Embroidery

If you’ve been trying to decide between embroidery or cross stitch, you may have wondered which one’s harder. Well, the answer to that is multi-faceted, that’s because certain aspects of embroidery or cross stitch might be harder or easier depending on your skills and what you like to do. Embroidery can be harder than cross …

Embroidery kits are such a gift to beginning and advanced embroiderers alike. Order an embroidery kit and you get everything you need for your project, from your pattern to your thread and your needles and your hoop. This is amazing, but how do you use all of it? How do you start an embroidery kit? …

Embroidery is a delicate and nuanced craft that is easy to mess up. Even when you’re a more advanced embroiderer, it can feel like your needwork can go sour in an instant. If you’re a beginner, this feeling is amplified to the max. So, what are some possible reasons why your embroidery looks bad? 1) …

Embroidery hoops, embroidery threads, embroidery needles – they can get expensive! Especially when you’re first starting out with embroidery and don’t want to spend a lot of money experimenting with this awesome new craft, buying embroidery supplies at the dollar store can seem like an economical option. Dollar stores often have embroidery products, but call …

Embroidery is a beautiful art form that makes a simple needle and thread look complicated. If the most you’ve ever done with a needle and thread is patch a hole in your pants, you may be wondering how long it takes to learn embroidery.  Basic embroidery stitches like the running stitch and the backstitch are …

It’s an awful experience to pull a piece of clothing out of the dryer and realize it has shrunk. It’s even worse when that piece of clothing has a beautiful piece of embroidery on it that you spent hours working on. What actually happened? Is it the embroidery thread that shrank in the dryer? Cotton …

It’s a big disappointment to spend hours on an embroidery project, just to have the colors run when you wash it. Whomp whomp. If you’ve run into this disaster, your embroidery thread wasn’t colorfast. So, how do you make embroidery thread colorfast? There’s little you can do yourself to make embroidery thread colorfast. The best …

Embroidery thread is used for a lot of things we wear on a daily basis, from clothing to bracelets. Whether we get caught in a rainstorm, jump in a pool, or just need to run the washing machine, our embroidery thread is bound to get wet on a regular basis. But, is this ok? Can …