed it yesterday, there’s 460 tapestry wool knots, 350 of which are covered in lavender flowers. There’s approximately 1100 tiny lavender french knots in this piece. This embroidered farmland took me over 13 hours to complete, and it might be my favourite piece to date. I’m hoping once I list it that it will find a home that loves it as much as I do🪻 . . . @dmc_embroidery @dmc_crafts @dmc_france #embroidery #embroidered #needlework #handembroidery #fiberart #fibreart…

If you dream about a pearl necklace but can't have one... stitch one! :) Today we are going to learn palestrina stitch, which I'm totally in love with. Unfortunately, I still didn't find a way to incorporate it in my designs, but let's hope that one day an idea will come to me :) In my mind, palestrina stitch likes thicker thread because it allows creating more volume in the knots and they start reminding beads in a necklace. In this tutorial, I'm using 2 strands of embroidery floss…