Lily from Mindful Mending is showing us how to cover a stain with embroidery to give new life to your old or stained clothes. Check it out!

Stitch your greens with MCreativeJ's new Veggie Delight Peel Stick and Stitch pattern.

Valeri • Homestead & Thread • Hand Embroidery on Instagram: "I’ll be honest...I only cover my back stitches when I’m gifting the embroidered item. 🙈 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠👇🏼 • It stops potential snagging • It hides what isn’t pleasing to the eye 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 👇🏼 • Pellon EZ-Steam II Fusible Web (There are lots of different brands. This is just the one our local craft store had). • Pinking shears are ideal…

Turn a Photo Into an Embroidery: Some friends and I did a handmade secret santa gift exchange recently, The friend I drew from the hat has this pretty phenomenal mustache so I knew I wanted to make something to highlight that. I decided to make an embroidered portrait o…

What are embroidery thread bits called? Do they have a special name? What do you do with them? Do you try to save them for another project? Throw them away? After I had been embroidering for a few years, I started hearing the term orts. I wasn't really sure what it was being referred to or if I was missing something in translation. Turns out orts are thread bits!

A blog about upcycle fashion design and sewing, featuring Paganoonoo designs by Michelle Paganini

Wear a Garden Project - Mended skirt This is a vintage skirt pants that was given to me by a dear client, so I could use the fabric. It had several small rust stains but it was in such a good shape and it is so beautiful that I had to repair it with embroidery. I covered the stains with some plants, and replaced the buttons for a more relaxed look. It is now perfectly new 💛

Susan B. Anderson on Instagram: "Thanks for the ideas to cover the bleach spots on my favorite @consciousclothing dress. I never would’ve thought to use permanent markers. I’m so pleased with the result. The three spots were on the front of the dress about halfway down the skirt, very noticeable. The markers didn’t match the navy and gray stripes exactly, especially the gray, but after it dried the touched-up areas lightened up and are now hardly discernible. If the fabric is weakened and…