Photos by Ryan Liebe. Courtesy of Martha Stewart Living. Copyright ©2013 I am thrilled to bring you another fabulous DIY project from the pages of Martha Stewart Living Magazine. I absolutely adore this idea of having a set of napkins with hand stitched names for holiday visits and meals. What better way to make every

Do you want to stitch handwriting and make it look neat? There is nothing simpler! :) There are many ways to work lettering in hand embroidery and I actually already prepared a post on this topic before: Hand embroidery lettering ideas I based that article mostly on the posts that I already had on the blog and I actually did mention the trick from today in passing there. But without the visual support of a picture it's likely that some might have missed that. And then I got questions about…

This isn't the first time I've gotten into embroidered handwriting - and it probably won't be the last! If you've poked around a bit on Needle 'n Thread, you might be familiar with my tutorials on embroidered lettering and text. That was a fun sampler! And it morphed into a series of 15 free tuto

Turn your child's handwriting into an embroidered keepsake. Those carefully written letters should be preserved and displayed. A simple and easy way to do that, with embroidery thread. To create your embroidered keepsake you'll need the following: fabric, embroidery hoop, water soluble pen, needle and thread. Enlist your artist of choice to write something onto your fabric. Center the written sentiment in your embroidery hoop. Begin embroidering. I used a back stitch for the letters. To back…

Here are some ideas on how to work quotes and monograms in hand embroidery! I don't embroider quotes and phrases that often but there are some universal tips that you can use for that *wink wink*. Handwriting style Handwriting can be elegant, sometimes quirky and at times sharp and rash. But either way, you will most probably need to work a fine line and your stitch should flexible enough to be able to bend in tight curves. So, from the family of line stitches, I would recommend stem stitch…

Ready to create stitches from handwritten text? It's actually super easy to do. Here's how to digitize handwriting for machine embroidery

One of the best parts about embroidery is the ability to personalise your stitching with words. Adding names, initials or messages can turn your work into something that is, even more, special and meaningful. Especially if you are giving it as a gift! Read this blog to learn how to add embroidered words to patterns.

Hand embroided personalised jumpers - Pixie&Me on Instagram: "A slow and simple chain stitch tutorial! I use this stitch for evvvvverything! It is my absolute favourite and there are a few ways to do it! This is a simple beginner friendly way and I hope you give it a go! The needle inside in this video is a 6mm blunt needle The yarn that I use is 200g acrylic, this is a personal preference and a yarn that I find so nice to work with! I use purple fabric pens! They are air/water erasable…